OK I fully intend on posting full frontal shots of the Wedge, and Steve DiEva's LH-4. Having said that here are a couple shots of one of the sickest bass players laying it down on them at Bass Player Live in NYC , Marcus Miller. The man is just a killer with a bass in hand.

Here are some new pics of the back of the Wedge. We love the look of the Mineral Streaked Tiger Maple. The back is carved into the sides giving it a very rounded feel, super comfortable on my body in the seated position.

OK so we have the blues, or should I say the blueburst. This bass should be in tow at Bass Player Live in October. Quilt Maple Top, Mahogany back. The neck is Maple with a Ziricote fingerboard and Headcap. Stay tuned to see the progress of this sexy beast.

OK we've finally gotten around to putting the wedge in "The Wedge". The next step in the evolution is to glue the back wood on, in this case a book-matched piece of mineral streaked figured maple. Larry from Aero is hard at work building the custom pickup, which should be here in a couple of weeks. In the meantime we'll be cutting the pickup route, drilling holes for the electronics, and starting on the finishing. I'm starting to see light at the end of the tunnel.

Steve's bass is in the booth at the moment. Just put some vinyl sealer and a nitro washcoat on before filling the pores of the Mahogany. Next we'll get some clear coats on, and prepare the Mahogany for a red/brown color coat.

The Steve DiEva bass is almost ready for finish. Here's a couple of pics showing the bass prior to fretting. Note the upper horns dual contour (I love the look, I see more basses with this style in the future). We'll have more pics of this puppy after the first couple coats of finish go on.

Here's a rough draft of the final look of the Wedge. There are a few changes to be made but this gives you an idea.

OK this thing is starting to resemble a bass. It's almost time for the fun stuff like Wedging the body, doing inlay, carving the neck, choosing electronics, etc. We put the peghead facing of Macassar Ebony on, drilled for tuners, and put the Abalone in the headstock in preparation for the logo. We also mocked up the bass to see visually how it was coming together. We think it's coming along nicely. We put a single Lane Poor on the face, and played around with knobs, I made some "mock-up" redwood concentric knobs; there are 8 knobs on this mock up. The layout I was thinking of was vol/vol stacked knob (if I go with 2 pickups), high mids/low mids stacked knob, treble/bass stacked knob, Piezo vol/Piezo tone stacked knob, and a 3 way mini switch for magnetic pickups/both/Piezo. I like the stacked knob arrangement because it keeps the bass looking less cluttered.

Here are some shots of the Wedge's Neck in process. We routed the trussrod channel, glued the ears onto the peghead, and cut the taper into the neck. Next comes the peghead shape cutting and gluing the peghead laminates. But that's next time.

The Wedge's Redwood top is now glued on to the body blank. Prior to gluing we hollowed out several chambers into the Mahogany body core. We have selected a beautiful Flamed Macassar Ebony fingerboard, and a 3 piece Flamed Maple neck. We haven't settled on the pickup arangment as of yet. The piezo bridge will be a Hipshot A style bridge modified for the Graph Tech piezo saddle system.

Here are some new pics of Steve DiEva's bass. We found a beautiful piece of Mahogany for the body core. You can see the body is fully glued and profiled, pickup routes are all set and the control holes have been drilled. The Maple burl top is breathtaking.

This bass is being built for Steve DiEva. Steve is a big Justin Chancellor fan, and had been wanting a Wal for the past couple years. After seeing our friend Jeff Caxide with ISIS (Jeff owns a BO-4) at a show in New York he changed his mind and gave us a call. Steve wanted to keep the wood similar to Chancellor's main bass, so we started with a Mahogany core, the top is a beautiful piece of Maple Burl, the neck is Rock/Flamed Maple, and the fingerboard is Brazilian Rosewood with our signature dots. It will have Aero Pickups and a Demeter preamp wired for stereo. I'm thinking ETS bridge for this one, but who knows. Time will tell.

This bass belongs to our good friend Glen Davis AKA the www.sageguitars.com web designer. It features a two piece Swamp Ash body, Wenge neck, and Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard with our signature dots. It will feature Bartolini humbuckers with a Aguilar OBP-2 preamp, Black Hipshot hardware and a sunburst finish.

This is a prototype singlecut 6 string. It features a Walnut body core with a Pomele Bubinga top. The neck and fingerboard are Wenge. It will have Bartolini Humbuckers and Hipshot hardware. We've been really pleased with how excited people are about this bass.

This bass has been nicknamed the "Burly Mammoth". It's a 10 string ERB for our friend Bill Daniels. The body is Swamp Ash that will have hollow chambers, and a Myrtle Burl top. The neck is Rock Maple with a Wenge fingerboard. This bass will have custom Aero humbucking singlecoils, and have a custom A style Hipshot bridge and tuners.

These are a few photo's of the prototype "Wedge" bass in progress. It will be a semi-hollow 5 string with either a low B or high C string with a Piezo Bridge, and a custom Aero pickup. These photos show the body blank during the lamination process. The body will consist of a Mahogany core with Maple and Black Veneer accent lines, and a Flamed Redwood top. More photos to come.