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Can't wait to see this fully finished at the next Midlands Bass Bash, Norris (hint, hint)

That looks excellent, @meatloaf The home made bridge is pretty cool too

I'm pretty sure even the neck is going to be solid colour. Shame in someways but he's very excited by it anyway so no probs

Bit more progress today. Got the rear wings on (and Mrs Andy is out again, Scott ): And agreed with Nic, the future owner, that we'll use my logo swifts on the 12th fret. These are the paper templates in place: ...and while the glue for the rear panels was curing, I jeweller's saw'd out the swifts: Now...which needle file shall I use to finish them off? With the top still off, I will rout the cable runs, weight relieving chambers, etc and then glue the top on before final shaping. Even with the top just laid on, it's beginning to look like a bass, though :

Brilliant. They have a great reputation for very sound, experience-based, knowledge and a passion for getting it right...even way over here in the UK

Mrs. Andy was at the shops.....

This is the slightly tweaked shape. Just 5mm or so off the rear upper and lower bouts: I thicknessed some mahogany down to c. 20mm and started cutting out the shape for the top: It's going to be a solid colour so no problem with the colour mismatch. Then got some nice plain maple, using my central rosewood laminating splice offset to form the truss-rod channel: Then squared and thinned the neck down to finish maximum width, notched and fine-tuned the slot for the top to sit into and band-saw cut the side shape: ...and finally cut the bottom mahogany wings, using the top as a drawing template:

Very nice build . There's some fantastic looking quilting on that top!

Such a wonderfully clean look on such a cool build. Lovely The logo is masterful, but the colour matched switch? Utterly sublime. Full marks. Top drawer.

Wow! Being a relatively recent member, I had missed this previously. Well, I thought I had built some fairly unusual and challenging basses, but this is jaw-dropping! Great job, stunning carve and meticulous attention to detail. Wonderful

Hi I've mentioned this a couple of times in one of my recent summary threads but it probably warrants a proper build thread as it develops. I was contacted by someone who has seen and played the Camphor and Alder Single-cut bass I built for Kert and has clearly got me in the 'mad as a brush and will try anything' category of builder. What he wants is a bass very much in the style of the custom job that Jim Mouradian built for the 'Yes' bassist Chris Squire back in the 70's: Headstock will be different and the lower bout will be a touch slimmer but this sort of thing, in a cream solid colour, is what the guy (Nic) has asked me to have a go at. For no better reason than it worked OK last time, I opted to have a similar construction to the EB-3ish SG bass I've just finished, albeit with some different woods. Agreed spec is: 34" scale Mahogany weight-relieved body Maple neck with rosewood centre splice Rosewood fretboard Passive but with a couple of massive humbucker pickups Semi-concealed Smoothhound wireless TX / cable alternative I'll bring the progress thread up to date over the next couple of days

The veneer jobbie is winging its way over to its owner as I type. It had a quick polish, packed and off I've also fitted the Neal Moser electrics into the B.C. Rich. It was fiddly and a tight, tight fit but it's in. Here it was, physically in the chamber but not yet connected with the Varitone circuit at this stage sitting about 3mm higher than the chamber cover and nowhere to go : The good news is that I got it all wired and in and it all works beautifully. There are a HUGE number of usable sounds on tap - passive and boosted - including some that, to my ear, sound sublime. I've got some tidying up to do, but will take some finish shots over the next couple of days Oh - in terms of the headstock, it's not perfect but now you really don't see the crack and damage unless you are really looking for it: As for the Mouradian...I think it's got to the stage where it probably needs its own thread

LOVE that f-hole carve, Scott. Utterly inspirational. And it is....well...a HOLE

I can thoroughly recommend the black nylon covered D'Addario strings....

Yes - I would do this too

Coming along very nicely

Yes - looking good

Warm welcome I look forward to seeing this develop. As you say, visuals are one thing, but three-piece will not impact structurally or sonically one jot. They look nice pieces of mahogany too

That's looking lovely, Scott. Great woods carved well

It's very odd, but there are few basses and guitars that really GET me. And the Mockingbird is a style I've never really hankered after. But just picking this one up....difficult to describe. So organic. So absolutely right. Couldn't exactly tell you why either. But the feel of the neck. This neck heel carve: It's wonderful. The headstock tidy-up is coming on well. Here I am stippling the missing part of the decal: And I should get the schaller bridge spacers tomorrow that should get it physically playable again. Frets are levelled and crowned and fretboard is tidied up: Glad you've got yourself back from the pneumo-precipice! Don't rush it. These things get some getting over...

Finished the veneer job. All wired up and ready to be shipped back to the owner:

Always a pleasure, @curtisa I look forward to seeing your latest stuff

Lovely job . I like how you do the multi-woods at he back

Nice shape Do the crosses designate anything?

You've obviously never been in a bar in England...oh, but wait....