honestly i kind of like the look of the buttons for scrolling better, especially if they can be topped in cocobolo (which i seem to remember seeing, but i can't find the picture now). but if you think the switch will work better it's cool with me. definitely no big deal.
 
other than that everything looks good.

Well, those Coco Bolo topped ones you've seen before are cool, but they take up a HUGE amount of space behind the scenes because they mount in such a weird way.   We're doing another guitar with 2 buttons for scrolling that mount in a regular way with a washer and nut, but we are putting a wooden cap over the push button. This is the test piece:

  for scale:

  and what's under the hood:

  We can make the cap smaller if you don't mind seeing the nut a little bit.   Let me know if you like this approach, and I'll see if I can cram it into the original layout, or near to it at any rate.

I think we can just go with the switch you first mentioned, so we can avoid cramming a bunch of stuff together.  
Thanks mica!!!

anything new?

I got the Roland pickup, but the vendor sent the wrong one, the top-mounted style. I should have the real one this week. Nobody wants to drill holes without all the parts to mount in hand, and I can't say I blame 'em.
 
Once it's here and we start the drilling, there will be another pile of pics waiting for you.

sounds good. thanks mica!

The bass is sitting by my mom's office so that the MOMENT the pickup arrives, it will get the attention it needs.  
 

 
Erik calls it dark and stripey

... And so this bass will be known as Dark and Stripey from now on.

Wow! Eric has certainly grown!
 
graeme

hey mica
i was looking over this and thought of a random question. will the roland be selectable in the pickup selector switch? or is it completely isolated from the rest? just wondering.

Totally separate. On that note, the Roland Bass kits are still backordered (until JULY!). I'm trying to get some documentation from them so I can get the routing done. I just need to confirm the sizes of the internal controls. It's been a long time since we did a bass install, and I don't want to assume the guts are the same as the guitars.  
 
I sent the surface mounted kit back, dad said it's really not possible to repurpose it for an internal mount.

let me know when you hear something, mica. hopefully things won't get held up on this for too long.

any luck?

bump.

Ugh. The Roland pickup is still backordered. Hope to get some details about a ship date on Monday. Dark and Stripey is getting dusty waiting for it