I need the easiest NON slide (not real fret) 3 or 5 string build (press down with fingers) guitar. whichever side is easiest.. the lid can side with strings or other side. I'm having a hard time understanding the cigar box version from the tin can version and gluing the 1/4 piece of wood. Sorry I re-read my posts and i'm getting mixed up tring to figure it out..I wont be using frets but just not slide version..thank you.
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the anonymous pick > Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal MusicDecember 23, 2012 at 3:15am
maybe this will help . . ;-)
as for the tin thing , i get what you are sayin .. most would cut out the neck .. some notch the rim by the neck , and either fold it down or cut the whole notch out . or even do a smaller neck just a few inches past the length of the box, and bolt a regular neck onto it .. then they raise the bridge .
I see photos of the neck all the way thru wood cigar boxes (lid side) I kinda understand how glueing wood to match the lid height could work. As far as the tin can non lid side I don't understand conceptually because of the rim thats raised on the non lid side. Would I just make an all the way thru neck.. ..then glue a second piece of wood where the neck meets the cans rim height? Hope this post makes sense.
the anonymous pick > Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal MusicDecember 23, 2012 at 2:33am
cool .. then id go with the wood one and use my advice above .. i think you will be plesently suprized .. and if you are puttin a pizo or a mag pup in it .. dont worry about attaching the lid right to the neck .
im not sure how to attach the neck? i have had success with the 3 string slide type both cigar box and tin can. Ive done all the way thru neck and almost all the way thru. if i use a tin and make an all the way thru neck... then glue a 1/4 piece of wood where the neck meets the tin (leaving a gap where the neck meets the tin....I should have proper height for a press down with finger guitar? what do i put in the gap? I will review pictures on the site.
the anonymous pick > Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal MusicDecember 23, 2012 at 1:11am
oh i thought you were using the wood box in the picture . ?
ive done the wood box slide type with the neck completely on top of the bottom of the box.. Not on the lid side. On the tin can type I've done all the way thru neck and one almost thru neck(got lucky making a tailpiece on that one). So no necks lid side yet
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as per you question , the neck in the diagram is one piece prior to adding the fret board .
the neck i describe later , with the bolt on and tin tin is 2 piece .
maybe this will help . . ;-)
as for the tin thing , i get what you are sayin .. most would cut out the neck .. some notch the rim by the neck , and either fold it down or cut the whole notch out . or even do a smaller neck just a few inches past the length of the box, and bolt a regular neck onto it .. then they raise the bridge .
cool .. then id go with the wood one and use my advice above .. i think you will be plesently suprized .. and if you are puttin a pizo or a mag pup in it .. dont worry about attaching the lid right to the neck .
im not sure how to attach the neck? i have had success with the 3 string slide type both cigar box and tin can. Ive done all the way thru neck and almost all the way thru. if i use a tin and make an all the way thru neck... then glue a 1/4 piece of wood where the neck meets the tin (leaving a gap where the neck meets the tin....I should have proper height for a press down with finger guitar? what do i put in the gap? I will review pictures on the site.
oh i thought you were using the wood box in the picture . ?
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