
Last seen: Mar 23, 2026
I used an offcut from the fretboard to make a fillet to cover the truss rod. Waste not, want not.
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.
They are both looking good together.
Time to drill the panga and route the headstock to depth.
@petejb Oh wow! I never learned any of this stuff but I’m really glad you have mentioned it. I didn’t do that well in school, my attention was all ove...
@russ I have always been a guitarist and always will be. 😂
@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...
Panga panga all routed up. It’s a pretty wood but very splintery, I had to be careful when routing, splinters flying everywhere.
Time to make the panga panga neck. Here we go again. Can you spot the one difference, apart from the type of wood?
@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.
Out of the clamps and planed off the excess truss rod fillet.
@mattbeels Cheers Matt, that pickup really does sound great. The strap trick did work out well, I really does help balance the guitar when stood up ...
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 ...
@darrenking I can’t remember that either. 😆
@darrenking It’s totally justified.
Truss rod in and fillet glued in. I’ll come back to this tomorrow.
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 r...
I don’t think a a black or white scratchplate is gonna cut it, I think I’ll order a gold mirrored one.