The position of the pickups has a strong influence on the sound. This makes it possible to place the pickup right next to the fingerboard. Cover the cavity with a small metal plate. Another option would be to install one fret less on the neck and to make an adjustment cavity in its place. If necessary, the allen key can be shortened with a metal saw to enable access to the nut. If the guitar is to have a front pickup, at least 20mm ( 3/ 4") of space should be left for a recess to allow getting at the adjustment nut and adjusting the truss rod with an allen key or a wrench without having to take off the neck. When access to the nut is on the body end of the neck a small cavity can be made in the body so that the neck does not have to be removed to allow adjusting the nut. Allen nuts on the other hand make ideal adjustment nuts as they require no room around them and the allen key can be inserted right into the nut (similarly with cross slot nuts). Avoid hex nuts, if possible, as they require a lot of space (which is not easy to find at the peghead side) to allow getting at them with an adjustment wrench. Peghead-end nut adjustment cavities should be kept as small as possible in order to not weaken this part over and above what is necessary. Fitting a truss rod into a one-piece neckĪccess to the adjustment nut is on most truss rod systems possible either from the peghead end or the body end of the neck.
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