| Author | Message | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11237 Registered: 5-2002 |
The Featured Custom for November is up, and it's a gorgeous Further! I love the top; and it matches up beautifully with the plated hardware and the inlays. In fact, the hardware really pulls together the lines in the top laminate and the pickups and controls; it all really works well together. Beautiful guitar! Congrats to both Richard and Rachel! | ||
| hifiguy
Advanced Member Username: hifiguy Post Number: 391 Registered: 10-2006 |
Rachel is a very lucky girl and she has a dad with the finest of taste. She is now spoiled for life with regard to electric guitars, however. What a simple and stunningly lovely instrument. That flame maple back is a gasser. | ||
| artswork99
Moderator Username: artswork99 Post Number: 1918 Registered: 7-2007 |
Congratulations Rachel! Great choice of a Christmas present Richard ;) | ||
| artswork99
Moderator Username: artswork99 Post Number: 1919 Registered: 7-2007 |
And a beautiful guitar it is!!! | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1777 Registered: 6-2002 |
That's a beautiful guitar! Rachel is a very lucky young lady!  | ||
| hydrargyrum
Senior Member Username: hydrargyrum Post Number: 1199 Registered: 3-2004 |
Oh my goodness. This is the first time in my life that I wished I was a 10 year old girl. Way to go Dad! I hope there's a "father of the year" mug in your future. Heck, I might buy you one. :-) | ||
| ajdover
Senior Member Username: ajdover Post Number: 1015 Registered: 11-2003 |
Beautiful instrument, and a great father for getting his daughter something that nice. Someday, I will order another series II that will definitely make the custom of the month list! Congrats, Rachel. Enjoy it - and remember .... it is the instrument of a lifetime. | ||
| hifiguy
Advanced Member Username: hifiguy Post Number: 392 Registered: 10-2006 |
AJ you are so right. That is a precious heirloom to be passed down through generations. Alembics are the Stradivari of electric instruments. | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1616 Registered: 10-2006 |
And here for 20 years I've been telling myself I was a really hip dad because I got my 9-y-o son a MIK Strat.................... Enjoy, Rachel! Peter | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3704 Registered: 6-2002 |
The guitar doesn't maketh the man... or girl for that matter. But whether it's a strat or alembic, having a start with an instrument that is going to assist your learning rather than frustrate your progress has got to be a great opportunity for a beginner. Victor Wooten learnt to play bass on an alembic at age 13. So she is in great company. http://alembic.com/club/messages/411/13503.html?1257644009 Jazzyvee | ||
| hifiguy
Advanced Member Username: hifiguy Post Number: 393 Registered: 10-2006 |
You are so right, Jazzy. I was lucky and started on a Precision. It was a little too big, neckwise, for my teenaged hands and was quickly swapped for a shop-damaged but lovely feeling Jazz Bass and the bond was made. The right instrument is the difference between long-term love and complete frustration when you are a young player. | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3453 Registered: 10-2002 |
A beautiful instrument and one lucky young lady. However, having two daughters of my own I can't help but think what the conversation will be next Christmas.... "actually dad, I've always wanted to play the Bass" :-) Graeme | ||
| 5a_quilt_top
Intermediate Member Username: 5a_quilt_top Post Number: 198 Registered: 6-2012 |
As if I needed any "further" incentive to get one of these... Wow - really beautiful. +1 on the hardware. Details like that are what elevate these instruments beyond custom to functional works of art. Enjoy it for many years to come! | ||
| alembickoa
Intermediate Member Username: alembickoa Post Number: 147 Registered: 5-2002 |
Magnificent... | ||
| bassjigga
Advanced Member Username: bassjigga Post Number: 389 Registered: 8-2005 |
That's one hell of a Christmas gift! |
