I used an offcut from the fretboard to make a fillet to cover the truss rod. Waste not, want not. Attachment : 96425C65-C563-45A6-B6F9-DF5FE41F6F51.jpeg

Time to make a fretboard for the panga neck. I’m going to use this lovely piece of pale moon ebony, again using the Bagpress Fret Slotting Jig. Attachment : 72C6B36A-0C93-4E75-9274-C5570263D22D.j...

They are both looking good together. Attachment : 2E4024FF-2528-4DC2-A640-7421CB060D89.jpeg Attachment : 05654C2E-A31E-4352-8B93-3C5701B14201.jpeg Attachment : 9C7F48FF-E731-40DB-9B...

Time to drill the panga and route the headstock to depth. Attachment : AC24879F-08CF-44C1-842A-25A70D6097C3.jpeg Attachment : 59F41F43-5389-4900-BFCF-F3ED9F75EB47.jpeg

Posted by: @petejb No worries mate, I am an engineer who was a young student in the (failed) US pilot program to convert to metric in the early 70's. I'm fluent in both actually and PREFER metric. It...

@russ I have always been a guitarist and always will be. 😂

Posted by: @russ Lefty @russ Well, it could be but it’s going on a righty as a reverse headstock. It’s going on the purple and gold swirly body as my tribute to Jimi. I know Jimi was a lefty but he ...

Panga panga all routed up. It’s a pretty wood but very splintery, I had to be careful when routing, splinters flying everywhere. Attachment : 5B96EA02-F1EC-4125-B6D6-E127AAA7A197.jpeg Attac...

Time to make the panga panga neck. Here we go again. Can you spot the one difference, apart from the type of wood? Attachment : 5DFE181B-DEF6-486C-8A92-98A82A9AB18E.jpeg Attachment : 5AA3...

@petersoyanov I did find this video that may help you out. 👍

@petersoyanov I can't help you with this but maybe @markbailey can. 👍

Fretboard glued on and in clamps. Attachment : IMG_20220328_150708.jpg

Out of the clamps and planed off the excess truss rod fillet. Attachment : IMG_20220328_133849.jpg

Posted by: @mattbeels How did the strap balance work out and what was the wiring trick that you learned for the killswitch? @mattbeels Cheers Matt, that pickup really does sound great. The strap tri...

Has anyone heard the British Eurovision song entry this year? I really don’t care that it’s the British entry, I’m not a nationalist, I just like the song. I found Sam Ryder on TikTok during lockdown...

Posted by: @darrenking Where did you get it from? @darrenking I can’t remember that either. 😆

Posted by: @darrenking Thanks for the mention. @darrenking It’s totally justified.

Truss rod in and fillet glued in. I’ll come back to this tomorrow. Attachment : 309938FF-A943-406B-B640-FC40BF7A8268.jpeg Attachment : 4659E91C-F6A8-4321-9E96-548E1BAD2839.jpeg

I am, of course, using the “Bagpress Fret Slotting Jig” from @darrenking to slot my fretboard blank (I still don’t know what wood this is). This jig really is super simple and easy to use, consistent,...

I don’t think a a black or white scratchplate is gonna cut it, I think I’ll order a gold mirrored one. Attachment : F4AE121F-73F2-4351-B992-D1865140240A.jpeg Attachment : 15567AE7-F4C4-488...