Could you help me ? neck problem

Hi people !
Well, first, i'm french so excuse my english..

Here is the fact : i've just finished building my CBG, after something like a month and a half of work.
The first picture joined to this thread is the global wiew of my guitare.

But there is a problem : after i've put the strings and tried to tune my guitar, i've realized my neck was really badly fixed. Indeed, i've just glued a small part of its end to the cigar box, and to 2 lateral pieces of wood. You can see that fixation on the picture n°2 . The piece of wood behind the neck, fixed with a piece of iron, isn't glued : it is the microphone's piece, i don't want to glue it because in this case i wouldn't be able to remove the microphone.
When i tense the strings, the neck moves, it doesn't stay straight and wellf-fixed. You can see that on the picture N°3 ...

So this is an important problem, because i just can't use my lovely guitar. That's why i'm here : i need your help and ideas to try to fix this fuck** problem :(

Waiting for your answers and enjoying your funny website,
French builder xD

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Permalink Reply by Jolon on February 12, 2009 at 9:41am

hey ! i've fixed the problem, using a piece of steel and two screws :) thx !

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Permalink Reply by Kustomdelux on February 13, 2009 at 4:13pm

I was thinkin the same thing as Billy Freedom. If you need more support in the future add a short turnbuckle from the neck to the box. Tighten it up and your good to go.

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Permalink Reply by Jolon on February 14, 2009 at 4:49am

ty everybody, it works ! but i got a problem, the first case of my neck sounds like the second case of a guitar ... nevertheless, if i play with a bottleneck putting the bottleneck on the fret's position, i can hear the sound of the first case of a guitar. strange, but anyway, it works !

dr manpri said:

If the neck/body joint wasn't reinforced the whole thing would probably still be pretty wobbily. I think Jolon made the right call with steel. I bet he has better sustain now too. And partial RF shielding. (ok, maybe not)

The turnbuckle idea reminds me of a guy I knew who put an additional tuner on a bass with bad neck bow and ran the extra string down the back of the neck. Screwed the ball end to the body and tightened the tuner to straighten the neck.