This is my first single-cut bass. General specifications:

• Alder body with a quilted maple top
• Three-piece hard maple neck with a Macassar ebony fingerboard
• Bolt-on single-cut design
• Nordstrand Dual-Coil soapbar pickups
• Audere 4-band preamp with passive-bypass switch
• Gold hardware
• Hipshot Type A bridge
• Gotoh sealed miniature bass tuning machines
• 35-inch scale length and 24 frets

The body glued up and cut to shape:

The body with the book matched laminated top:

The body after the neck pocket, edges, and pickup cavities were routed:

The back of the body showing the control cavity and battery box cavity:

The neck ready for carving:

The neck from the back after carving:

The neck and body have been bolted together to make sure it fits correctly:

The back of the neck/body joint showing the neck bolts and bushings:

The body after several coats of tung oil:

The Completed Bass: