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gregduboc
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Username: gregduboc

Post Number: 63
Registered: 11-2008
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 8:05 am:   Edit Post

Hey everyone!
I was checking out Daniel's new bass, the three pickup monster, and I saw that he is going to have his bass painted.
I was wondering, how many Alembics out there have a painted top, from straight single color, to a different artwork?
Have you got any pictures?
I have been considering a partially painted Alembic (I know most of you will want to kill me for this), that could give me even more stage attention, and I wanted to see some that have the wood top hidden.

Greg
dannobasso
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Username: dannobasso

Post Number: 1025
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 9:09 am:   Edit Post

This will be my 8th non-clear finish. Some folks don't approve but then, they aren't paying my bills to Santa Rosa. Follow your dreams and be confident that Alembic will do a great job on the finish.
fc_spoiler
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Username: fc_spoiler

Post Number: 836
Registered: 5-2006
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 9:17 am:   Edit Post

Do diy jobs count?



was:

gregduboc
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Username: gregduboc

Post Number: 64
Registered: 11-2008
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 9:33 am:   Edit Post

Danno, do you have some pictures to share? I'm also looking for ideas, so it wouldn't be bad!
I see what you mean... but it is not like we are ordering the perfect cocobolo top and spray painting it!
It's just that I feel like adding a little bit more personality and personal touch to my bass, and I don't think there is nothing wrong with it!

Greg

(Message edited by gregduboc on April 16, 2009)
gregduboc
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Username: gregduboc

Post Number: 65
Registered: 11-2008
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 9:38 am:   Edit Post

Of course they do, Flip!
I was considering painting just the book-matched top and back, leaving the center (neck-through) showing the laminates and wood.
Did you send your bass back to the Mothership for the paintjob, or a luthier handled it?

Greg
fc_spoiler
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Username: fc_spoiler

Post Number: 839
Registered: 5-2006
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 10:09 am:   Edit Post

I did this myself.
She was in pretty bad shape and sweat made the bass look almost ugly after one year of gigs...

It's not a super job but it still looks good after 2 years.

If I ever become extremely wealthy, I'm going to send her to Santa Rosa for a clear coat refinish. (and get me an original '83 black Spoiler)
mike1762
Advanced Member
Username: mike1762

Post Number: 290
Registered: 1-2008
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 10:46 am:   Edit Post

My "Green" bass:

Front



Back

serialnumber12
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Username: serialnumber12

Post Number: 387
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 10:52 am:   Edit Post

serialnumber12
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Username: serialnumber12

Post Number: 388
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 11:00 am:   Edit Post

adriaan
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Username: adriaan

Post Number: 2170
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 11:12 am:   Edit Post

Keavin, the "Purple Princess" actually has a natural wood colour - purpleheart!
serialnumber12
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Username: serialnumber12

Post Number: 389
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 11:15 am:   Edit Post

briant
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Username: briant

Post Number: 312
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 12:41 pm:   Edit Post

That purple Rogue above is not painted - it has a purpleheart top on it. :-)

My latest family member is painted - rather beautifully I think!

57basstra
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Username: 57basstra

Post Number: 849
Registered: 4-2005
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 1:48 pm:   Edit Post

Colorful thread
mike1762
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Username: mike1762

Post Number: 293
Registered: 1-2008
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 2:14 pm:   Edit Post

I love that Purpleheart top. Why don't Purpleheart stringers look as purple as that top?
olieoliver
Senior Member
Username: olieoliver

Post Number: 2261
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 2:24 pm:   Edit Post

The PH stringers in my Alpha Omega bass look very purple more so than any of my other basses. Then again the Ebony on either side of the PH probably accents the contrast.

OO
gregduboc
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Username: gregduboc

Post Number: 66
Registered: 11-2008
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 2:39 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks guys!!
Indeed, a very colourful thread.... Something I haven't seen around here that much!
Some beautiful basses you guys have! I wasn't expecting so many, so fast!
A lot of stuff to look at carefully!

Greg
gregduboc
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Username: gregduboc

Post Number: 67
Registered: 11-2008
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 2:42 pm:   Edit Post

Apart from Flip, did all of you had your basses painted during birth at the Mothership? Or was it panted by some luthier?

Greg
fc_spoiler
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Username: fc_spoiler

Post Number: 842
Registered: 5-2006
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 2:49 pm:   Edit Post

Forgot my Stormburst (Alembic finish) Elan:

gregduboc
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Username: gregduboc

Post Number: 68
Registered: 11-2008
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 2:55 pm:   Edit Post

Flip, that is not something to forget!!!
Beautiful as well!!

