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Old August 11th, 2007, 07:25 PM   #63 (permalink)
japasul
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Day 9 (yes, it was a long day...) - Finishing the Truss rod (ye ye)

Before installing it, we must first dampen the steel rod inside the channel, or it will oscilate and resonate as you play, and will cause buzzing...

I make this by simply wrapping some tape on the rod:



And here is the rod inside the channel:



I then wrapped the channel in tape, so that its fit was snugger inside the neck. I prepared some tape with a strip in the middle that was folded so as not to stick to the rod inside the channel.



And ready to install!





More to come!
Cheers
André Ripoll
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