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Comment by Dane Donato on June 1, 2015 at 1:51am

It is a very complicated joint, but beautiful in design and execution. 

I use two lag bolts myself. I ensure that the end of the neck is truly 90% to the neck, and bolt the neck on from the inside of the resonator box, and use glue as well. The lag bolt heads are very ugly, but are never seen. 

Comment by ChickenboneJohn on May 31, 2015 at 5:45am

Why do you want to use a dovetail joint? For 3 or 4 string guitars it's a needlessly complicated joint, and structurally it's not necessary. There are very specific reasons why the traditional dovetail is used in 6 string acoustic guitars, and many modern 6 string  makers use a simpler tenon joint or bolt-on neck. The bolt-on is easier and quicker to make and has the huge advantages of adjustability and ease of repair.