@boo You're getting well with that, its good to see that you're workbench is almost as tidy as mine.

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 ...

Posted by: @boo Can you spot the one difference, apart from the type of wood? Lefty @boo? 🤔 🙏🙂🎶🎸

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...

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: @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.

Posted by: @boo I still don’t know what wood this i Hi @boo Thanks for the mention. Re fretboard species: Goncalo Alves would be my guess. Difficult to be 100% without having it front of me. Where d...

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,...

@boo agreed. I personally think the white looks better than the black but a gold one would be awesome. 🙂

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...

Surface routed the headstock to depth. Attachment : 054563A8-819C-4D2D-9A5C-9011F5193283.jpeg Attachment : 26225737-D428-4035-8560-3B9967750A3E.jpeg Attachment : 84F64EDC-08B1-4B90-...

Drilled the tuner holes. Attachment : 56D686B0-124C-4514-BC81-305466D19891.jpeg Attachment : 3F0F8D09-51C4-4C46-B702-6E0A0B45A5E7.jpeg

I have two router tear outs and both of them are on the back side of the headstock. I was thinking about repairing them but I’m just going to sand and blend them into the shape instead. If I was build...

Time to remove the template/pattern and the neck from the worktop, CAREFULLY! 😆 Attachment : 9AA69C89-975B-44D5-822D-333D49655C58.jpeg Attachment : 0545031C-CC97-4035-BE3D-D17546D79...

Attached my new template/pattern to the neck and routed off the excess to leave a perfect neck shape. Attachment : 04E40CEB-76C7-4317-81C6-EB4FE16D0460.jpeg Attachment : 12298070-E7C0-42BE...

I have a routing pattern/template for a Strat neck and instead of using it for routing these necks, I’ve made another template from it. I’ll keep the original as a master to make more when I inevitabl...