Howdy Djim,

Thanks for the comments This project is actually over a year old now (jeepers - how time flies), but I am still loving my bass

I know some other guys that tune their four strings BEAD as well. I have a four string fretless, but I've not tried tuning it BEAD. I'd have to re-cut a new nut, and it's a short scale, so I think the B string would be too floppy on a scale like that.

I've thought about a six string, but I think that would be more than I'd need. And I might get it confused with my skinny-string ;)

I think I might eventually like to try making a neck-through fretless. Necks can be bought (I don't think I'd ever want to carve my own - too much like a lotta work ;) ) and the rest of the woodworking on something like that would be easy. Figuring out which pickups to purchase might be a challenge, but it could be fun playing a lot of basses for research, like I did to decide on the body shape for this project.

How are the cello pieces coming along?

ttfn,
Sherry