Handy hints on how to glue-up a cigar box guitar neck

Here's the way I make pretty well all my guitar necks. Glueing on a "backstrap" is essential to give the neck sufficient strength to cope with being cut to fit into the box and have notches taken out of it for pickups.

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Comment by ChickenboneJohn on November 13, 2016 at 6:28pm

When I've got the time I'll do more videos..but I've never got much time!! We get quite a lot of our timber as odds and ends from our local sawmill in Birmingham and re-saw and plane to size. Our other planed stock comes from an online supplier, but we order 100 or 200 board metres at a time. They have a pretty hefty minimum delivery charge of around £30, so that makes it only worth buying from them if you are buying in bulk.

Comment by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on November 13, 2016 at 12:11pm

Help upon help! You're a star John. Is it cheeky to ask where you get your sawn wood from in the thickness you mention? I buy mine on ebay at the moment from a company called Poppyhillwood. I got lucky finding them and even though I've only bought one bulk lot from them it's been as straight as I could have asked for. I'm sure buying wood sight unseen on ebay probably isn't advisable but they were around 20 or 30 percent cheaper than the timber merchant I visited locally. If you wish to share your source that would be awesome but I also understand the bare faced cheek of asking outright so no worries if not. Thanks again for the tips. Much appreciated and a great help.

Comment by Eric Constance on November 13, 2016 at 11:13am

Thanks CBJ....  Can you do a video on how you do the radius on the back of your necks?

Comment by J.Rob on November 13, 2016 at 10:32am

Thank you CBJ!

Comment by Derek Rose on November 13, 2016 at 3:53am

Great tip regarding the pins. Thanks John.

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