Greg
fc_spoiler
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Username: fc_spoiler

Post Number: 843
Registered: 5-2006
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 3:01 pm:   Edit Post



Thanx!
In my defence: I forgot about the color because I'm so used to it
tbrannon
Senior Member
Username: tbrannon

Post Number: 1019
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 5:16 pm:   Edit Post

Does this honey tint count as color? My 08 Elan

gregduboc
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Username: gregduboc

Post Number: 69
Registered: 11-2008
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 5:24 pm:   Edit Post

Of course it does Toby, of course it does!!!

Greg
tbrannon
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Username: tbrannon

Post Number: 1020
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 5:32 pm:   Edit Post

If you like 'em colored, check the Elan section in the showcase. There are 4 or 5 beauties in there. Quite a few colored spoilers too...
lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 3716
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 5:36 pm:   Edit Post

How about this amber stain?
(One should never pass up a good opportunity to show their Alembic!)

Bill, tgo

gregduboc
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Username: gregduboc

Post Number: 70
Registered: 11-2008
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 5:37 pm:   Edit Post

That sounds like homework! I'll check 'em right away. Thanks for the tip!

Greg
gregduboc
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Username: gregduboc

Post Number: 71
Registered: 11-2008
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 5:41 pm:   Edit Post

Hey Bill, amazing!!!
Please, never let an opportunity like this pass!!!

Greg
bsee
Senior Member
Username: bsee

Post Number: 2288
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 6:44 pm:   Edit Post

You guys have a bunch of pics of stained basses, but not many painted ones. Look up the Chromalusion paint job. I think I've seen two or three of them and they are wonderful in person. If I were going to have a painted Alembic, it would be some Chromalusion color. I prefer my natural woods, or maybe a little stain on a piece of maple, but that paint is alive.

I know I saw a purple one, and I think there was a burgundy and a black. Not sure how many of these have been done.

-bob
tbrannon
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Username: tbrannon

Post Number: 1021
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 6:50 pm:   Edit Post

Bob-

David Burgess had a black Rogue made for his shop in Sydney. It has black Spectraflare paint, which I think looks awfully slick. Here is the link to the bass on his website. I came awfully close to buying it while I was living in NZ, but was looking for a 5 at the time.

http://basspeople.cart.net.au/details/2230685.html
bsee
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Username: bsee

Post Number: 2289
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 6:54 pm:   Edit Post

That looks like the same stuff, Toby, or at least the same concept.
gregduboc
Member
Username: gregduboc

Post Number: 72
Registered: 11-2008
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 6:55 pm:   Edit Post

Ok. Now I need a picture of a Chromalusion colored bass!!
Please don't let me die of curiosity!

Greg
tbrannon
Senior Member
Username: tbrannon

Post Number: 1022
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 7:05 pm:   Edit Post

Here you go Greg- I tried uploading the picture for you, but it's too large and I don't have any programs on this laptop to shrink it.

http://alembic.com/club/messages/411/1819.html?1172366081
gregduboc
Member
Username: gregduboc

Post Number: 73
Registered: 11-2008
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 7:21 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks Toby. No worries on the uploading, a link is just fine.
That is one sick paint job!! I wasn't aware they made such thing!!
Sorry not to answer quickly, I was chasing a rat in my kitchen with my BB Gun. Final result: Greg 1, Rats 0.


Greg
gregduboc
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Username: gregduboc

Post Number: 74
Registered: 11-2008
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 7:24 pm:   Edit Post

Just to add more color to this thread, some pictures from the link:

gregduboc
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Username: gregduboc

Post Number: 75
Registered: 11-2008
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 7:25 pm:   Edit Post

And another one:
11439.jpg
gregduboc
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Username: gregduboc

Post Number: 76
Registered: 11-2008
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 7:27 pm:   Edit Post

And yet, another one:



Greg
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 6048
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 8:21 pm:   Edit Post

One technical note: none of the pictures show stained wood. All the color is in the paint suspended between clear layers and is 100% reversible. With stain, you get what you've got.

