Yes. There was absolutely NO foot prep needed.

This is a close-up of one of the Snake Brand guides wrapped and finished. You can see that the rise of the foot is about the same as the thickness of the thread. The Universals are concave on the bottom to help align the guide on the rod, too.



I use these goodies to hold the guides in place to wrap. Once I get the wrap started, these go away and I finish up. No glue at all. This way, I can tweak the alignment just before finishing. The Snake Brand guides were a bit easier to move at this stage due to the very thin foot, too.

I can't begin to tell you how much these little ties sped up wrapping for me. They are reusable, too!