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Permalink Reply by Tom T on February 27, 2015 at 4:11am

Will you still be able to open the box to access the inside (access Piezo, volumn pot, etc)? You may want to retain that access option.

Also, if the fretboard is glued to the neck and box lid, then you will never be able to separate the box top and the neck/fret board. This may not be important to your build, but being able to separate them would allow you to further modify the neck should you decide to install a magnetic pick up (for example).

If none of the above is relevant to your build, then I guess there is no disadvantage to gluing the portion of the neck that goes over the box top. On the other hand, I doubt that there is any particular advantage to gluing the fret board to the box top.

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Permalink Reply by Brent Kasl on February 27, 2015 at 4:18am

thanks

just wanted to verify my thought process since this is my first build

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Permalink Reply by jeffrey ross on February 28, 2015 at 3:28pm

I run my neck all the way through the box. The fret board stops at the edge of the box with no overlap. This is just the way that works for me.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Caruso on March 3, 2015 at 6:13am

Same here.

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Permalink Reply by Marcus Darwell on March 3, 2015 at 6:24am

My fretboards usually overlap by a couple of inches...they slide over the lid and, with the string tension at the bridge, keep the box fitting nicely.....no other glue or fittings needed.....

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