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I am starting to make my first neck and was kind of wondering what everyone else uses. In the two books I have on guitar building, they both use 3/16 steel rod but I see so many other choices out there, what is the best and easiest to use? :D

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in terms of safest, double (dual expanding) truss rods are the best way to go, allows greater control over your neck. there's actually a really good write up/explination of this on the warmouth page, but be sure to shop around for the best price...

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Cool... thanks for the info I will look them up. I ordered the regular truss rods from Stew Mac the 3/16 steel dowl, are they ok to use? And can you just route a straight channel for the double truss rods, or do you need to create a curved channel like you do for the 3/16 steel?

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Straight channel for dual action rods. If you get the stewmac hotrod, you'll need the router bit they sell also. Other places sell 1/4" wide rods I think so you can use a standard bit.

Actually - you don't need the bit but it will make life easier instead of having to make multiple passes along the width.

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