I would worry about the stability of that headstock, looks like crack city to me...
I do have concerns around that, waiting to hear back from guitarbuild as to what they think of it for a bass headstock.
I think it would still look neat without the cutout or with a much smaller one.
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I would worry about the stability of that headstock, looks like crack city to me...