Hi Peter,  Nice to chat with you today. Your sweatshirt should show up in about a week. Meanwhile, back at your bass, it's living in carving presently:  

  It's hard to tell before the finish goes on, but it's a nice piece of Flame Maple on the top. A closeup might help a touch:  

From here it looks like an extra thick piece of Flame Maple.

Thanks for posting this, Mica.  I sent you a message regarding the headstock.

Susan sent you an email regarding the same. I'll ask her to give you a call later today.

Good day, all.  Just checking in on the status of this instrument.  A few months ago, Susan had estimated that the work we discussed on the neck/headstock would be done around late February

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Done!  

 

  Looks great, hope you like it too.

Understated Elegance, very pretty flame and purple heart lam/accent?

Yes, plus a small Maple veneer between the Purpleheart accent laminate and the Mahogany body. The flame figure on this bass is extremely dimensional.

Very nice!

Sweet! The flame maple is absolutely beautiful. Congrats.
 
Peace
Tom

is the headstock different?

Weird.  It's an elf-hat in the first pics, then a cone in the finished pics.

Play it well. The flame maple is fantastic. Congrats. The purpleheart laminate is perfect.

I too noticed the different head on it. Nice looking bass. I like the PH lam.