I have a CBG question to ask members advice. Is this the best place on this site to do this? Currently I have several cigar boxes that are over 20" in length. I want to build neck through CBG'S with these boxes. I was hoping to keep an 18" fretboard from the nut to beginning of the box but in doing so I end up with about a 35" scale length due to the length of the box. Anyone have any suggestions? thanks
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Move the bridge closer to the neck? A long tailpiece so the strings aren't too short.
I'm a bit confused, how could the scale length change because of the length of the box? Scale length is determined by the length of the neck from the nut to the 12th fret, then doubled....easy peasy.
your info is sound Oily,an 18 '' fretboard,outside a 20'' box will take some doing,given that generally we look to bridge around 1/3 of the box from the tail,some numbers need crunching here,but also consider that you will end up with a looooong guitar,20 in box,plus 18 in neck,is it likely to be easily handled,i can't say for you,but it would not work for me,losing a few frets into the body however you do it ,i'm sure will make it a little easier to handle
I am finishing up my first CBG and I too had some headscratching and texting moments trying to figure it out! My box is 16" long, so I used about a 36" piece of curly maple right through the box with a spliced in birdseye maple head. The fret board is 16" exactly and I just fretted as much as I could, maybe 15 frets. The scale is 25.5" from nut to bridge, so the bridge is somewhere around 2/3 down the box. Getting the frets in the mail today and then finishing everything and praying it sounds awesome!!! Just did a single piezo pickup on this build, probably go better next one.
Another option is to make the neck shorter and extend the fretboard over the top of the box, but not touching the top. My first CBG build has a extension over the top. For some reason I though it would be a good idea to make a 24 fret acoustic. Silly Me.
Randy's double cutaway idea is also good.
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