There should be some wood left over for your other pegheads. I'll ask Bob to reserve it and when we're done, and I'll send you back the parts we don't wind up using. We'll try to conserve as much as possible.
 
Here's the wood from that last photo rotaed 180:  

Let me know if any of these arrangements work out for you.

The Vermilion will wind up looking a bit darker than the Mahogany, even years down the road. The piece we've got for the body is not super dark to begin with. I'll be adding a photo to the build record shortly.

Here's the body parts without the top, just waiting for the final word on placement:

There isn't a different standard for fretless, we use the same size aluminum dots for everything.  
 
Pictures of dots? I guess I could, but they would look like, well, dots. How big do you want them? Any materials preferences?

Mica,
 
Thanks for the pic. This last one looks good (post 4373). Let's go with that.  
 
Hmm... this photo has me thinking about black hardware. What do you think?
 
Dave

Aluminum is fine. Can we make them 3/32? I'm thinking 1/8 might look too big, but the standard ones seem small without frets.

Cool! Are the accents wide enough for the BTC? Or does some of the body get cut from here?

Ok Dave, we'll use the most recent placement for the top laminate.  
 
Black hardware would look nice and understated. Here's a  on a Rogue we recently completed for our showroom.

Hey, who's the fat kid playing that thing?

Ummm... that black looks nice indeed. Don't know about the fat kid though . Did you buy that Rogue? Very nice piece.
 
Anyway, back to my hardware... how long do I have to change my mind to black if I so desire? Can I wait til the bass has finish on it so I can see how the top looks? I'm ignorant about how far into the process the hardware gets machined.
 
Dave

Dave,
 
Since I actually saw and played that bass (no purchase, in the interest of marital harmony ), I can wholeheartedly say that black hardware looks lovely, and it would go well with your ebony.
 
Bradley

When the bass gets the sealer coats is the perfect time to decide if you want the hardware plated or not. We generally will do a preset about half way through the finishing process. This consists of levelling and fretting the fingerboard if there's no plated hardware.  
 
If there's hardware to be plated, the setup is completed, with the bridge and nut slotted. Inlaid logo would go in at this time too. Once the bass is back in spray for the rest of the finish, the hardware is prepped and buffed for plating. We send the hardware to one of the platers and it will usually show up before the bass is rubbed out so it doesn't cause a delay in delivery.

Well it is designated for chrome plating, so the process wouldn't change much I suppose, just color plating.

I've got the hardware finish noted as TBA after customer sees bass with sealer so we won't send it to the chrome plater.

Perfect.