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Permalink Reply by Keith Stanford on May 18, 2013 at 2:07am

Howdy Jeff,

You will save yourself a lot of heart-ache by getting the GittyMan's CBG Making Manual at www.GittyMan.com

At only $14 it is a steal, and has all you need to know about making that CBG.

The guy who wrote it is a member of our group here. Hopefully he'll see this message and chime in.

kieta

Permalink Reply by Jeff Richter on May 18, 2013 at 5:49am

I think I now realize that I should have used the back of the box as the top. I didn't because I wanted the pretty side up, but also I thought that the solid wood would be better than the plywood back.(and I really wanted the pretty side up) Oh well.

I now see if I flipped it the top would be stronger and less likely to sag because it is more ridgid.  

I'm gonna try inserting a lip to see what effect it has and will glue in if it sounds good.

Permalink Reply by 14 buck bass (aka antonio) on November 29, 2013 at 7:48am

i used two small braces under the neck that ran along the sides . looking at the lid. they would be under the neck and go from front to back. i cut the notch where the neck went through and it worked good. the ugly part was were the neck passed through the box. the lid was missing there. i solved that by luing a fret board on the neck that went to the lid.