Finally some neck carving on this most unusual of guitars! I’m using zebrawood for the neck and the fretboard.

I install 2 carbon fiber rods on both sides of the truss rod. This gives lateral support to the neck and reinforces it against twisting. I show how I rout out the slots and how I install the carbon fiber…

Students Ron and Lamar ream their bridge pins to fit, slot the nut and give their guitars a final setup, before stringing them up and playing them for the first time!

I show how I use specialty joining boards to glue purfling strips to the edge of binding strips in order to create side purfling.