Hi Douglas
In responce to your question about Truss Rods - the ones i use are bought they are the two way type and made from Stainless steel i think they work out about £9 UK or 1148.87 Yen which is pretty cheap and they work very well and only require a 11mm X 6.5mm groove cutting in the neck - there are other types out there like the Stewmac hotrod which is also a two way type but requires a lot bigger groove to fit it - as for the screw Rod method i can't really comment on it as i have never tried that method but i would think using screwed Rod you would need at least a Rod of 10mm to do the job right which would cause problems as the thread is M10 and the nuts that fit a M10 Thread are 17mm spanner size which is a big chunk of metal - you may get away with using 6mm screwed rod but i'm just gessing to be honest - for what a real truss rod costs i just save the guess work and buy them from Ebay

hope that helps

juju.

howdy douglas, just stopped by ta say yep i really am a born and registered cajun,i grew up in a town bout 45 miles from lafayette and when i got out of high school i went to work in lafayette for several years. so i have lots of family there around the lafayette area.

Just checked the details before I post them to the world and have discovered that this is not the CHAMP unit that I put together (that is in another box) but it is the KEMO B182 that I put together. Also has a great sound for a little unit.
KEMO also have a premade amp (2W?) in a resin block that saves the problem of soldering, you only need to connect the input, battery and speaker.
I have put together a couple of the Jaycar style kits and have found that if I take a little time and keep the solder joints neat and clean everything seems to work.

Hey Douglas Yep the Dutch traveling spirit in the middle ages was great. the mill's that you see on the picture are from 1785, there are still a lot of them left in my hometown, all standing besite the serounding canal thats goes round the Old Town,there still in working order for differend jobs, There just to be in the grlorie days 20 off them for graining the korn for the Genever [Liquar] industry. Hope to send more pic's later this one is from the view on the left site from my house Martin