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Hi, I am about to rout the truss rod channel into the neck of my first build(OLF Small jumbo), and ai'm installing Stew Mac's Hot Rod. Should I make room for a cap to be glued in on top of the truss rod? My neck will taper from 3/4 at the heel to a little less than 11/16 at the nut. The truss rod is 7/16 deep. I will be using an ebony fingerboard.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Stewmac say cap strip is not required. I bought 10 of them.
With your intended neck depths (I assume those are without fingerboard!) you will have less than 1/4" thickness under the truss rod at the nut, plenty, but not a lot to play with for a cap strip.
An ebony fingerboard will make an exellent one anyway.
Good luck with the build!

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.