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Permalink Reply by Outhouse Instruments on December 26, 2009 at 7:56am

If you look around you'll see many CBGs with maunfactured necks.
Acquire a cheap beater or junker electric, strip it down and away you go.
Two ways to get the neck on ....
1- fit a board or piece of wood in the box. cut a neck pocket bolt the neck to it. Make cut-outs as needed.
2-Cut the body down to fit in the box.

Matt

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Permalink Reply by David L. on December 26, 2009 at 8:15am

Hi,
It is how I have made all my CBGs to date (if you want to see some photos click on my photo icon and it will take you to my page where you can see them).
There is a 6 string guitar group http://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/6stringcigarboxguitars which has more photos and the Smokehouse Guitars group has a great discussion on the extra bracing a 6 string CBG needs http://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/smokehouseguitars/forum/topics/....
Good luck - I look forward to seeing the photos.
David

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Permalink Reply by Jason Konopinski on December 26, 2009 at 9:04am

Thanks to both of you. I need to suss out some details in my head before I start hunting for CL necks or beater guitars to cannibalize.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Werner on December 26, 2009 at 9:07am

Don't forget that your box must be long enough to accomodate the scale length of your pre-made neck. If in doubt, measure from the nut to the 12th fret, then double that figure. Your bridge/saddle must sit at that point on the box.

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