Stopping the truss rod from sliding in slot - Guitar ER - When Guitar Builds Go Bad

RE: Stopping the truss rod from sliding in slot

Boo — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 14:12:04 +0000

@markbailey It depends on how big your rod is, it could be a struggle to get it into a slot sometimes. ✊😆

Sorry, that was very childish.

RE: Stopping the truss rod from sliding in slot

mark bailey — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 08:51:31 +0000

Hey Jonathan - That's normal. We normally push it as far back as it will go (towards the body end). This way it cannot slide back any further so could only potentially move forwards but - it won't move once the fillet and fretboard are glued. Pinky promise.

If you have made the slot way too long and you are worried it will slide in further, then you can fill the slot with a short 1/4" fillet at the end of the slot for the truss rod to butt up against.

Let me know if that helps or no :)

Stopping the truss rod from sliding in slot

Jonathan Hodgson — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 17:45:03 +0000

I was just in the process of prepping to fix the trussrod in and I noticed that I seem to have wound up in a situation where there is nothing to stop the truss rod from sliding backwards and forward in the slot.
I'm guessing this is not right, but can really see what would normally stop it