JBA-4M: "Gloria"

I got brave (well, impatient really) and did the front too...

looks great BG, that pop coat has really popped the grain nicely. Cure for a few days and keep coating !

Nice work looking good and grain popping well

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... or; "Honey, I Ruined The Headstock"...

I probably shouldn't have attempted this with a handheld jigsaw. Needless to say the original design is now impossible.

So- a redesign is in order, which in itself is a blessing in disguise as I wanted to reduce the overall mass of the headstock. At present I am looking to reduce the headstock to a Tune bass type design and replace the Fender-style tuners with smaller Gotoh-style tuners in 2L2R configuration.

We'll see... another bonus is now the maple veneer from Brendan will fit the way I initially wanted it to.

Headstock II to be a slightly chunky version of this.

Wow BG you really ripped into the headstock ! New shape looks cool and if the veneer grain runs the way you want it to thats a bonus. The picture just a bit worried A peg is in the way of the line of the D string, sure you should have more space at the top to avoid this

Yes, the Tune Bass pic is a little too snug for my taste, but it's the general idea. Just ordered some new machine heads, so I'll wait til they arrive before making any final decisions.

yeah good idea BG, with the smaller tuners and a slightly wider top of the headstock should look cool as

BG, if you want to go with your original plan, you could.
You would need to make the top level and glue on a new strip across the top.
I think you are doing a veneer headstock, so that would cover the top and of you use the same timber I think it would work from behind.
I have seen them repaired and changed like this before and it seems to work fine.
Titebond would be more than up the the task. See my Epi headstock repair - glue only, still holds, guitar played near daily.

Which ever way you decide to go, all the best - you will make it look good either way

Yeah it is still possible to get the original idea, just need a little bit extra wood, that's all!
The Tune Bass idea will be cool as well though, as Stan said both will look awesome!