This kit from Pango is a variation on a Flying V guitar.
DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM PANGO!
Full disclosure, I did not buy this kit. It was sent to me free of charge by Pango. After my first experience with Pango, I was very vocal on my website an on social media. Pango contacted me and offered to send me a free kit if I would review it and take down the negative comments on social media. I agreed. It didn’t turn out as planned. What they sent me was a dusty old kit with a lot of defects, no longer offered (or maybe a prototype never offered), that had clearly been sitting in their warehouse for a long time.
This is supposed to be all mahogany. I’m not certain that is what is on the top, but it might be. Because it is “mahogany” and I have been very satisfied with the burgundy Keda Wood Dye blend I used on my Explorer style bass, Explorer style 6-string and Strat style, I decided to use it here for the top. The back and sides as well as the set neck I stained mahogany and used Minwax Wipe-On Poly over the whole thing. The color came out great, but there were a lot of defects, fillers, and glue spots in the wood. The set neck was very good and easy to do. The bridge and electronic are acceptable, but the components did not align properly at all.
However, the biggest problem was the headstock. It was unshaped, except for the holes for the tuning machines. They did not line up from side to side, but more importantly the factory-designed layout made installing the strings not just difficult, but geometrically impossible. Clearly, no one had ever successfully built this kit as it is designed. I ended up installing a “String Butler” – truly a great product – just to make it useable.
Aside from the fact that Pango sent me total junk that could not be assembled as designed (and I use the word “designed” very loosely), a Flying V itself is inherently uncomfortable to hold or play sitting down. Who thinks this stuff up?