Finally, I am going to weigh-in on some of the topics of this (very old) discussion.
Since I am the one that had this wonderful instrument built, I suppose I'm the best one to supply a couple of authoritative answers (although Mica COULD dispute that!).
The bass was constructed - based on my (at the time considered ridiculous) specs by:
Ron Wickersham
Susan Wickersham
Rick Turner
Frank Fuller
..and a few others whose names escape me (sorry, Mary - I know you had a hand in it too!)
:-)
The quasi-Tree Of Life inlay was designed (mostly) by Susan, with LOTS of annoying input from me.
The most important piece of it (to me, at the time) was the inclusion of the Libra glyph at the first position. Yep! Look closely, and you'll see how Susan masterfully worked that in.
The LED dimmer option was something that they had never had to deal with before. As a matter of fact, they wondered WHY I would want lights - AND have the option to dim them, too! Regardless, my insanity prevailed.
The neck was (very loosely) modeled after a '63 Fender C neck. I had it shaved so thin, that they had to reverse the neck laminates and make as PH/WA/PH/WA/PH. They were not very happy about having to use all of that Purple Heart in one neck!
That's it (for now). If anyone has any questions, I'll be checking-in from time-to-time (now that I'm largely over the trauma of selling my left arm)
Enjoy Baby and have as much fun with her as I did.
C 'YA!
Chris
