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Permalink Reply by Roger Morin on March 26, 2010 at 1:38am

Why glue the neck in, I have a couple and took my time when cutting the neck slots so they would fit tight and just screwed the lid to the neck. That way I could open it later if needed.

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Permalink Reply by Outhouse Instruments on March 26, 2010 at 1:47am

While it's not the same problem, I do have "One of those builds"!
It's about half finished ... I fought it every step of the way, and now I just don't wanna touch it.

Matt

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Permalink Reply by Jerryrig240 on March 26, 2010 at 3:53am

Yeah...I don't know what I was thinking....Needless to say, it was a learning experience....I fixed it this morning. I used hot glue and all I had to do was pry some with my pocket knife and ta da...my neck was off.....I just trimmed the box where my slot was for my kneck with my pocket knife and it fits way better now....So needless to say...hot glue is the stuff to use....I pulled the rest off where it was and just screwed the neck in....

Roger Morin said:

Why glue the neck in, I have a couple and took my time when cutting the neck slots so they would fit tight and just screwed the lid to the neck. That way I could open it later if needed.

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Permalink Reply by Tracy Tomlinson on March 26, 2010 at 7:29am

Man do I hear you!!! I worked really hard on my new neck after screwing up the first, and was ready to use my router on it to round out the back of the thick neck and face the sides. The first side went perfect but while doing the last cut my bit came loose and gouged the side of the neck real bad...GRRRR! Good thing nobody was around to hear all the cuss"n ! I can salvage it as I caught it quickly, but it will take some creative wood work and some filling. I wanted to let the natural wood show through, but now I think some paint will be in order to hide the sin. OH WELL...so goes CBG building for the novice, LOL

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on March 26, 2010 at 1:38pm

Just wait till you put the neck on the router table to get ready to round off the back of the neck, and then find out you have just started routing the front instead...no going back on that one....

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Permalink Reply by Alan Roberts on March 26, 2010 at 5:52pm

There's lots of things that I could have done better on my CBG, but not up to the "one of those builds" level. But while building one of my acoustic guitars, the fretboard slipped to the side a little after I clamped it up. I checked the dang thing, but it must have slid a bit after that. I had to pry the blasted thing off with a chisel the next day. Ugh. I'm amazed the fretboard didn't break.

Other people have had worse luck. One person was all done and tuning up when the bridge punched its way through the cedar soundboard. One guy was shaping his neck and got a bit carried away and dug through into the truss rod. A lass was shaping her neck with a bit more care, but uncovered a weak spot -- a check that ran right through the length of the neck. In each case it was "game over."

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Permalink Reply by Barry Evan Russ on March 27, 2010 at 5:17am

Oh God, don't get me started. I had measured, and measured and MEASURED, the glued and screwed my acoustic, fretted neck to the box and damn if the angle was just off enough to make the strings six a foot off the fretboard. I lierally had to break the neck at the join to the box, dowel repair and shim it to get the neck angle straight. What a B---h, but I perservered. Had too much time hand carving the neck, and radiusing the fretboard, inlays and frets to quit on it. Glad I didn't.

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Permalink Reply by Barry Evan Russ on March 27, 2010 at 5:55am

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

Barry Evan Russ said:

Oh God, don't get me started. I had measured, and measured and MEASURED, the glued and screwed my acoustic, fretted neck to the box and damn if the angle was just off enough to make the strings six a foot off the fretboard. I lierally had to break the neck at the join to the box, dowel repair and shim it to get the neck angle straight. What a B---h, but I perservered. Had too much time hand carving the neck, and radiusing the fretboard, inlays and frets to quit on it. Glad I didn't.

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Permalink Reply by Shawn on March 27, 2010 at 6:29am

Remember the person that did not make a mistake did not do anything. I have

cut scaf joint wrong/ cut wrong side of neck/ put on fret board before cutting fret slots/ broke piezo in half/ glued my finger to the nut/ sander my thumb " more the once"/ forgot about box edge thickness when cutting F holes/ drilled tuner holes on wrong side/ and don't get me started on wiring jobs.
but at the end it's so worth it to hear that first sweet sound that comes out of them.

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Permalink Reply by Bill Ludeman on March 27, 2010 at 8:18am

Iggy said:

Just wait till you put the neck on the router table to get ready to round off the back of the neck, and then find out you have just started routing the front instead...no going back on that one....

Yep I did that - wierd looking and I couldn't figure any way to save it.... Made some nice hardwood blocks out of it and a pattern for tuner layout. Still it was a stunning piece of dumb.

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