Been reading a number of posts and other instructions posted around the internet with respect to mounting the subject truss rod in my OOO, and I need a little clarification. I am mounting the rod so I adjust through the sound hole. I have read a number of posts that recommend keeping the non-adjusting end of truss rod 1/2" to a 1" from the nut. However, if I do that with this rod, then the square block where the rod is welded to the steel back plate sticks out past the end of my tenon into the sound hole. To me, it seems I would want that part of the truss rod firmly seated in the truss rod channel in the neck. If I slide the rod more towards the nut in order to get that square block in the tenon, I only have 1/4" to 3/8" from the other end of the rod to the sound fingerboard side of the nut. Where do I situate the rod? Get the square block with the welds in the channel or make sure I have 1/2" to 1.0" gap before the nut?
Also from everything I have read, seems that I should insert the rod, epoxy in a filler strip, and then level the filler strip. No other culking is needed.
With a little luck tomorrow, I can get the headstock cut and drilled, the truss rod installed, and the fingerboard fretted.
Ken
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