For the Chromalusion, I can only think of about 5 instruments that we've done in that finish. Two colors used: Black Fire and Blue Steel. I'll try to dig up a photo of a couple of them to add to this thread.
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 6051
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 8:39 pm:   Edit Post

Wow, some days I am so awesome. I actually found some photos of a Black Fire Chromalusion:

chromalusion

chromalusion

chromalusion

These photos were before I leaned about the power of the monopod, sorry about the motion blur.
briant
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Username: briant

Post Number: 313
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 8:53 pm:   Edit Post

"I love that Purpleheart top. Why don't Purpleheart stringers look as purple as that top?"

My two Alembics with purpleheart stringers are that purple. I'm fairly sure that a lot of the vibrant color (or colour as it were) of purpleheart depends on the piece of wood. I've made a few different wood projects with purpleheart and some wind up being more brownish after sanding/finishing. Roll of the dice?
thebass
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Username: thebass

Post Number: 260
Registered: 3-2003
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 11:33 pm:   Edit Post

This is my painted Persuader. Body and Neck are purple painted maple.


gregduboc
Member
Username: gregduboc

Post Number: 78
Registered: 11-2008
Posted on Friday, April 17, 2009 - 6:04 am:   Edit Post

Mica, thank you so much for those pictures and the technical info. I wasn't aware that it was reversible. Indeed, you are awesome!! :-)

Greg
gregduboc
Member
Username: gregduboc

Post Number: 79
Registered: 11-2008
Posted on Friday, April 17, 2009 - 6:07 am:   Edit Post

Werner, you've got yourself one beautiful bass... Thanks for the photos!

Greg
gregduboc
Member
Username: gregduboc

Post Number: 80
Registered: 11-2008
Posted on Friday, April 17, 2009 - 7:01 am:   Edit Post

Mica, so all I have to do is to have my bass painted between two clear layers...? That will make it absolutely reversible in case I regret one day then?

Greg
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 7902
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Friday, April 17, 2009 - 5:51 pm:   Edit Post

Mica; as far as I have been able to determine,
you are so awesome every day.

Greg; so you're saying that you've been here since November and haven't yet devoured every picture in the Showcase section, the Factory to Customer section, and the Featured Custom (COTM) section?

Please have these sections finished by next Friday. There will be a test.
gregduboc
Member
Username: gregduboc

Post Number: 89
Registered: 11-2008
Posted on Friday, April 17, 2009 - 9:17 pm:   Edit Post

Dave, don't be fooled!! I have seen basically every picture around here, but I decided to get them together to make everyone's life easier, specially mine!!! :-)
And some good stuff showed up, right?
About the test, will there be a 4-stringed prize if I pass??

Greg
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 7910
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Friday, April 17, 2009 - 9:34 pm:   Edit Post

Sure; I've probably got four used strings around here somewhere.
gregduboc
Member
Username: gregduboc

Post Number: 93
Registered: 11-2008
Posted on Friday, April 17, 2009 - 9:47 pm:   Edit Post

Ok, and I will take the bass that they are set up in as well. I need a place to transport them...
Greg
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 7911
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Friday, April 17, 2009 - 9:56 pm:   Edit Post

Oh, you meant fishin' strings and the bass that the hooks are set up in. Sorry, don't have any bass around here; but I think Bill might have some trout.
jazzyvee
Senior Member
Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 1427
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Saturday, April 18, 2009 - 4:17 am:   Edit Post

Here is my Elan. Although it looks more reddish in the top photo's It is actually more purple like on the lower two pics.
It's an all maple body and neck.



Jazzyvee
gregduboc
Member
Username: gregduboc

Post Number: 94
Registered: 11-2008
Posted on Saturday, April 18, 2009 - 6:03 am:   Edit Post

Beautiful Jazzy, kinda looks like candy... !
Huuuummm..... :-)

Greg
gregduboc
Member
Username: gregduboc

Post Number: 95
Registered: 11-2008
Posted on Saturday, April 18, 2009 - 6:10 am:   Edit Post

No Dave... I only fish with dynamite!! :-)
But instead of a fish, why don't you get me a Spyder...?
Perhaps we have a deal?

Greg
dannobasso
Senior Member
Username: dannobasso

Post Number: 1027
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Saturday, April 18, 2009 - 6:55 am:   Edit Post

http://alembic.com/club/messages/393/54287.html?1240014916

scroll down to the blackness if you like.
gregduboc
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Username: gregduboc

Post Number: 98
Registered: 11-2008
Posted on Saturday, April 18, 2009 - 6:58 am:   Edit Post

Danno, if I may:



Greg
briant
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Username: briant

Post Number: 317
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Saturday, April 18, 2009 - 10:09 am:   Edit Post

I am seriously diggin' that purple Elan.

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