Hi Guys,
I am interested in building a 6 string CBG with a strat/tele style neck taken from an existing guitar.
How do I attached the neck to the cigar box? I would like to be able to play the CGB as an acoustic or electric, so do not want to fill in the box with wood.
Any ideas or suggestion would be gragtefully received
Thanks
Lance
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You can attach the neck using the existing screw/bolt holes. But, since the box will not be as structurally strong as a regular guitar body, you will need to reinforce the box. I ran a strip of hardwood along the bottom of the box and glued it down, then attached the neck to the hardwood. The string tension on a 6 string is double that of a 3 string, so you need to take care that the box does not collapse on you.
Thanks Shawn, good professional job. Looks like the way forward - Lance
Is the neck fixed to the block on the left? Those braces running the length of the box really need to go ALL the way through to from one end of the box to the other to give is some continuity (ie they would be better running along the sides of the neck block). I'm sure it will work..BUT...that box will tend to bend at the junction of the block and the long braces.
couldn't you cut a filler blank out of some red oak or poplar from Lowes. Fill the whole box. Then you could cut a proper neck pocket like a normal tele or strat. with a router.
That is my plan for later this spring. I'll lay out all the holes in the box. Insert the filler blank, mark through and remove. I can route for the pickups, string through tele bridge, control cavity and neck pocket with the blank out and on the router table and drill press.
A tele or strat neck is about 18 1/2', butt to nut, the box is 12", that leaves 5 inches to work with to fit the bridge and the pickups. That's plenty, my strat from strap button to nut is about 32" long. That'll give me a true full-sized guitar that sets up and sounds like a strat or tele, but a cigarbox shaped body. Best of both worlds. Kind of a spin on the Bo Diddly guitars.
My 2 cents, it's your project.
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