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Originally Posted by redir
I think the masking tape over the truss rod method goes back to Sloan's book or one of the very early guitar building manuals. I did that on the very first guitar I built and when I went to unclamp it the next morning it dawned on me that I forgot to remove the tape LOL.
The purpose is to slather glue all over it, remove the tape then clamp and you should have in theory just enough glue. But as was mentioned, it's not necessary. I think when people first start they either use too much glue or too little. I always used too much. These days when I glue up I hardly get any squeeze out, just enough to know you did it right.
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yes i removed the tape before putting the fretboard on
thankfully i got that much right lol