Quote Originally Posted by Bookkeeper's Son View Post
You said that the relief is "appropriate" - with the low E fretted at the 1st and 16th fret, how much relief is there at the 7th?
AHA! That, Sir, is an excellent question (he said sheepishly )! Just when you think you know something - I guess that I'm not really good enough to judge
'appropriate relief' by eye....! This was indeed the problem, and actually measuring while adjusting the truss rod has taken care of the problem, fortunately. I must say tho that I am surprised. I had always assumed that the truss rod caused a slight neck bend by allowing the headstock to come forward, not by allowing the middle of the neck to bend back, as this caused the problem I experienced, of the middle frets being behind the plane of the highest frets. Anyway, ' we learn from our mistakes', as an old shop teacher often told me. Thanks everyone, especially Bookeeper's Son, for hanging in there with me and asking the right questions!