Another idea I've been thinking about is to start building a basses that are almost complete, but lack the routes for the pickups and the controls, no hardware, and no finish work applied to them yet. A customer could order the bass, specify the pickups/electronics, specify the hardware color and wait just a few weeks for the bass to be finished. As far as which models I build and the woods I use, well I guess that would be up to me. If you have a few moments drop us an email and let us know what you think of the idea.
Something else worth mentioning...we're back to using a pre-fabbed truss rod again. I found a source that is selling a high quality, single-action, dang near bullet proof rod that is working great in our basses.
That's about it for now. Happy New Year!