This week, I started all over again with the design. Not on full scale, but just sketching body shapes on a small piece of paper. I think I drew like hundreds of ‘m. And when I almost gave up… well after midnight.. there it was! Okay, I must admit I’ve saw all possible basses I could find on the internet for some inspiration, but I drew it myself and I’m very happy with it!

Then I started thinking of the wood. Of course, I read a lot about tonewoods the past few weeks and I made up my mind about the wood I’d like to use. The body will be build from honduras mahogany, a nice reddisch brown wood with a warm tone and nice lows. Perfect for my bass! Then I want a good looking top, maybe something like flamed maple. This is a much brighter sounding wood and could be a good combination with the mahogany body.

Maybe I am going to make the body semi-hollow with a soundhole and a laminated center, built up from different kinds of wood (like ash or maple and wengé), but I am not yet sure about that. For the neck I am thinking about maple with an indian rosewood fretboard.