MIMF

Black walnut / ebony 24 fret 10.5" radius neck through with diamond paua abalone inlay. Claro Walnut core /Curly Koa top.
The pickups are a Bartolini soapbar for the neck and a TV Jones Thunderblade soapbar ( both black the bridge has gold blades to match the hardware.)

Very nice!

Thanks Bob! This is the 3rd Koa topped bass I've made . The first 2 were Alder body .

I'm surprised how light it is so far. The Koa is 3/8" , The Claro is 1"

Well please keep it commin'!

I'm really looking forward to what it will look like with finish.
What are you planning for finish?

Lacquer finish will be used .

Today I cut the pickup holes, glued on the top , routed the center channel for inlay and did some profile cleanup . I usually use Stew-mac binding for the center strip , but I had some flame maple left over from the last project that has better figure so I cut my own . It's a bit wider , and will be trimmed with paua abalone .

(shown wet ) Still have lots of sanding/ cleanup to do , hopefully inlay tomorrow.

spent the day on the inlay and general sanding . so far so good .

I spent several hours working on the final shape and feel . The neck and body are the most ergonomic I've built or played .

Added a headstock cap of the same curly koa , sanded down to 400 then two rounds of french polish ( so far) I rub it in until it stops sucking it each round , wait a day or two and sand down to 400=600

The black/ claro walnut back with 4 coats of french polish ( not rubbed out yet)