Some wild grain patterns and contrast:

  This one has some dark areas and some lighter areas:

  Mostly light with neat wavy grain lines (that's not flame, it's an artifact of the bandsaw):

  Dark all over with less contrast:

 

Well guess what, I made a mistake, Steve! The wood selections I offered to you originally are too narrow for a bookmatch to center. Kris got your neck made, the body made and when it came time to put the top on last week, it was too small    Here's a really nice set I hope you like:  

 

Here's your bass getting ready for the bookmatch to center top gluing tonight:

  Here's the top all mapped out and fit to the fingerboard:

  The bass is looking just great!

More from the end of last week: