I may wind up with a standard truss neck, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to explore other options NOW in planning instead of hearing of a brilliant idea after I'm half finished. I've already built a couple of guitars, I just build for myself, and I have NO desire to do it for a living. "Traditional" isn't important to me at all and I can take all the time (and trouble) I need. I may actually look into Stratabond, the more I read the more tough and stable it sounds.