Roughed In Neck

Cut the neck piece and glued on the headstock, then roughed in the taper of the neck. I've been thinking more about the part of the neck that attaches to the soundboard (top of the cigar box). How loud the guitar plays is affected by the size of the volume of air it causes to vibrate. Larger resonating chamber, louder volume, in simplistic terms. In addition the more of the surface of the sound board allowed to vibrate freely the better, so the neck should be glued to it along the smallest area that will still be structurally acceptable. So, like the previous guitar, I cut 'shelves' in the neck where it inserts into the cigar box. One level for where it will be glued, cut down so that the top of the sound board will be flush with the top the neck so the fingerboard will glue down properly. The next level down to prevent the neck from making contact with the soundboard, allowing it to vibrate freely. Then I took a piece out of the center in an attempt to reduce the amount of space the neck takes up inside the resonating chamber. If nothing else, it made the guitar lighter, which isn't bad either. I have no idea if these things really make a difference or not, but I'm going to go ahead and try them and see what happens.