Truss rod sticking out- Is this normal?

[Simon Says]

Glad you changed that from "Stamp-era" to "Compliance-era", I was fixin' to call you a philatelist!

Yeah, more exclusive that way

 

[RickP]

Mine was from Paul’s early wilder, non-compliant days.

 

[Simon Says]

Mine was from Paul’s early wilder, non-compliant days.

Its pre-compliant

 

[RickP]

Its pre-compliant

Only if I were compliant… which I’m not.

 

[JasonE]

Now we have to find out what years these "compliance-era" guitars were made to find out how rare they are. Then we will know how much more they are worth. Sadly, all of mine are pre-compliant or post-compliant models. I am jealous of those with compliance-era guitars.