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So i had the neck contoured...
i started drilling the cavities to anchor my truss rod.... Using this kind of truss rod does not require such a reinforced anchor like Jwells has showed us, since the rod could work on its own, without even being attached to the wood.
Using my dremel mounted to a home-made router jig, i made this...
After i glue the wood stripe on top of the truss rod, it will look nice, me thinks...
but...
When i did this that you are all about to see, i felt like the most stupid guy in the world...
Again, i didnt plan thoeroughly enough what i was doing. I didnt realize, once i glued the fretboard, it WOULD NOT be long enough to cover that quite big of a hole...
stupid stupid stupid....
I should have made the truss rod a lot smaller...
But, no sense in crying over spilled clear coat - i needed to find a way to remedy this! And i did:
I made a rosewood insert, that luckily enough, fitted perfectly.
I hope it looks good when the neck is done...
Heres a pic of the heel
