My recent bass build

[geddyfan]

Swamp Ash body with Figured Maple top
Body contours on the front and back
Figured Maple Neck
Coco Bolo fingerboard
Maybe fretless?
Schaller Bridge and tuners
5 String P Bass PU's being wound by Kent Armstrong along with an overwound SS PU
Probably going to be a Burst of some sort

What do you guys think of the design?

[Marco A. Mayer]

Looks really cool. I'd be all over it if it wasn't a lefty.

Two-tone blueburst (cyan-blue) would look great with the top and the gold hardware.

[mikeyswood]

My thoughts:

The left half of the lower bout is too small.
The taper from neck to body is too slow.
The headstock belongs to someone else.

Oh, and it's left handed

[Dream Weaver]

Lookin pretty good so far, but I'd have to agree on the neck transition being too gradual. Im not a fan of it on any guitars really. On a side note, I don't know that the headstock fits that body. There are some nice curves going on in the body that I would want to complement.

Any thoughts on colors for the burst?

[SC Bassboy]

I really like the body. The way you shaped the bottom (behind the bridge) so that the bass rests vertically against the wall is clever.

+1 about the headstock though. Unless it is the design you use for all your basses, i.e. the trademark shape, I feel you could get rid of the sharp angles which kinda conflict with the flowing body. Maybe round the edges? Just a thought.

Love the body though!

[geddyfan]

I've really struggled to find a headstock shape that I like that doesn't look like something else. I've seen so many basses that everything looks like something else. I have a headstock shape for my acoustics but not my basses!

[ZolkoW]

Originally Posted by geddyfan

I've really struggled to find a headstock shape that I like that doesn't look like something else. I've seen so many basses that everything looks like something else. I have a headstock shape for my acoustics but not my basses!

I really like the body, but the head is... yeah, like it was on another bass. I would try to use some of the body's contours on the headstock, too. Maybe a little too big for this body. just my thoughts. I like the body shape very much!
just please don't "soften" the head's shape, as the body contours have nice, definite edges
IMO, of course.

[geddyfan]

I thought about just putting a full radius on the headstock but I didn't like that much either. So this is what I came up with.

[LGT]

GAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! 'tis upside down

In other words, it looks fairly brilliant!

For some reason the body wood looks pink in that pic.