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