Factory acoustic neck to box

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Permalink Reply by David L. on December 31, 2011 at 7:54am

Hi,

I am not sure if it is the best way but for a beat up old 12 string acoustic neck (cut down to make a 6 string head) I used wood to metal screws/dowels which I picked up cheap off ebay.

 

 

 

I positioned the neck and marked where I wanted it to be fixed and then made two small pilot holes in the box where the neck heel would sit. After cutting a small hole at the neck end  to work inside the box with the lid shut I put the neck in place and through the pilot hole marked where the neck heel needed to have the wood portion of the wood/metal screw fitted.  Drilled and fitted the dowel screws and then enlarged the pilot holes to take the metal threaded part of the dowel screw.

 

I fitted the nuts and washers to the box end of the dowel screw through the neck hole

For the final fitting I also added glue.

The finished item looked like this

 

 

It would have been easier to flip the box over so I could have just opened the lid rather than make a hole to work through but for this box the veneer was much better quality on the top :O)

Permalink Reply by TattooedAxe on December 31, 2011 at 7:18pm

Thanks for the tip! your guitar came out pretty nice!

Permalink Reply by Habanera Hal on January 1, 2012 at 6:00pm

Pretty cool!  Is that color-shifting paint on the heel?

David Lloyd said:

Hi,

I am not sure if it is the best way but for a beat up old 12 string acoustic neck (cut down to make a 6 string head) I used wood to metal screws/dowels which I picked up cheap off ebay.

 

 

 

I positioned the neck and marked where I wanted it to be fixed and then made two small pilot holes in the box where the neck heel would sit. After cutting a small hole at the neck end  to work inside the box with the lid shut I put the neck in place and through the pilot hole marked where the neck heel needed to have the wood portion of the wood/metal screw fitted.  Drilled and fitted the dowel screws and then enlarged the pilot holes to take the metal threaded part of the dowel screw.

 

I fitted the nuts and washers to the box end of the dowel screw through the neck hole

For the final fitting I also added glue.

The finished item looked like this

 

 

It would have been easier to flip the box over so I could have just opened the lid rather than make a hole to work through but for this box the veneer was much better quality on the top :O)