OK. That is absolutely fabulous work.
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I only wish it can do more “tone” wise 
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Already love it 
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Gorgeous. I love the fretboard work. Apologies to Ann Richards, but I’ve just gotta rework her famous use of this quote.
“You can put lipsticks on a bass and call it Monique, but it’s still a bass.”
I love the 2 lipstick pups on my Longhorn! But 3 has got to sound mo’ betta!
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You’re really creating a bass from 0? Impressive!!!
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I don’t have wood working skills, but I know a luthier who does. I just get to pick the parts and wood.
Which will be Gotoh tuners and bridge
Duncan Seymour SPB-1 pickups x 2
TI Jazz Flats
my own short string double P
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Same here! But of course, those are just skills and can be learned.
If I had the skills and the tools (and the space), I would at least build the body. Not the neck … I understand that’s quite complicated.
I have a great and very nice punky-funky luthier around the corner, an ex-bassists who says he will not build basses, as he is specialized on guitars nows, and basses are totally different to make.
I WTF that, and try to convince him otherwise everytime I visit him
What design are you planning?
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Well, this whole thing started with that stupid thread on what would your signature bass be (being facetious!), and I’m like no one makes my signature bass. But I know a luthier.
It’s been kicking around the back of my mind. I bet you know what that’s like. I could build my signature bass and not wait.
So what is my signature bass? It would be a working man’s bass, not fancy. I would like to bring it to gigs and not worry. Mahogany body and neck.
Short scale.
42mm nut with a thin profile. I like the bigger nut widths like a P but also a thin neck like a Schecter
16" radius - I like the flatter radius like a 5 string
Double precision pickups - I miss my Mighty Power which @booker_t now has. But too much for my wrist. Went to where it will be played.
The Mighty Power came with two Duncan SPB-3s, which are not my jam. I replaced them with Fender Pure Vintage 63s I believe (may have the year wrong)
So I am going with two Duncan SPB-1s, which are modeled after the Fender original 57 P. This is the risky part in my mind. I am trying to keep to the original concept, but may not be to my liking. So my babkup plan is to replace them with Fralins and put the SPB1s in my short scale fretless which is now boasting <$20 generic pickups
Gotoh B204 bridge
Gotoh tuners
And then things took a turn
He has a nice stock of curly maple so going maple for the neck
And black limba isn’t much more than mahogany
and he has a nice piece of ebony for the fingerboard, and ebony is my favorite fingerboard by feel
And it will have a natural finish. So it’s a bit fancier than envisioned, but should come out nice
Oh yes, almost forgot, a rear compartment so no plates on the front.
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You are correct.
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I love everything you’re doing here, but: I would use Humbuckers. Three of them! Switchable between dual and single coil
https://www.emgpickups.com/bass/35tw.html
Shape:
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You are already going big. So I would say just go big with the Fralins now.
My faves too, great choices!
Very nice.
Just want to say that the pic is gorgeous and not what I would call a thrasher bass in any way.
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This is where I have second thoughts, but really trying to stay in budget. And SPB1 is a good pickup. It and the SPB4 are tops of the Duncan line.
We’ll see
Today’s progress
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I am a heretic after all, but I really don’t like Seymour Duncan bass pickups. Which is weird because I love their guitar pickups.
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The Quarter Pounder is by far their most popular and I hate it. And their hot SPB2. So I get it.
But they also make the stinger, which Dusty Hill and Sting play, so to me you gotta pick and choose with Duncan
You could be right
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