hoping santa will come with my finished bass...

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Here's some photos of the pickup routing:  

 

  I was lucky and caught Bob as he was doing the work. Look at those chips fly!

Pictures (red-meat) for the lions!
 
Nice job!

A nice sealer coat and the wood really pops!

  The airvent you asked for:

 (there's one under the treble pickup too)  and a closeup of the wood:

may i ask what the airvent will do?
 
~Taylor

taylor,
I planned to have the bass as light as logically possible, because i had a severe back pain injury due to HNP ( disc slip).  
So I ask Mica to throw out some body wood .And just to be sure that the air inside doesnt have any effect due to changes in temperature or humidity, I asked for little holes for free air movement.
Just my little knowledge..not sure if that's right or wrong, but just  being conservative I guess.
regards
r

Brilliant!

i can see where getting it light as possible would help, especially being a 7-string! either way, she's a beauty, can't wait for the final pictures
 
~Taylor

That is a slammin' looking instrument!
 
Robert - what tuning are you planning on using?

pauldo,
Guitar tuning plus Low B.  
I started playing classical guitar, and the tuning stuck in my memory. So ist string will be high E, 2nd string =B
regards
r

Thats how I tune my 7string too!

Pace,
 
I didn't know you had a 7!  You've been holding out on me, bro!
 
Peace;)
 
Frank

Well, it aint an Alembic.....

That's going to be a baddass bass, and I love it!
 
Roberto, you do realize your bass is going to cause more cracks on the polar ice caps, because the sound will be monstrous!
 
Here's my song to you...
 
One and ah two...
 
I've flown around the world in a plane
I've settled revolutions in Spain
The North Pole I have charted, but I can't get
started with you (yet)
 
Around the golf course I'm under par
And all the movies want me to star
I've got a house, a show place, but I get no
place with you (yet)
 
You're so supreme, lyrics I write of you
Scheme, just for a sight of you
Dream, both day and night of you
And what good does it do?
 
but I get no
place with you (yet)
 
And all that Jazz, Nice bass!
 
 
Peace and Love,  
 
Hal-
 
(Message edited by the_jester on January 26, 2010)