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Comment by Richey Kay on December 21, 2013 at 9:50pm

Apologies for the crudely edited picture - if you made the recess where the areas are marked in black, the fretboard would it higher. Obviously this would present a problem in that there would be gaps on the sides of the box from where the neck used to sit. I think as long as the fretboard and box top are flush you should just go for it. Please don't let me put you off - this is a beautiful instrument you're working on and I really want to see it finished!

Comment by John Toomey on December 21, 2013 at 9:24pm

Comment by Richey Kay on December 21, 2013 at 9:11pm

I don't think you'd have to raise the fingerboard - just cut the recess (the part of the neck that fits under the box) a little deeper. Could you post a pic of the full neck? It's a little difficult to make out in those photos!

Comment by John Toomey on December 21, 2013 at 9:07pm

Rickey, I've reread your comments. The finger board and the lid will be flush the way I'm going at things at the moment. I don't want to make another finger board if I don't have to, but I could shim the finger board and lift it slightly. Should I raise the finger board a few mm's?

Thanks,

John 

Comment by John Toomey on December 21, 2013 at 8:55pm

Hey Richey, thanks for your feedback. I think I'm ok. In all the pictures the pieces of the guitar are just sitting in place. Today I started applying the satin clear and once I have enough coats done I'll put it together properly. The neck is fitted underneath the box top. Not happy with this and will do things a bit differently in future. I got around this by cutting the finger board the same thickness as the lid. The finger board and lid are flush when everything is assembled proper. Have a look at the pictures below. I cut the recess in the ends of the box a little smaller than the neck. I then cut a channel in the bottom and sides of the neck so that the neck drops into the recesses (difficult to describe?). My reasoning was I thought I would get a neater job than trying to cut the box out to the same size as the neck. I appreciate everyone's interest and comments to help me get this complete and playable.

Thanks, John

Comment by John Toomey on December 21, 2013 at 8:42pm

Comment by Richey Kay on December 21, 2013 at 8:15pm

John - I've been looking through your photos again and noticed on this wonderful looking guitar that the lid of the box appears higher than the fretboard - this could make it quite difficult to achieve a playable string action. I'm not sure if you were planning to make a recess on the through neck, as this would most likely remedy it. After my fist couple of guitars proved difficult to play (the fretboards were flush with the box lid) I settled on a design where the neck was higher than the box lid by 6mm, so for example if the box lid was 4mm thick, I would chisel out an 11mm recess in the part of the neck which sat under the box, which allows for the fretboard to sit higher than the lid and allows a 1mm gap between the 2 pieces so the lid can resonate more freely. Apologies if you've already got this on the 'to do' list!

Comment by Bluesheart on December 21, 2013 at 2:31am

Fantastic job you are doing!

Comment by Thorsten Hinrichsen on December 21, 2013 at 1:45am

Looks great, John. I love those distressed instruments. 

Comment by Barry Kaatz on December 20, 2013 at 8:47pm

And finally.http://youtu.be/Nv6aNIPo9EA

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