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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on December 22, 2012 at 4:43pm

this neck is too hard for me..is there another way thats easier?

http://makeprojects.com/Project/Cigar+Box+Guitar/87/1#s754

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on December 22, 2012 at 5:13pm

your   best  bet    ( in    what i think you are looking   for)  is  to     not  cut into  the neck at all .

just  put the  neck  on   , and add  a fret  board    that  matches the   same thickness   of the    box  lid   .  that should make it flush  .  this  will  give  you a nice  even  fretless  fingerable guitar  base .

you  can also  go   higher than the box abit  ..  but  you  may then  have to  play  with  bridge and nut  height   to  get  it  right .

hope that  helps  ;-)  

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on December 22, 2012 at 6:37pm

im not sure how to attach the neck? i have had success with the 3 string slide type both cigar box and tin can. Ive done all the way thru neck and almost all the way thru. if i use a tin and make an all the way thru neck... then glue a 1/4 piece of wood where the neck meets the tin (leaving a gap where the neck meets the tin....I should have proper height for a press down with finger guitar? what do i put in the gap? I will review pictures on the site.

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on December 22, 2012 at 7:11pm

oh  i  thought you were  using the  wood  box  in the picture  . ?

 

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on December 22, 2012 at 8:01pm

ive done the wood box slide type with the neck completely on top of the bottom of the box.. Not on the lid side. On the tin can type I've done all the way thru neck and one almost thru neck(got lucky making a tailpiece on that one). So no necks lid side yet

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on December 22, 2012 at 7:55pm

No but I have one of them so I can try it.

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on December 22, 2012 at 8:33pm

cool  .. then  id  go  with the  wood  one and  use    my advice  above  ..    i  think  you  will  be  plesently  suprized  ..  and  if    you are  puttin a pizo    or a mag pup  in  it  ..  dont worry about   attaching the  lid right  to  the neck .  

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on December 22, 2012 at 8:43pm

I see photos of the neck all the way thru wood cigar boxes (lid side) I kinda understand how glueing wood to match the lid height could work. As far as the tin can non lid side I don't understand conceptually because of the rim thats raised on the non lid side. Would I just make an all the way thru neck.. ..then glue a second piece of wood where the neck meets the cans rim height? Hope this post makes sense.

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on December 22, 2012 at 8:47pm

If you have a pic of your wood one like you described please send when you can. Thank you

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on December 22, 2012 at 9:15pm

maybe this will  help .     .   ;-)

 

as  for  the  tin thing ,  i  get   what you are  sayin  ..   most  would   cut out the  neck  ..  some notch the    rim  by  the  neck , and either fold  it  down   or   cut the whole  notch out    .   or even   do  a smaller  neck    just  a few  inches  past the length   of the  box,     and   bolt  a  regular  neck  onto  it  ..   then   they raise the bridge  .

 

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on December 22, 2012 at 11:28pm

It does help quite a bit. Thank you

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on December 23, 2012 at 1:32am

as  per    you  question  ,  the neck in the   diagram is one piece      prior  to  adding the   fret    board  .

 

the neck i describe   later ,  with the bolt on  and tin  tin    is 2 piece  .

 

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