The "humble" bass

[mica]

It sounds lovely, and less humble!  I don't remember ever making a 1-pickup Series electronics before.  I love Zebrawood accenbt laminates. We haven't made many, but they always look very interesting.  
 
About the only concern I would have is cosmetic - the satin finish on the Ebony is not so attractive once the oils from your skin start collecting in the minute scratches that form the finish. Maybe an oil finish would be a better choice, and would feel just like the fingerboard since they are oiled.  
 
About the Abalone fretmarkers, are you describing something different than the sidelines on the Tiger bass? How long did you want the Abalone stripes visible on the front, 5mm or so? You can tell I'm trying to build this bass in my head.  
 
Am I the only one that can't see the wonderful drawings that used to be on this thread?

[Bob Novy (bob)]

I haven't seen the drawings here for a long time either, probably at least 3 months or so. When the page loads, they start out as the standard tiny image icon (not one with a broken corner), then eventually download as something like 1. body.jpg rendered as plain text.
 
I kind of miss them myself, though it was pretty slow waiting for them to all come through so I just assumed they'd been deliberately reduced. Perhaps they really were pretty large, and the image size limit was decreased at a later time?

[Paul Lindemans (palembic)]

Mother Mica (we have a moder and a mother here friends you know I like to mess up things ;-))
Mica ... so wonderful to welcome you in my dream.
***sigh*** I know - I know - for one or antother reason I cannot be humble. I always have these great ideas I want to share and want to go for. It's that terrible PL-syndrome ...it's getting more and more interesting and more expensive.
But (yes ... the but-man) hey ... that's our drive.
The suggestion of the oil finish is great.
Know that I have VERY dry hands. I know it's a health problem but I'm very economic on strings.
Your cross reference to the Tiger-bass sidelines are correct.
Please consider these abalone accents
- the width of a mandolin fret
- 5 mm visible on the front.
The idea of putting amber leds behind (if possible) can look good I think. At least: if that material is translucent enough to give that warm glowing accent as well upwards as to the front.
 
Yes... the pictures disappeared around the change from 2002 to 2003. I thought they were skipped with the new-years clean-up. I still have them and can send you, conpletely as a Word file.
 
I'm really taken by the electronic lay-out. I hope Ron will find out a way to put that together.
I'm sure the series electronics are THE PU to make a 1 PU super-bass!!
 
Mica: I'm soooo glad you feeling better and I'm honoured and proud you visited my dream.
I really hope I can realise it once. I'm also happy it's already in YOUR head!
There is a new sunrise coming up for me
 
(...a lot of new banks are opening I can rob)LOL
 
Paul
 
Hi Brother Bob. thanks for looking over our shoulder and keeping the dream alive. If I remember well, the size of the pictures were very small.

[Paul Lindemans (palembic)]

I tried to place the "roughs" back in the first thread but that was impossible. So , here they are again: