The bass arrived on friday in better shape than I thought. No kidding, it's in almost unplayed condition. I swear those marks on the fretboard are just from me trying it out. It's in really nice stock form. Case queen I think. I'm thrilled!
It does have body binding. It's very hard to see. It's under the finish. I tried to capture it, but its almost impossible. In the second to last pic, if you look at the light reflection and see where it distorts you can follow that and faintly see it.
So far I lowered the action some, added a treble bezel, straplocks, and my signature exotic wood obnoxious thumbrest. I make those and they find their way onto about half of my basses. This one is glued to the treble bezel so its totally reversible. I'm still waiting on the Pressurewound strings, but the Chromes sound great. I haven't messed with the truss rods. The neck showed up almost dead straight. I'll put the GHS strings on and see if it needs adjustment after that. Overall, Darth Basser works, looks and sounds great. I'm very, very, one more very, happy with it and thank everyone for their help and input in the previous thread. Cheers.
