A full custom 5 string for Michael



Neck:
  • 7 piece, Center of Macassar Ebony, then Birdseye maple, then Bloodwood, then Flamed Maple outers
  • Flamed Maple Binding on Fingerboard
  • Black ebony fingerboard
  • 34" scale, 24 Fret, fretted
  • Swamp Ash Headstock
  • Macassar Ebony Back and Front Headstock Overlay
  • standard dot inlays


    • Body:
  • Lightweight swamp ash body wings
  • Macassar ebony topset with thin bloodwood accent layer


    • Hardware and Electronics:
  • Two custom wound Kent Armstrong Pickups
  • Aguilar OBP-3 preamp, 18v system
  • Custom wooden pickup covers, bloodwood with flamed maple tops
  • Custom wooden knobs from THG, bloodwood with flamed maple tops
  • Hipshot Model A bridge, Shiney Gold with string through body or top load option
  • Gotoh Gold tuners with custom flamed maple and macassar ebony wooden tuner knobs from THG
  • Gator GPE-Bass ATA rated hardcase



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    Status and Updates

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    neck blank pieces
    Neck pieces ready to be glued and clamped    		 completed neck blank
    Completed neck blank    		 neck ready for truss rod
    Ready for truss rod and fingerboard    		 Finished neck blank
    Truss rod and fingerboard on    		 Rear of headstock / neck
    Rear of the neck, ready for body wings
    Body wing blanks
    Body wing blanks    		 Body wings roughed in
    Body wings roughed in    		 Body wings completed and glued and clamped
    Completed body wings glued and clamped to neck    		 Ready to carve neck and body
    Ready to carve the neck and body
     
    Flamed maple binding glued on fingerboard
    Flamed maple binding glued to fingerboard edges    		 planing the binding down
    planing the binding down flush with the fingerboard    		 ready for binding on end of fingerboard
    ready for binding piece on end of fingerboard    		 bindind cap on end of fingerboard
    binding cap on end of fingerboard done
     
    Carving neck and body
    Starting final neck and body carving    		 checking wooden knobs
    Just had to see how the wooden knobs looked on it!    		      




    All building and inlays are done, ready for fretting, final sanding and finishing, which starts tomorrow!







    		       


    11 October - Bass is done and UPS tracking shows it as delivered!