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Before the peghead overlay can be added, the space be-

tween the truss rod and the peghead face needs to be ﬁlled

with the included channel ﬁller plug.

Fill the channel

Trim flush to peghead face

Align adjusting nut to the

end of the neck joint tenon

Fit and ﬁll the truss rod channel

Fitting the truss rod

The neck block has been drilled to allow access to the truss

rod’s adjusting nut, but the rod is not designed to extend

beyond the neck (pictured). This allows for neck removal,

should it ever become necessary (this is normal on a dovetail

neck reset).

The neck channel at the heel needs to be enlarged to accept

the truss rod's adjustment nut. Mark the position of the ad-

justment nut on the face of the tenon, nut side down. Mark

the length of the adjustment nut on a 17/64" drill bit with

masking tape to act as a depth stop. Run the bit in reverse

to start the hole, and then drill open the truss rod channel

to accept the nut.

Now slide the Hot Rod Truss Rod into the neck channel from

the heel end, with the adjustment nut down. Set the neck

into the neck block. Using a 4mm Allen wrench, check for

sufﬁcient access to the adjusting nut. Adjust the hole size

if required.

Dry-ﬁt the plug, abutting the end of the truss rod. The truss

rod adjustment nut should be ﬂush with the end of the neck

joint tenon (illustrated). Glue only the ﬁller plug into the

channel. Once the glue dries, trim off the excess so the ﬁller

plug is ﬂush with the peghead.

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