Hello six stringers!
I have a neck from a busted up acoustic guitar and I was wondering what you all might think would be the best way to join it to a cigar box. I attached a picture of what I have. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Hi,
I am not sure if it is the best way but for a beat up old 12 string acoustic neck (cut down to make a 6 string head) I used wood to metal screws/dowels which I picked up cheap off ebay.
I positioned the neck and marked where I wanted it to be fixed and then made two small pilot holes in the box where the neck heel would sit. After cutting a small hole at the neck end to work inside the box with the lid shut I put the neck in place and through the pilot hole marked where the neck heel needed to have the wood portion of the wood/metal screw fitted. Drilled and fitted the dowel screws and then enlarged the pilot holes to take the metal threaded part of the dowel screw.
I fitted the nuts and washers to the box end of the dowel screw through the neck hole
For the final fitting I also added glue.
The finished item looked like this
It would have been easier to flip the box over so I could have just opened the lid rather than make a hole to work through but for this box the veneer was much better quality on the top :O)
Thanks for the tip! your guitar came out pretty nice!
Pretty cool! Is that color-shifting paint on the heel?
David Lloyd said:
Hi,
I am not sure if it is the best way but for a beat up old 12 string acoustic neck (cut down to make a 6 string head) I used wood to metal screws/dowels which I picked up cheap off ebay.
I positioned the neck and marked where I wanted it to be fixed and then made two small pilot holes in the box where the neck heel would sit. After cutting a small hole at the neck end to work inside the box with the lid shut I put the neck in place and through the pilot hole marked where the neck heel needed to have the wood portion of the wood/metal screw fitted. Drilled and fitted the dowel screws and then enlarged the pilot holes to take the metal threaded part of the dowel screw.
I fitted the nuts and washers to the box end of the dowel screw through the neck hole
For the final fitting I also added glue.
The finished item looked like this
It would have been easier to flip the box over so I could have just opened the lid rather than make a hole to work through but for this box the veneer was much better quality on the top :O)
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