I see a wizards face on the top (Gandalf).  Beautiful!

Sweet... Thanks for the updates - nice to see the progress -- keep the pictures coming!
 
BTW: Mica, I\m thinking Black Tahitian MOP (oval fingerboard) inlays to match that Ebony neck lam........
 
                Wait till the finish hits!
 
    -Rich

I never get tired seeing such beauties

Wow, looks great!
 
Body shape looks almost the same as my fretless, I love it!

would love some updated pictures

Carve away!
 

And now with some sealer coats:

 There is a lot going on in this top. Layers upon layers.  

Whew... drooling. Beautiful

Interesting neck laminates , nice contrast.

Beautiful! I dig.

really nice! i like that shortened horn...

Mica,
I have three current questions and seek your advise, each one with its own post.
First One: I am considering having you place the 5 Pin Jack on the side of the bass, rather than on the top, hate to break up too much of that beautiful wood top, after seeing your post with the sealer coats - what do \ya think? Is this suggestion do-able?/ or recommended;  
see my thoughts below:
 
Do you even like placing the jack on the side of the bass?- personnally I think there are pros and cons;
pros: Top placement -you can see where you are plugging/unplugging the instrument cord into: also it looks cool too.
cons: obviously covering up the wood. In this case could the jack on the front be placed away from the dark viens (lines) by the tailpiece area and put by/closer to the knot just below where those lines are located?  
 
-Rich

Mica/Susan:
Second question/post:  
not sure if you may remember our conversation regarding the inlaid Logo... that is to have as much blue color present in the abalone shell, (not in the cloud portion), that may be possible to produce.... (Mica, I do remember what you said about the colors as the shell gets sanded down).
 
The idea, whether ideal or not, is to try and add more blue hues to go with the LED\s.

Mica,
Third question/post:
When the time comes lets continue our talk we had about engraving initials/names onto the front/back of the brass truss rod cover. I do have some font examples I\d like to share which I\ve done in a word proccessor.
 
I can\t remember if you preferred to do that work in-house or at the trophy shop.  
 
Thanks -Rich

Too late for this one! I usually am a couple of days behind on posting pics to when I take them. The holes are already drilled according to the plan we had back in March.  
 
It looks cool, I'll catch another photo with the drilling pattern by Friday for you.