i just want to thank you all for the kind words and the hysterical remarks esp my friend charlie....
 
i would have replied sooner but i had to be revived by paramedics after seeing these photos.
and i had to find clean underwear before they got here
we are almost home.......
wolf is very jealous.....

I can only echo what everyone else has said. Amazing.

I will try and scrounge up enough chunks. They might not be from the same board though.

Hi Jeff,
 
Absolutely gorgeous,the Sistine Chapel with strings!.The Quilted Cocobolo for the top was an inspired choice.It looked beautiful in the pic Mica posted when it had just been cut,but now....!!.
 
Best Wishes,
 
Simon.(Envious Green of Manchester,UK).

mica
am in love with the chromes again and i think i will not change them at this point. so i dont see a need to set this in case i go with TI's again

for the record-lol
gold plated hardware please. i assume it includes the nut, tailpiece and bridge
bronze logo for the peghard
 
thanks mica
its stunning

Wow!!!

Jason inlaying the peghead logo:

Flax, m'man, I'm struck with the thought that you're a man after my own heart!
 
I feel a sense of commonality with you, seeing this gorgeous bass with BTC Coco Bolo on the front and back, the gorgeous Flame Maple outer neck laminates, the REALLY cool custom neck (that is very similar to the one on my 6-String custom in progress) AND your custom electronics package.  And you're also a fan of narrow string spacing.  In many ways, this bass is one of the closest to my two Alembics conceptually, and practically.
 
Hey, everyone has complimented your new bass on its incredibly awesome top... but wow... the freakin' back is unbelievably awesome as well... let's not overlook that!!!
 
I salute you sir!  You've spec'ed one serious HARD CORE bass here!

thanks mark- am, flattered- hey the flaxneck now has its own template..  
once in a while you get shown the light....
yeah the back looks great, cant wait to see the plates on the bloomin onion' as i like to call the back, but give credit to bob for the masterful tummy carve and the way those grains came out.
where else does the buyer have such input to spec out the layout of their instrument. and that back piece didnt present itself that well in the original shots mica showed us. great range of coco colors- light dark red orange
I AM ONE LUCKY GUY...
is this the first photo of jason? now when i call he will know who i am;- lmao
in case nobody noticed- i opted for gold plated hardware and roger is making solid qcb knobs with mop dots- no holding back at this point...

This is absolutely stunning!

Please put one in for me
thanks
we are still moving the q switches away from the knobs yes?

You want another knob on this bass  
 
Actually, I'm going to be redoing the control layout next week, so this is good timing. However, I would suggest the dimmer be installed internally leaving the switch outside. With front LEDs, an external dimmer might be useful, but with the side ones, you're more likely to find a setting you like and leave it there.

Hey gang, just a thought...
 
How about a 3-position switch for the side LEDs... off/half power/full power... something like that?
 
Just a thought, hope you don't mind my butting in, good intentions, yadda yadda yadda...
 
Of course, this could be in addition to an internal dimmer...

internal is fine mica- based on scooter you can turn it down some when installing
thanks
does this mean i have to forget about dummy switches and knobs too?