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Minimum neck thickness inside biscuit tin guitar

Posted by Paul Said on May 28, 2015 at 5:37am in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion

Hi all,

          I'm half way through build no. 7 and have a potential issue with the thickness of the neck where it goes through/inside the biscuit tin so I've decided to STOP and ask you guys for advice.

The tin I am using is quite small. I have shaped the timber/neck going through the tin to give the CBG some neck angle so that i have enough clearance under strings. The timber thickness inside the CBG was originally 19mm but is now 15mm. With a 25.5" scale will the neck be strong enough or should I support it by gluing timber to the bottom section to add strength. This is what I would normally do but being a small tin, I don't want to fill the whole cavity with timber.

Regards. Paul

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  • the anonymous pick May 28, 2015 at 12:27pm

    if that's  oak  ,  you should be  ok  ,  and  hey  ,  to  ease your  mind  ,  maybe   make it a  2  stringer  ,  they are  a  hoot  ,  and     thats  a  V- "twin  "   and  the    biker    wave  ,\ /,,  too  ;-)

     

  • Paul Said May 28, 2015 at 5:50am

    I thought a couple pics may help.

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