Hey Lex, thanks for the answer. Ive been trying to figure this one out for awhile. I wish I would have saved that pic of a real 50's truss rod end. my neighbor and I made a bunch of anchors out of 3/8" brass rod stock about 5/8" long and tapped them for 3/16" truss rod stock, on his lathe and bridgeport mill, a few months back, but didn't know if that was the right material or not. thanks for the confirmation, Brad
Yes, the trashed old mid 50's neck I have has the brass anchor, also one I reboarded also had it. So to be vintage correct that would be it, but nobody will see it. I have a late 60's neck that has a flat, steel anchor
You can get brass bar stock, just cut it to the desired size, drill and tap it. Remember to use loctite on the thread and peen the end real good, don't want it working loose. I used the 3/8 size, the length depends on how deep you are going to do your rod, might want it longer or shorter. You could use steel, it is stronger and you can weld the anchor end instead of peening. It's all personal preference.
Hey Lex,
I read a post where you mentioned a "correct brass truss rod anchor"! I have seen a picture of a vintage anchor but never saved it. It looked like 3/8 " brass round stock about 5/8" - 3/4" long w/a steel rod attached> have you seen this and is it vintage correct? I'm building three pauls right now and am trying to be as accurate as possible. if you have any info regarding this I'd appreciate it thanks ,Brad
It's kind of an aged olympic white color, what an old olympic white finish would look like after the topcoats yellowed. Tried to get it close to my brothers oly white 77 strat.
Sorry for the late reply, I've been pretty busy as of late. I'm not planning on selling the 345, I doubt I would be able to afford a replacement nowdays.
Sorry the unsolicited inquiry, but I'm in the market for a beat up '59 345 with a large neck. If you'd be up for selling your well-used (aka "beat to shit") one, please shoot me an email or a visitor message. Thanks.
