Hi Hardy,
Great to see this one draw nearer to completion,especially after the neck incident.
Simon.

Hardy
 
Wow, this is turning out to be one great bass. I know you will be very excited to see it show up at your door step.
 
Rory

Thanks for all the support from everyone in the group... There was never a thought that anyone misled me as I stated I wondered about them doing it wrong... Too used to dealing with second rate bass companies I guess... But they have come thru as I know they would. Susan has taken very good care of me. Their reputation is everything. And that have kept that reputation alive and well. This is gonna be a AWESOME bass! I cant wait to play it! Thanks for all the support once again... It shows me just how great a company this is!
 
Hardy

It's getting closer...
 

 
Hanging out for its new peghead inlay and fretting. Then back to spray for the last few coats.

Rubbed out on Monday:
 

 
Should be buffed and setup by the end of the week.

It's been a few days since I was supposed to post this for you, Hardy:
 

 
It turned out great - the wood is absolutely electric.

WoW!! That's looking really nice. Congratulations Hardy. Gotta love that coco bolo.
 
Graeme
 
(Message edited by jacko on March 11, 2006)

Wow!!  What a wonderful bass!!

I 've never liked the cone pegheads and always tried to imagine an Essence with the Crown peghead . . boy I had it right!  Too cool for school.  If I ever have one built, I SURE HOPE my first neck goes south and wind up with ebony neck laminates.
 
If you think these pictures are making you nuts, ya better have smelling salts handy when it gets there and you open the case, because THIS one is very special, I can just sense it.
 
Congratulations!
 
J o e y

I like it better with the Crown too.

mmmmm i have colleagues ovehee!!!
 
PTBO

I also hope my new bass at least looks as good as this (second attempt) bass. I hope that after the 3rd try the other bass (#3) this one is one I will keep... I'm getting tired of waiting.  -  H$

We cut the neck off this bass when it had a catastrophic failure days before shipping (hey, it happens). We replaced the neck, and when it was delivered, Hardy discovered that the 24th fret dimension was incorrectly applied. We can't take a neck off a second time, so the bass in these build records is actually hanging in our showroom right now.
 
Hardy's second bass has it's own build record on a separate FTC thread.