These are close up pictures of two Sticks. One is a 10-string instrument made of a single piece of Oak. The other is a Grand Stick made of laminated Paduak. The Grand Stick has a Roland GK-2a pickup mounted on it.

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This is the older bridge style. Only the height of the strings can be changed with this bridge. 

This is the fully adjustable bridge. Intonation as well as string height can be adjusted. This bridge also allows the string spacing of the 6th string to be changed. This allows for 7 treble string and 5 bass strings as well as the conventional 6 treble and 6 bass strings. The 6th string nut has the same compensation.

The Roland GK-2a is also shown in this picture. This one is clear. Although the pickup assembly runs under 8 strings, it only listens to the top 6 strings. 

Here is the controller for the GK-2a pickup. The pickup and controller are hard wired together. The controller is held on to the Stick with Velcro. The actual pickup is mounted to the Stick with screws. 

The truss rod adjustment is located behind the belt hook.

Here is the wrench that is used to adjust the truss rod. The nut is a standard size, but the special wrench is needed to avoid the belt hook. A regular wrench could be used if the belt hook was removed.
 

Here is the belt hook. Two screws hold it on. I have it set as high as it can go. The screws are in the two left most holes. Moving the belt hook and installing the screws to the right, makes the instrument sit lower.

This picture shows the 7 pieces of wood that are laminated to make up this Grand Stick. This is the rear of the instrument behind the bridge. The hole near the lower left is one of two that are used to adjust the height of the pickup. .

This is the rear of the neck. The laminates can also be seen here, just not as clearly as the above picture. The truss rod runs down the middle of the neck and is exposed. 

This is the side of the neck. You can see the Fret Rods. These are much larger than regular frets, but most of the Fret Rod is in the wood, leaving an exposed fret that is about the size of a traditional jumbo fret. The Fret Rods are stainless steel and much stronger than traditional fret wire.

Here you can see the adjustable nut. The height of each string can be individually adjusted. The screw under the 6th string allows proper spacing for 6/6 or 7/5 string grouping as described above for the adjustable bridge.

The damper near the nut is found on all Sticks and stops open strings from ringing. The damper at the first fret (for strings 1-6) is put on instruments that have a GK-2a installed. This is to stop even slight ringing as the GK-2a will hear that and the synthesizer that you have connected may trigger on the sound. 

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