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Permalink Reply by Eric Kasten on October 24, 2014 at 6:02am

Maybe a photo would help.  Not sure I follow the numbers you are sharing there.

I would "think" that you could route out the body half way and then thin the neck half the thickness as well.  Kinda like how railings are added to decks...

You could also add something to the back...

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Permalink Reply by Scott aka Farmer Ted on October 24, 2014 at 6:39am

Imho...3/4" is way too thin for a guitar body. A few reasons...where & how to install pickup(s), potentiometers, jack. If you were to use two of these pieces to create a 1.5" thick body, then all will become much simpler...even cutting the neck pocket. That can be done (before gluing the two slabs together) by marking and cutting the neck "pocket into the top slab...easily done with a band saw, coping saw, etc. Then route out the pickup holes, and route out the wire channel(s) on the bottom of the "top" slab. And where the pots & jack will go...Then you can glue the two slabs together and assemble.

But that's just me...

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on October 24, 2014 at 7:09am

the 60mm is the length of cut out and the depth 20mm?

3/4" to thin? I don't think so for a 3 stringer.

I'll sort some thing out thanks anyway.

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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on October 24, 2014 at 7:15am

3/4" is very thin for a solid body - 1 1/2" - 2" and fit a 3/4"  neck pocket, I used a Strat neck for my Slowpawcaster , the box for the body 2". :-)

 

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Permalink Reply by Diglydog on October 24, 2014 at 7:55am

I made one where I cut the whole neck and body out of one plank - a sort of spade shape - and then added a fingerboard.  That worked but it wasted a lot of wood.  I've also glued the neck into bits of wood to fabricate the spade shape.  Lastly, I've screwed and glued the neck onto a plank and built the body up until the box is at the correct height.  If you're designing the CBG you can do it any way you want, including the commercial method of gluing or screwing it into a pocket in a thick body.

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on October 25, 2014 at 5:20am

I know full well its not a CBG .

I called it that because think of a name to call it.

body maybe too small but other folks have got around using thin boards and others using plastics etc.

so it can be done.

olive wood is only available as a chopping board can't get any thicker.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Kasten on October 24, 2014 at 9:08am

How about this idea?  ...cut the 3/4 inch body in half long wise... creating two guitar bodies each 3/8 inch thick.  Then use some decent filler wood to thicken the body to 1.5 or 2 inches.  Then the front and back of the guitar body will have that awesome wood showing...  just a thought.

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on October 24, 2014 at 4:02pm

If yer gonna use a 3/4" plank, why not just do a Les Paul Log? Cut yer 3/4" solid body in half, and glue it to either side of your neck. One cut, boom, yer done. Should have great sustain.

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Permalink Reply by Cause the Blue rat on October 24, 2014 at 6:24pm

Depends on how high you want your strings to sit. If it were me I'd attach a piece of wood to the back of the neck socket area and use that to attach the neck to. I did this with my Rusty Rat Box. It's body is made from two 2x6's. The extra wood wont take away from the look of the guitar and better stabilizes the neck. Build it to last!

I attach the Auto-Rat-ic Rhythm and Blues Cosmic Glider's neck with screws and large washers. This allowed me to adjust the neck angle by adding shims to the neck socket. It plays like a dream.

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on October 25, 2014 at 5:22am

anyway thanks for ya replies.

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on October 25, 2014 at 6:26am

Sounds to me like you have a good plan.  To keep your neck thicker, add a fingerboard instead of fretting the neck wood.

By routing the plank you reduce the amount the neck needs to be thinned... Makes sense to me.   I have a 6 string neck I've been dying to add to a box, but was wondering how I would make it strong enough... A plank makes sense.  Now I just have to find a cool plank of wood that isn't pine...  2x12 Mahogany anybody?

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