The Long Neck is specially designed for the finest sound in popular folk music. It is tuned in the key of E and can also be acapoed at the third fret for regular 5-string tuning (key of G). It is comfortable to play and very responsive. The rim has three maple laminations, mounted with Deering's genuine tubaphone tonering and is encircled with a metal bracket band. An ebony fingerboard is bound in white and inalid with Mother of Pearl position markers. An adjustable truss-rod reinforces the walnut stained maple neck. Modern Co-ordinator rods hold the neck to the rim and provide easy adjustment of the action. All hardware is nickel plated. The head is a standard 11". The guitar-style tuners are a 1:6 gear ratio for very precise tuning, and planetary tuners are optional.
