I could have made my life so much simpler...No! wait let me rephrase that...I could have avoided making my life more complicated than I needed to...had I made the fingerboard and tailpiece for this bass viol plain unadulterated wood. 

But no! I had to get it into my head that what would really set it off is some inlay that matches the Celtic cat relief carving on the scroll. Here are some progress photos. The Tail piece has all of the pieces cut and now I am working on the fingerboard inlay. Once all of the pieces are cut I will need to cut recess into which they will be glued, then clean and level the mess into loveliness.