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Permalink Reply by Gary Ray on November 18, 2017 at 6:05pm

Could you upload a picture of the neck laid out with the box and bridge? It's gotta be doable, my Gibson has 24.75 inch scale and the bridge is 12 inches from the 14th fret. If you did the same your bridge would be about 2/3rds of the way through the box which should be OK. However, if you anchor the strings at the end of the box the break angle over the bridge might be to shallow but that is easy enough to fix with a string retaining bar.

Gary

Permalink Reply by music2me on November 18, 2017 at 7:03pm

I have pics but How to upload?

Permalink Reply by Mark Bliss on November 18, 2017 at 6:07pm

I think we might need to more clearly know where you are at in the project.

Glued up? fretted? In pieces?

Large boxes can be cool, but create their own challenges too. One tactic is to locate the bridge pretty far up the box, but even then you will likely incur some limited access to the higher frets.

This kind of thing is why I ALWAYS suggest at least a sketch, preferably a reasonably accurate scale drawing mock up before proceeding to build. It can save you from many potential headaches.

Permalink Reply by music2me on November 18, 2017 at 7:02pm

Neck is built , fretboard unfretted in pieces, I have it laid out now looks the bridge would have to be nearly half way up the length which is a little much I prefer about 1/4 the way up, going to use a tailpiece that that bends over the end of box With a floating bridge. I’m not sure how to upload photos.