Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

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Comment by Oly on July 16, 2010 at 10:58am

Forgot to mention that. I'm going to go with 3 strings. Sorry...

Comment by Alan Roberts on July 16, 2010 at 10:55am

Oly, how many strings do you want?

Comment by Oly on July 16, 2010 at 9:58am

I'm about to start my first CBG and I had a question about neck width. What is the most common/recommended width for making the neck. I have seen 2", 1 3/4", and 1 1/2".

I've got some exotic hardwoods that I'm planning on using and I'd rather get it right the first time instead of making the neck too wide or too narrow and having to scrap the wood.

Comment by Tracy Kennedy on July 13, 2010 at 7:11am

the concept makes sense but unless you have a really weak top, a block shouldnt be needed

Comment by Adam on July 13, 2010 at 1:42am

That makes sense to me. now, if I set up my strings so they pull across a bridge, should I put a block under my bridge to keep it from putting pressure on the soundboard? does that make a lick a sense what I said there?

Comment by Tracy Kennedy on July 12, 2010 at 2:47pm

Yeah, all your doing is clearancing the neck where it would hit the lid of the box so the neck will fit in and the fingerboard will be atleast flush to the top surface of the box. In turn you remove a touch more neck material so the box top with resonate a little more freely

Comment by Adam on July 12, 2010 at 2:27pm

I'm putting together a "through the body" type neck guitar. I had read that you should cut out the section of the neck that the sound board would rest on so it can vibrate. Do yall know anything about that?

Comment by Howling Dick on July 12, 2010 at 4:34am

As a newbie, Im not quite sure what you man by that Murray, could you elucidate please?

Comment by Murray on July 11, 2010 at 8:36pm

I guess another possible advantage of a bolt for the nut and for the bridge is that one could change the string width, within reason, if there were a way to support the different string angle between the nut and the tuners...maybe some kind of string tree, or a post on a slotted plate to keep the bend away from the bolt-as-nut itself...

Comment by Howling Dick on July 11, 2010 at 11:34am

Me too - Im at richardartus@gmail.com and would love to build with one of these.

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