Custom MMB-5 on its way

Greetings

My name's Nick and I decided about 18 months ago that I wanted to buy a Sterling SUB Ray5. I doubt I'll ever be able to afford a "real" Stingray, and the Ray5 sounds nice. Anyway, Sterling / Musicman struck troubled waters with the CITES restriction on Rosewood and there were no SUB basses anywhere in Oz, and likely none in the near future.

Then I found Pitbull Guitars advertised by Guns and Guitars on Youtube. After a bit of research, I decided to build a Ray5 with a few added extra features from some of the best basses I've ever played.

At this stage, it's a MMB-5 kit with the following planned upgrades:

• Neck / headstock off the BG-46 kit
• Wiring and hardware from the IB-5 kit
• Added Jazz bass picked up in the neck position
• Series/Parallel/South coil switch on the MM pickup
• Mahogany Body
• Maple neck
• 24 Fret ebony fretboard
• Pacific blue sunburst body

If I can figure it out, I'm going to wire it for stereo output too like the "Rick-o-sound" on the Rickenbacker 4003.

The ship is still on its way, but I'll start my build diary as soon as it arrives.

I'm seeking some inspiration though. With a blue/black stained body and ebony fretboard, I'm not sure if I'll stain the neck or leave it natural. What do you guys think?

Regards
Nick

Wow that sounds great!
Isn't the BG 46 neck a 4 string?

Natural neck would be in keeping with MM style.

Would you do both mono & stereo or just stereo as the latter is easiest.