Uncle Matt's Amazing Truss Rod Installation Jig

Super Easy Truss Rod Install With Uncle Matt's Amazing Truss Rod Installation Jig

Clear Acrylic template cut in .345" thick acrylic for ease of routing. 

Attached to a blank board or a partially shaped board to allow for quick and acurate truss rod slot cutting. 

Designed for use with our 17 1/4" (part number 081208) truss rod using a 1/4" or 6mm bit. 

Typical rod setup for 25.5" scale neck, can also be used for other rods with some knowledge as to how to adjust for the other length. 

A quick note on the folks  behind this template:

Matt Flaherty and Chris Fesker of Texas Toast Guitars are litterally a new breed of guitar manufacturer in the old style traditional sense. 

Building modern sleek electric guitars at "factory build" pricing. We proudly own one of Texas Toast Daily Drivers, an incredible custom build guitar at factory pricing. These guys are changing the way you do business. 

They are also major influencers in the guitar building world. Teaching others their skills via their workshops and youtube channel. Take a peak at some of their workshops and youtube videos. 

We are excited to share with you a new, updated workshop format with the "5280 Lutherie Workshops." We have worked hard to redesign our workshop area to better tend to the workability and suitability of each participant. The shop design, tools and workstations have gotten an overhaul, as well as the workshops, themselves. We continue to strive to address the needs and wants of all our participants - from those brand new to the trade, to the hobbyist to the more seasoned learner. As such, we are adding more workshops to be able to accommodate more participants, while still maintaining a class size that is conducive to learning.

Meet Texas Toast Guitars.   Matt and Chris, truly a different kind of guiatr manufacturer, teacher and influencer.   We've been building serious guitars for a long time.  But the drama and expense of high end builds can make a custom guitar seem inaccessible.  We wanted to change that... ​So, we started applying that same build quality and style to guitars that are easy to sling around gigs, be at the ready for garage jams with friends and be your go-to guitar for any situation.  This would take these guitars to the next level, and our approach meant building them a little differently.

SPECIFICATIONS:

6" x 20" Acrylic template 

.345" thick (approximately 11/32"

Designed for the Bitterroot Guitars two way truss rod # 081208 for a 25.5" scale neck (will work on other scales as well)

Please see the videos on this listing for usage. 

Matt designed this simple, quick jig for making fast an acurate cuts in neck blanks to both locate the slot for the rod, but also the headstock pocket as well. 

Deigned for use with 3/8" brass bushing and a plunge router. (Note there are some slight variations in these brass bushings, the template allows for this. 

Secure to work using mounting tape, cnc tape or other high quality two sided tape for holding on the work piece. 

"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." ~ Albert Einstein

"Simplicity is the key to brilliance." ~ Bruce Lee