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By the looks of the photo (correct me if I am are wrong) you don't seem to have any bracing under the neck and tail piece. Does the tailpiece connect straight to the back of the box? if this is the case then that could have been the cause of the box cracking.
What I would do is place another piece of timber (same dimensions as your neck) and glue it under the neck which then travels through the box and connects with the tailpiece. This then enable the box to have far less stress placed upon it. See pic below:
Hope this helps,
Marty
Hi James
The guitar is not as loud as I thought it would be but I am not sure if it was the timber that the box is made out of or if the timber running through the box limits the sound. The timber/heel doesn't touch the soundboard so it might be more the quality of the timber.
The bridge was made by me (I first saw them on Wayne Bigler's CBG's)…it is basically a piece of aluminum from the hardware store and have have taken some fender style saddles of some 6 string bridges. I bought about 6 Telecaster style bridges from China and used the saddles to build my own bridges.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Chrome-Guitar-Bridge-65mm-6-Saddle-For-C...
Hope this helps
Marty
It is called aluminum angle…it is a piece of aluminum measuring 40 mm x 12 mm x 600 mm (cut off a piece about 45 - 50 mm wide…I made about 14 in one go….bought 7 tele style bridges from China)
1. You will need to drill 10 holes your self into the aluminum
a. 4 into the base of the bridge to screw it onto your box firmly
b. on the end you will need to drill 3 holes (if it is a 3 string CBG) to insert the saddles
c. you will now need to insert 3 small holes for the strings to go through…this can be done at the end of the bridge directly under where the saddles attach to the bridge (I prefer this way as it is easier to create) or you can put the 3 holes directly beneath where the saddles lie (this way you will then need to drill holes through your box…some say it gives you a better sound but I don't know)
Hope this helps…also, I live in Australia so sorry about the metric measures
What Marty said. You need some structure between the neck and tailpiece. The empty box doesn't have enough strength.
That's why most simple builds use the neck through the box style of build.
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