Finalizing the design....

Over the next few weeks, i spent alot of time looking at lots of pictures of basses and emailing with Marko and between us we came up with a spec that made us both happy.....

Final Spec:

• 6 string, Fodera Imperial Elite, Neck Thru body design
• 33" scale
• 19mm string spacing
• 24 Fret

Woods

• Body - Bookmatched Figured Walnut Top with Alder body
• Neck - Wenge Neck with Figured Walnut veneered headstock
• Fingerboard - Birdseye maple with custom brass and black fret dot markers
• Finish - Matt Lacquer

Electronics

• Pickups - Bartolini G6 single coil pickups
• Preamp - Aguilar OBP-3 (18v) with passive/active switch and custom tone modification

The controls on the preamp are:

• Stacked Bass and Treble
• Mid
• Pickup Blend
• Master Volume
• Passive/Active Tone (push/pull bybass)
• Passive/Active Switch
• Mid Frequency Switch (400Hz or 800Hz)

Hardware

• Gotoh Tuners (4 Black, 2 Gold)
• Schaller 2000 Bridge (Black and Gold)
• Brass Nut
• Flush Mount Strap Locks
  

Other Design Aspects

• Wide pickup spacing
• Radiused Wenge ramp
• My Initials Inlay on 12th fret
  
• Figured Walnut truss rod cover on body
• Wenge or Alder electronic and battery cavity covers
• Tuners angled like a Warwick bass
• Jack socket mounted on front of body

(A rough photoshop to show the fret marker layout)