I know what some of your are thinking and no Im not going to dress up a squire or an old Ibanez No this will be a from scratch build and a quality one at that. All hardware will be built by me. The only thing that will be bought premade are frets, fiberoptics, electronics and possibly the bridge.
Specs are:
4 string headless
neck-through
35" scale
Nine laminate neck of purpleheart, Paduak, Maple.(last bass build produced 2 neckblanks about 25$ here.)
Mineral stained poplar body, I really like poplar and would use it even not on the cheap!
Quilted maple top (wont be a multi A top but Itll be nice)
passive J pups with matching wood covers (brand undetermined, depending on budget)
Maybe a homebuilt active Eq MAYBE! (depending on budget)
fiberoptic side markers
Cocobolo fretboard
Lmi fretwire
Home built headless tuners
Home built truss rod (longer than whats availible from all the retailers )
Home built strapbuttons, knobs, covers ect.
neck blank