Hi guys, I am now building my first cigar box guitar and I would like to have your opinion about how I build it. Very basic CBG and I don't have lots of tools.

I am now ready to glue my neck (1x2 with a 1/4x2 laminated fretboard) onto a 1x2 through support strut. My question is : If I leave a small gap (around 1/8) between the box and the neck, will it be OK to play with or should I put the neck closer to the box?

Here's a picture with a gap between :

Here's a picture with no gap between :

Here's the joint (not glue yet) with the neck/fretboard and the through box support strut :

Here's the view inside the box (support strut already glued and srew onto the box) :

Here's a picture of the headstock (not finish yet). I hard an hard-time trying to trim a 1/4'', 5'' long into the wood (you can see how it's not flat)... I glued a piece of 1/4x2 under it to have the tuning pegs on a good level, onto the headstock.... :

The wood that I used for the neck and the support strut is Birch and the fretboard is Oak. Let me know what do you think of that and what I should do different before gluing the neck and what I should do different for my neck build. It will be very appreciated! Thank you