Ripped straight from the “can’t leave well enough alone” file…

I am super happy with how the neck on Sex Panther feels and plays and the quality of the build!, But…

I’m not really happy with the finish I put on the neck of Sex Panther. I also want a bigger headstock to display the beautiful (large) logo I made.

I have planned all along to strip the finish off and re-do it. I have also considered chopping up the headstock and gluing on some extra wood to make a bigger headstock.

I really want one of those big goofy 1970s strat headstocks. Like the bottom one in this photo.

I also have wanted to build my own neck. You can see where this is heading.

Why not make a new neck!?! And if I’m gonna make a new neck, might as well be goofier too and make the headstock inverted!

My beautiful wife design consultant and I decided to go with;

• Maple neck, satin finish
• Inverted big goofy strat style headstock. Painted black of course. Finished glossy
• Ebony fretboard, natural finish
• Dual action truss rod in the heel with a wheel on it
• I’ll re-use the tuners

Off to StewMac! Here is my haul

I downloaded some neck and headstock designs from the interwebs and printed them full size. After some creativity with scissors and tape we can see the neck shape.