Hey all,
Finally got this done. Sorry, didn't take any progress pics. It's taken almost two years since I started it, what with having no experience w/ woodworking, no equipment of my own at first, etc. I actually finished a bass that I started last summer before this one, but hey. It got there eventually.
The specs:
Cherry body
Ebay neck, 25& 1/2" scale. Had a blank headstock when I got it. Also refretted it with the pyramid wire that Stew-Mac sells , and drilled out the plastic dots, replaced w/ abalone.
GFS Fat PAF bridge, Dimarzio HS-3 neck, both splittable w/ push-pull pots.
Kluson tuners.
Bookmatched zebrawood pickguard, to cover up the abomination of me trying to route the pickup cavities w/out templates. Yeesh.
The back cover is a dyed crudwood cover, which miraculously sorta fits, since I didn't template either the cavity or the plate recess. Ahhh, nothing like the lessons you learn doing something for the first time!
Closeups:
The front
The back...
The headstock
Thanks for looking...I'd love to hear what y'all think...good, bad, ugly, etc. All comments welcome!