I chose to use some of the last my treasured mill pond salvaged Ponderosa Pine for the top.  For the back I had to try some poplar because I have never have used it before. This bass is my classic Mill Street Milanese.  It is extraordinarily easy to play and hear. The Ponderosa Pine top had been submerged for over 50 years before I got to it, which I think contributes to its lovely qualities as a tone  wood.  The sides are of Western Big Leaf Maple from a historic street tree that was cut down two blocks from our old home and shop in downtown Eugene. That maple tree makes up some part of most of my basses and these sides have some lovely color and flame. The back is Poplar from western Washington I recently got from my friend and fellow bass maker  John Koehler. The Walnut exterior linings are from a tree from Hermiston, Oregon with some of the most lovely flame I've come across.

It won an audience favorite honorable mention at the 2023 International Society of Bassists Conference in Ann Arbor. Thank-you!