Hi,

I was wondering if you were building a fretless CBG to use with slide, do you still want to build up the neck by gluing on a fingerboard just with no fret wire added? Or do you not add at all?

Thx,
Mike

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with a  slider  ..    the  neck   does not "need"  to  be  flush  with  the  box  or  higher  . 

 but  ..       adding a fretboard  and  having it at least  flush    does  add  some benefits .

 it  looks  better  ,  

it adds   strength  to  the  neck  .

adds a better    string break angle at  nut  .

and  having  it  at least  flush    , will   usually  allow the option  of  some  fingering  on the higher  notes   without bottoming  out   hitting the  neck step  etc  . 

you also  get  to  use  cool  stuff  like     yardsticks  ,   wood trim  ,     leather  belts    ,  chalk board    etc  ..  without  worry.   etc etc .

  ;-)

Thank you very much!

cheers  mike  .  i  have a   few crazy  builds   where  it   just   couldnt  be  flush  .  etc  ..   like the  telephone   body  i   used  etc  ..  and  they  all  play  fine as  sliders  . 

Can you send me a link to the telephone body guitar? I would love to see it.

Thx!

lol..  sure  ..  it was a  high  end desk   phone  ..  the  description  explains  it  .. and theres a side view  in the  vid .

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/dragon-guitar-sound-bite

 and  dirty  

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/dirty-distorted-dragon

Thx. I will need to look when I get to a PC. The videos don't show on my ipad so prob a format that it cannot read.

Thx for sending!

Yep. Pick nailed it. All his reasons are good.

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