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An Acoustic Guitar That Plays Like A Well Tuned Stratocaster


Thanks to a unique neck attachment system, Jenkins guitars allow the player to set desired playing action in just a few seconds. You will pay hundreds of dollars, and risk damaging the finish of your guitar when a glued on neck is reset. Not to mention the fact that you may be without your instrument for an extended period of time while the guitar is in the shop. And sooner or later, all quality acoustic guitars will need a neck reset.


Want to change from medium to light strings? No problem. With a couple of turns of the Allen wrench, you have perfect action, no matter what gauge strings you wish to play.


Want close action for delicate finger style playing one night, and higher action for bluegrass style picking the next night - no problem.


Best of all, all of these adjustments can be made under full string tension. Making action adjustments without string tension requires a guess as to what the action will be when the strings are tuned to pitch. After string tension is applied, the top of the guitar bellies up, and the neck bows a little, the guess may or may not be correct. Being able to make action adjustments under full string tension assures correct playing action.

Heels? We Dont Need No Stinkin Heels?

Way back in the early 19th century when the modern guitar was beginning to take shape, builders incorporated a heel into the neck block to hold the sides of the guitar together. Im sure these early builders wished for a better solution - because - what does a heel do for a player? It gets in their way.

The neck and the body are built separately in todays steel string guitars. The heel no longer holds the sides of the guitar together. However, for some reason, most builders of acoustic guitar still use a heel to attach the neck.

The neck on all Jenkins acoustic guitars attaches through the fingerboard, no heel is needed to attach the neck. This gives players free access to an extra 2 or 3 frets where the neck meets the body of the guitar. It also allows for a system of quick, easy, and accurate adjustment of the playing action.







 

close up of the fingerboard of an adjustable neck