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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on November 10, 2013 at 4:18pm

if  you   have     room  ..  you  can   add    piece of     neck  wood  under  the   recessed     part    to  give  back  to  it  . you  could   even   do   this the full  length of the  box ,

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Permalink Reply by Clarky on November 11, 2013 at 12:06am

I do what Pick said, I put a length of wood under the recessed part to strengthen it, the length of the box.  It adds some strength to it but also gives you something solid to screw a tailpiece into or bracing.  I also use titebond to glue the wood inside the box, then the neck to the bit of wood, and I also use screws where the neck enters and exits the box, back and front.  I didn't do that in my earlier guitars but on my recent one the neck came away from the box a little despite having clamped it with titebond for 24 hours.  I reckon the cold weather didn't help the glue set properly.

Good luck!

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Permalink Reply by ShadowChancer on November 11, 2013 at 5:05am

These are my rough plans to brace the pickup route and the entry and exit points of the box

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on November 11, 2013 at 6:51am

only  problem  i  see   with  that set  up   mabe  leveling  the 2  pieces  .  unless  you   left  a bit  of meat     under the recess  ,,  also  it  looks  like       with the   string tension  ,,  that       back  piece would want to  pull   up  .

 

i think  you  have   overkill in  one spot  . instead   of sufficientcy   throughtout .

 

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Permalink Reply by Reeds Taylor on November 11, 2013 at 7:07am

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on November 11, 2013 at 8:17am

Also, you might want to relieve the neck underneath the box lid by about an 1/8" or 1/4", to let it vibrate for good acoustic tone.

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Permalink Reply by Philip Foreman on November 11, 2013 at 8:03am

yea i use a block under it running the length of the box 

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