Guys,
after much scratching of Nuts...... I've decided on my Custom 40th Birthday Bass
I'm going to have a "Dave Wilson"
Dave has looked after my Instruments for the last decade and has "fettled" my Basses from Alembic, Fodera, GB, Sadowsky, Jaydee, Fender CS Modulus ..... etc etc His work is outstanding and it will mean a lot that a mate has built my 40th Birthday present to my Spec.... certainly much more than having a Butterfly or a Cloud on my headstock !!!
Spec as follows :
Neck Through Construction with Jazz Shape Body & Headstock
34 inch Scale
Maple Neck thru construction 5 piece with 2 Purple heart stringers
Ebony Fretboard
Chambered Swamp Ash body wings
Bookmatched cocobola top & headstock laminate
Nordstrand Big Singles
Aguilar OBP1 preamp
Gold Harware
Hipshot Ultra light machine heads
Hipshot Bridge
The Bass will be constructed slowly over the next 16 months beginning with the Neck Blank which will be started very soon giving plenty of time for the wood to settle together as it's constructed.
I may do a Build Diary even !!
Thanks for all the great suggestions Guys
Mark