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Permalink Reply by robert jones on March 5, 2014 at 11:43pm

The plate mounts on top of the box.

The rest depends on the chosen method of construction.

Without that information it will be difficult to give you pertinent answers.

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Permalink Reply by The Capo Kid on March 5, 2014 at 11:51pm

 Pics would a great help , but what ever you've used to make the neck I'd glue another piece of the same to the underside of the neck so it double the thickness inside the box and let it stick out the front of the box about 2ins and shape it to form a heel , plenty of pics on here or look at my last build , you'll need to measure from the underside of the black plastic cover (that sits on top of the lid ) to underside of the pickup subtract the lid thickness then you'll have to allow extra for up and down adjustment .

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Permalink Reply by Ben Reed on March 6, 2014 at 1:55am

sounds good - so you wouldn't add a bronze brace to the neck/box?

I have plenty left over wood so I am interested in this solution  - when you say about 2 ins sticking out the front - you mean at the end - my CBG is a neck-thruugh cigar box so already has about 2 ins sticking out - would be no big issue to have another piece underneath it using superglue.

Do you have any pics of your last build so i can compare?

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Permalink Reply by robert jones on March 6, 2014 at 4:28am

A good wood glue is best for permanent wood to wood joints should you decide to add a block to the neck.

Save the superglue for nuts, frets, and fingers.

By the way, just go ahead with plans for your next build, it's addictive.

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Permalink Reply by The Capo Kid on March 6, 2014 at 6:10am

 

 This is the general idea , just notch out what ever depth you need to fit pickup , I used mini humbucker in this one so there wasn't a lot of neck left  hence the beefed up neck .

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on March 6, 2014 at 12:30am

You could also buy a pickup from Elmar at

http://www.original-flatpup.com/

They are very thin, only about 5-6mm thick, and sit on top of the box lid. No cutting necessary.

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Permalink Reply by jawbone on March 6, 2014 at 2:53am

This is what I did - but this was because I didn't want to put holes in the plate.
I used a real beefy chunk of wood just to accommodate the pickup. The pick up top sits about 1/8 above the wood.

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Permalink Reply by Ben Reed on March 6, 2014 at 3:38am

wow that looks amazing - im still a newbie - got a 3 string kit from CBG but if I like the sound of it i hope to do some more adventurous ones

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Permalink Reply by Bobby O'Neal on March 14, 2014 at 11:31am

This is sweet!  Does it have just the magnetic pickup or is there a peizo in the box?  I wanna do something like this but 3way switch between peizo and mag.  How can I mount a rod peizo under the bridge?

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Permalink Reply by jawbone on March 14, 2014 at 4:30pm

This one is just the mag - I tried all sorts of combinations and finally made a new neck and just went with the one mag.
Rod in bridge?? Just make a bridge and put a rod in it, saddle on top and drill a hole thru for the wire.

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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on March 14, 2014 at 9:09pm

 if you are using single coil pickups hacking into the neck will be unavoidable unless you use Flatpups, the neck could be braced by glueing a strip of wood beneath it, but removing wood from the neck is a no-no in my book, it will weaken the whole structure. (-:

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Permalink Reply by robert jones on March 15, 2014 at 5:48am

That's not necessarily accurate, whether or not the neck has to be notched is entirely dependent on the method of construction and the height of the pickup.

The way I construct my necks there is 3/4" between the top of the box (exterior) and the top of the neck (internal); with a 1/4" fret board that leaves a full 1" of height to place a standard single coil into, plenty of room for adjustment without resorting to cutting into the internal portion of the neck.

That being said, I like those Flatpups and won't hesitate to second your recommendation of them.

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