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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on June 19, 2015 at 9:03am

Not sure I Understand the question... I typically glue the neck to the box then add the fretboard. A little overhang hides any box to neck imperfections. I have not had more than one fret past the end of the box, since it is hard to play those anyway. If you look at a hollow body, the neck floats a couple of inches down the body...

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Permalink Reply by doggylv . on June 19, 2015 at 9:11am

Hey John, thanks for the reply...I thought you were suppose to glue the fret board to the neck before you installed the neck?

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on June 19, 2015 at 8:38pm

Rule #1.. There is no rule #1..

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on June 19, 2015 at 9:19am

i believe  what  you are  also seeing sometimes  is  a space  cut out    of the  lid  for the  f-board   to  stick out of  .  (when actually,  the f board  is glued to  the  neck  inside  , not the lid  ) 

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Permalink Reply by Bama Hound on June 19, 2015 at 1:34pm

I either use 1/4" socket set with universal through sound hole or access hole I cut in back. I use 1/4X20 hanger bolts to secure neck with fretboard with frets installed. My fretboards are completely finished when installed. More than one way to skin this cat.

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Permalink Reply by Blues Frog on June 21, 2015 at 2:37pm

I set my neck flush with the top of the cigar box, and then fit the neck so that it would slide over the box when I installed the whole thing.

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Permalink Reply by Tom on June 23, 2015 at 2:10pm

Good info !!

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Permalink Reply by Blues Frog on June 23, 2015 at 3:04pm

Additional information:

The neck is made from red oak. I cut and shaped it to fit. The inside cut where it is glued to the inside of the box was cut down and filed until it was level with the top of the box. I made the fret board out of a piece of peruvian walnut tonewood I bought. I added the inlays and the frets myself, as well as the side dots that mark the frets.

It's not perfect, but I have a better idea on what to do for the next time. 

I hope this helps anyone trying to build their CBG!

Peace

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Permalink Reply by Bluesheart on June 26, 2015 at 10:20am

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Permalink Reply by Bluesheart on June 26, 2015 at 10:25am

This is how I usually do that. So the box top/soundboard slides into the slot under the fretboard. The step down from that provides some clearance from the rest of the neck as it goes through the box and is anchored at the other end, either by going all the way through, or ending inside and being fixed with screws. This is 1x2 maple with a 1/4 x 2 maple fretboard glued on and frets from CB Gitty of course!

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