A work of art I say! I just love how the left side slopes inward exposing the backside. And look at all those holes, what in the hell am I gonna do with all those knobs!! :}  I'm sure glad you found room for the control knob that makes the bass play by itself.

The thing I find interesting is that it looks like it's hanging in front of a Tribute guitar and it's actually slightly shorter than the guitar.

You can't be sure of the relative lengths of each, because you can't see if their headstocks are level with each other. The mounting hooks might be staggered.
Still, it's going to be a beautiful bass.
Mike

Yes, I'm not sure if they stagger them that close to each other. It still casts a shadow on the tribute so it might appear even larger because it's closer to the camera.

The tribute has a scale of 25.5, my bass has a scale of 28. I would think the tribute body is much bigger. The body of my bass is about the size of a Little darlin guitar. I'm not sure if that's a tribute or not?? Maybe Mica can shed some light on this.

Light my fire, light my fire, light my fire, light my fire etc..
 
 
Jose Feliciano

I'm not sure what you mean by this, could someone post a picture? Thanks!

Sure if you go to my build record you will see a link to Ollie's bass. Pictured are strap locks that fold and hide away.

Hows the progress?

Mica, I'm gigging 5 days a week and my hofners falling apart. What's the status?

We're just waiting for the strings to come in while the paint finishes curing. Here's a snapshot after the preset (inlays and frets installed):
 

Thanks Mica, Did you order flat wounds or round wounds? I use flat wounds.

That looks great!  I love the way the top looks in that shot!

Anybody out there have any idea how long it takes the finish on cocobolo to cure?

Dude.  Patience.  Get some.
 
First of all to quote Mica from Feb 9th on this very build thread the first time you asked that question:
 
Coco Bolo is the boss when it comes to finishing. Some pieces are cooperative and some go fighting tooth and nail. So it can take anywhere from slightly less than 1 month is spray to 3 months in extreme cases.
 
I was going to ignore this build completely but your persistent badgering has gotten on *my* nerves.  I can only imagine what it must be like to be on the actual receiving end of this.  The fine people at The Mothership won't say anything to you because they're way too nice.  I'm not.  I call it like I see it and if it comes across as not nice so be it.
 
Most Alembics that aren?t super custom take about 5-6 months from start to finish.  Some are a bit less and some a bit more usually depending on the finish process and how many instruments are waiting for setup.  My bass waited for ~3 weeks for its place in line at setup.
 
So chill the hell out.  Have a drink.  Go play another bass.  Do something.  Just stop the constant bumping of this thread.  It isn?t going to make anything happen any faster.  Mica is really good about updating when something significant happens.  Given the most recent update Mica provided my best guess is that you?ll see your bass sometime around the middle to end of May ? which is less than 5 months and screamin? fast for any custom Alembic.