Anderson Guitars have
always been known for attention to every aspect of guitar building—including an extremely
precise and tight-fitting traditional 4-bolt neck joint—featuring
our own contoured-heel design for increased upper-register playability
and comfort.
 But
now appearing on all our guitars, with the exception of the Crowdster,
is an Anderson addition to guitar tradition with the introduction
of
a new neck
joint that seems to be held together
by only two bolts. But
things are not as they first appear. Known as the A-Wedgie, this
neck joint is a
dynamic
leap
forward
in how
a
body and neck
come together to form the whole.
 The
force that binds the neck to its body
is an all-new neck-to-body union known as the A-Wedgie
neck joint. This exclusive Anderson-designed,
A-shaped architecture is completely revolutionary to the electric
guitar industry. A fully-enclosed neck joint (not open on any
side but completely
surrounded on all sides by body wood) is, technically speaking,
a 3-dimensional trapezoidal wedge .
It is this 3-dimensional trapezoidal wedge (the A-Wedgie) structure
itself that completely locks the body
to
the
neck. Traditional
neck-bolts are no longer needed to keep the neck from shifting
laterally (sideways).
 What this means to the guitar player is a neck
that can never move out of perfect alignment, while still maintaining
a constant-pressure-union
for the ultimate in sonic transfer between body and neck. And, with
a
larger contact surface than previous neck joints, more sound is undoubtedly
invited
to travel throughout the length of the instrument.
 Since
the entire responsibility for immovably unifying this type
of neck joint falls
squarely onto the shoulders of the advanced structure
of
the joint itself, two machine screws, located at the sveltely sculpted
neck-heel,
are way more than overkill for keeping it all together.
 WARNING:
Do not try this at home. To demonstrate the ultimate strength
of the A-Wedgie neck joint, Tom enjoys doing his daily pull-up
regime on the end of an Anderson headstock—and the
neck never moves out of position.
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