The June Featured Custom is up!

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Author Message davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 10208 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2011 - 5:04 pm:    The June Featured Custom is now up, and this is a very cool instrument!!! I think a number of us can probably relate to the influences that went into this one; and the work that Susan and Mica did on the art is very very cool! Beautiful guitar! Congrats Thomas! crobbins Senior Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 872 Registered: 6-2004 Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2011 - 5:11 pm:    Beam me up Scotty. Very cool. artswork99 Moderator Username: artswork99 Post Number: 1508 Registered: 7-2007 Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2011 - 5:25 pm:    Really nice guitar, congratulations Thomas! tbrannon Senior Member Username: tbrannon Post Number: 1375 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2011 - 5:32 pm:    Those wooden 'push buttons' are COOL! sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 1872 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2011 - 5:38 pm:    Beautiful & Cool ! Congratulations_____ tubeperson Intermediate Member Username: tubeperson Post Number: 174 Registered: 5-2005 Posted on Friday, June 03, 2011 - 7:45 am:    Talk about pushing all of the right buttons. This museum piece is awesome. The detail is incredible, from the wooden buttons (add this beauty to the sexiest Alembic list) to the body sandwich of Coco Bolo, vermillion, maple and mahogany, to the Mindmeld medallion etc. Even the Coco Bolo mount for the Roland input "jack" reaks of perfection. Quite outstanding. I'd be too afraid to play her she is that gorgeous! hifiguy Advanced Member Username: hifiguy Post Number: 297 Registered: 10-2006 Posted on Friday, June 03, 2011 - 8:20 am:    Star Trek and Alembic - two of my most favorite things in the world brought together at last. How perfect is that? Though I prefer STNG to TOS...... benson_murrensun Senior Member Username: benson_murrensun Post Number: 462 Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Friday, June 03, 2011 - 8:56 am:    That one is over-the-top COOL. lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4883 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Friday, June 03, 2011 - 11:40 am:    Most excellent Tribute! Love the neckthru. But Next Generation over Kirk, Spock, Bones, Scotty, Uhuru, Chekov, Nurse Chapel, etc.? No way! I could never get past that guy, (Gordy?), wearing a hair band across his eyes. lol Bill, tgo hydrargyrum Senior Member Username: hydrargyrum Post Number: 990 Registered: 3-2004 Posted on Friday, June 03, 2011 - 11:55 am:    Ah jeez, are we going to get into a Trekker vs Trekkie debate? This is a great watch for those who are scratching their heads: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120370/ /Play it in good health, or should I say, "live long and prosper." sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 1873 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Friday, June 03, 2011 - 12:08 pm:    "Make it so , take us to the Delta Quadrant @ Warp 9 " I hope this awesome instrument is part of ; "The Transitive Nightfall Of Diamonds ______" briant Senior Member Username: briant Post Number: 574 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Friday, June 03, 2011 - 4:51 pm:    Saw this baby in the shop back in January as well. It's a really amazing piece to see in person. oddmetersam Intermediate Member Username: oddmetersam Post Number: 148 Registered: 7-2008 Posted on Saturday, June 04, 2011 - 8:25 am:    Thomas, It's fitting that Tributes always evoked the space age with those distinctive horns...now in Star Trek trim it's even more so. What a beautiful guitar. Some where out near the "Neutral Zone", Gene Roddenberry is smiling. Even Mr. Worf (my fave character -- Michael Dorn went to my high school) would approve! terryc Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1592 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Saturday, June 04, 2011 - 10:01 am:    One bloody nice guitar!!!! Ibpesq..it's Geordie(stolen from the accent of the people of Newcastle upon Tyne UK) How do the people at Alembic cut those intricate inlays?? Do they use a laser cutter or surgical blades?? The detail is outstanding, the finishing is outstanding..I wouldn't dare gig that guitar at all. jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 2933 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 4:14 am:    Wow! that is so cool. Graeme davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 10213 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2011 - 5:30 pm:    Terry; there is a description of how the inlays for this guitar were made here. terryc Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1609 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Monday, June 20, 2011 - 3:54 am:    very funny dave...so they use replicators eh??? glocke Senior Member Username: glocke Post Number: 868 Registered: 9-2002 Posted on Monday, June 20, 2011 - 6:19 pm:    "An almost invisible feature, the push button switches that control the scrolling function are tiny mounds of Coco Bolo that barely break" hmmm...huh??? mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 7367 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Monday, June 20, 2011 - 6:31 pm:    Perhaps not the best choice of words there! I should maybe replace "break" with "crest" or similar. glocke Senior Member Username: glocke Post Number: 869 Registered: 9-2002 Posted on Monday, June 20, 2011 - 6:40 pm:    Dont think its your word choice...I just dont understand the function of the switches, what is the scrolling function? mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 7368 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Monday, June 20, 2011 - 6:43 pm:    Oh - it's for the Roland pickup, to scroll through the patches.