NICE SCOTT!!!! NICE!!!!! glad that Tailpiece I made at work will go to good use. I decided to go with the hamer however, I realized that I either need to make a space for the tailpiece of make another one. One thing...Because the amount of wood at the heel of the neck is about 1/4", the fingerboard will be higher, like an RD bass. Like Mine. A thunderbird has the finger board laying right above the body so the strings are closer to the body. The strings on an RD are higher as is my korina 8 string, which..I will show in a week or so after I get it set up. Just received my Black NR pickguard from Scott today. Nice job, Scott!!! And Nice job on the 8!!!!!