I thought it might be helpful and interesting to see how other members mount the guitar neck in their cigar boxes. How much bracing do you use? Are you gluing or using screws to mount it? Are you letting the lid/soundboard touch the neck or are you keeping a gap between them? All of this might help new builders, and give the more experienced builders some fresh ideas.
I'll start with one of my simplest ways of mounting............2 cross braces and simply countersink a couple of wood screws. As you can see in the pic the lid sets right on the neck for good support in the bridge area. This box is deeper then the neck so there is nothing blocking the area on either side of the neck. This box measures 8"x 6.5"x 3" and is pretty loud acoustically with a very good bass tone. I used a simple cut piece from the end of the fretboard, drilled a hole half way through with a forstner bit and hot glued a piezo pickup in the hole. Then hot glue the piece to the lid or the side of the neck. Hooked up to the amp it sounds great and not a lot of handling noise or feedback. I have also simply mounted the piezo in a hole drilled with a forstner bit in the neck directly under the bridge.
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I had to add extra support to the neck because by the time I removed enough wood to clear the lid (3/16") then another 1/8" so the the neck would no longer touch the neck, then I decided to take another 1/8" away to install the "pickup" on the neck, there wasn't enough wood left to keep it from bending under the stress of the strings.
I added no support for the lid (sound board).
I put a through piece in mine that is 5/8" to 3/4" from the top so it doesn't interfere with top/soundboard vibration and put side and middle blocks between the through piece and back for stability. I terminate the strings on one end of the through piece and bolt or glue the neck on the other end. Then I can decide whether to make it acoustic or electric. If I decide to put pickups in it, I don't have to cut into the neck.
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I just did an experiment of putting a 3/8" dowel between the neck and lid right under the bridge to see how it would affect the sound. It quite conclusively shows that the lid having contact with the neck seriously dampens the sound. At least in this one design of a CBG.
Here's a video of my experiment... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F31SJo9Xd70&feature=youtu.be