Hey Harry - glad you like how the Tele Bass turned out - that is an interesting pickup, that Alembic - hmm, may have to keep my eyes open - though I'd still say I'm a "grey bottom" guy.
The color came out a bit darker than I had hoped - I had to go darker to cover up some flaws in the wood left over from prior refins and concurrent undercoat damage on the edges - plus one big divot in the middle of the back that I had to dig old bondo out of and then lacquer fill (tried cyanocrylate/crazy glue first but it looked terrible).
I wish I had an actual 73 UNFADED Fender in mocha to see what it looked like new - I had a (borrowed) 74 Mocha Strat many years ago, and I remember it being a walnut-ey reddish brown, but then I see all these pictures of other Mocha Fenders online that are definitely a yellowish "feces" brown (I'm sorry, that's what it looks like !!) - maybe the red element fades out over time ??
There were some areas of original finish on the edges of the body that WERE a darker color, and thats what I used as my guide. If I were to do it again, maybe a little less red and add a little lemon yellow.
One tidbit of info - I used a maple plug for the Tele-style pickup route that had been added (its under the new slightly extended guard I made Henry) and it matches almost perfectly under the translucent brown, even though the body was ash.
Also - as impressed as I was with the sound of the Alembic pickup, I was more surprised by the sound of the stock Fender humbucker - very different from the Gibson mudbucker, more bite and tighter bottom end - anybody here tried a Fender humbucker in an EB-0 ?? I bet it'd sound good !
Thanks for all the kind comments also guys !
krishna