Chip is in love with your neck:
 

 
Says he wishes more people would get them like this.

Been thinking about that wood combo for my neck for a long time.Now that I see it I am sold!!

Chip,  
 
     When I first opened this thread, you have no idea how much I was hoping that there was another Mike with a Flame Maple something or other!   You built me a beautiful neck, but I apologize for being so dead-set on having no maple in the neck core....   If my plans were in a more embryonic stage, I just might have said go for it! All in all, Susan assured me that this neck would not go to waste, it  also gives me a taste of what the core is going to look like attached to those sides!  
 
Thanks for understanding,
-Mike

That is a beautiful neck!  Mike, I have to ask what is the plan for yours?  I can imagine the ebony/purpleheart center would look great with the sides made from mahagony, oh, how about zebrawood, or claro walnut?
 
Ok, how about claro walnut for the sides of the neck and burl walnut for the body?
 
(Message edited by son_of_magni on November 21, 2004)

Thanks for asking, Karl! The neck is going to be 7pc ph/eb/ph/eb/ph/eb/ph. The sides will be flame maple front and back, mahogany center & purpleheart accents.... Not as exotic as zebrawood or burl walnut, but the flame maple Mica dug up at the shop is beautiful!

Wow, that's a lot of purple!

Back on track, the real thing has even more purple:  

 

 

WHOO HOOO!!!!!!!!  
 
Now that's what I've been waiting for!!!!  
 
Thanks Chip! Thanks Mica! Hope you guys enjoyed the  long weekend...  
 
-Mike
 

Mica,
 
      Is there any update on the neck dimensions? Let me know what you come up with....

Hi Mica!  
 
I lost my cell phone & received your message a day too late..... hope you're having a fun vaca!!!! I'll talk to you in a week or so. If you happen to read this in the meantime, just drop a line and let me know what's next!  
 
-Mike

It's a baaaaass!  Here's what's happened in the last few months:  

 

 

  I saw it in the setup room on Wednesday, getting the fingerboard levelled. I know it's back in spray for the rest of the finish, but it's finally getting close to completion.

Mica! Thanks for finding the time for pics~ I understand you're a very busy girl for the next couple of weeks!!!!  
 
I think it looks great! Many thanks to Bob, Tony, Chip & everyone else who got the bass this far along.... My dream is this much more tangible.  
 
Susan said a while back that someone would call when it came time for control placement~ I guess that's right around the corner?!?!

Lookie here!

  Getting the guts artfully stuffed:

  And the back of the peghead:

 Cool how you can see the transition from the satin neck rubout.

This was a fun bass to try out, it's strung like a guitar, E to E but obviously lower. Good to play those extended chords with it.
 
Hope you're enjoiying it.
 
Valentino

Oh, dont worry Val~ it's being enjoyed!!!!!
 
You mentioned having a similar idea a couple of times.... Care to indulge in specifics?!? I hope this one got your wheels spinnin'....