Hahahahahaha I like the maple finger Board
Actually it almost lost out to an ebony finger Board. I’m terrible with design and colors so at every step of the finish I got a consensus decision from a set of people who are talented with such things. To be sure I would offer the options but I would go with the consensus. The finger rest opposite the pickups was a last minute option which won most to the maple. Without the finger rest the maple didn’t work and the ebony was the clear winner
The transformer is an old multi tap audio transformer made in the 1960”s by UTC, The one pictured is Identical in shape but with different out puts and it matches the specs from the LP Sig Bass. Because of the Ohm output of the pickups I had to use a different Tranny with a multi tap primary of 250, 500 and 750 ohms.
The Audere preamp is designed to accept only a high impedance input (hence the transformer). It is one of the few preamps that uses active mixing were the pickups are buffered before the balance pot. This prevents the resistance of the Balance pot from changing the start point of the attenuation frequency. It also allows for a customizable Z switch which changes the impedance load on the pickups effectively raising or lowering the resonant frequency of the pickups. (I hope I got this right !?!). Any way the effect is that the balance pot really is sensitive and the sound of the pickups remain true regardless of the blend. On the Z mode switch, the mid position of the Z switch is almost indistinguishable from my passive Triumph bass, the low position provide deep rich bass which is not boomy, the high position is my slap bass setting.
http://www.audereaudio.com/index.htmIt is obvious that all of this wouldn’t fit into the EBO slot head which is why I made this one. I am finished making basses now. I am not that good at it and It takes me forever (1 full year on the green one),