| Author | Message | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 6541 Registered: 6-2000 |
I'm going on a short vacation in just a few minutes. But I didn't want to leave the Club without a new Featured Custom to enjoy. Please visit She and I hope you all have a wonderful New Year celebration. | ||
| elwoodblue
Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 949 Registered: 6-2002 |
Oh my god! What a masterpiece, I love that unique neck recipe and body shape. Congrats David ! | ||
| crobbins
Senior Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 525 Registered: 6-2004 |
Very cool! | ||
| artswork99
Senior Member Username: artswork99 Post Number: 944 Registered: 7-2007 |
Nice! | ||
| jet_powers
Senior Member Username: jet_powers Post Number: 482 Registered: 2-2003 |
Another beauty! | ||
| tmoney61092
Advanced Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 315 Registered: 9-2008 |
the neck is whats getting me, its so weird seeing purpleheart on oneside, and then mahogany on the other while expecting those 2 laminates to be the same, insane! ~Taylor | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 634 Registered: 5-2009 |
Another SUPERB work of Art ! Happy New Year from me as well to everyone ! | ||
| crobbins
Senior Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 526 Registered: 6-2004 |
I think the only purpleheart is right down the middle. Ebony, Mahoganey on both of the outsides | ||
| tmoney61092
Advanced Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 316 Registered: 9-2008 |
I see what you mean, but part of the neck looks like it's pinkish, maybe just me ~Taylor | ||
| the_jester
Member Username: the_jester Post Number: 72 Registered: 12-2009 |
Oh, "The Bird of Prey" 5 string concept, with frets... I remember the "Bird of Prey" custom feature a few years ago. The only thing I could conger up on those style of basses, is having a paper sign stating: "Please Don't touch." Without question, those basses are complete works of art. Over the top cool. (Message edited by the_jester on December 30, 2009) | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 2539 Registered: 10-2002 |
I've always loved Val's Bird of Prey design but in quilted coco-bolo it just jumps to a whole new level. The positive/negative effect on the back is incredible. However, unlike Hal, I'd be encouraging everyone to play this instrument if 'She' were mine. Beauty like this is meant to be shared. Graeme | ||
| senmen
Senior Member Username: senmen Post Number: 948 Registered: 7-2003 |
Wow, again a real masterpiece from the Mothership! This bass is awesome. Love it..... Oliver (Spyderman) | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1343 Registered: 6-2002 |
She's a beauty and that's for sure... I grabbed the widescrren version for desktop rotation  Mike | ||
| the_jester
Member Username: the_jester Post Number: 74 Registered: 12-2009 |
Oh no Jack, the paper sign was a metaphor to express emphasizes of it's exquisiteness; like a rare painting in a museum, or a fine arts galore. I too, understands the great and immeasurable returns one receives, in sharing things with others. However to share something like this, requires owning. So unless somebody wants to give me this bass to share with you-all, I would be an unlikely candidate. Best wishes to Valentino's design. Peace and Love - | ||
| dwmark
Advanced Member Username: dwmark Post Number: 252 Registered: 1-2005 |
Thanks to Mica and Susan and, of course, Val, for this one. She is amazing every time I pick her up. Shared her last year at the Chicago get-together and will next time we meet. Best wishes to all for 2010. dw | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 2328 Registered: 4-2004 |
its nice to see that slab of wood finally get to be a featured custom,especially since i have some of it on scarlet. Looks just like val's bird of prey but the wood is so much finer. dave- aint it cool the way the wood looks bubbly? there ought to be a thread for those of us who got to own a piece of the crappy no one will like it piece of junk. maybe i will start one tmrw | ||
| smokinbear
Member Username: smokinbear Post Number: 65 Registered: 11-2008 |
WOW!!! "SHE" is Stunning, a beautiful masterpiece. If i had the resources to order a custom. She is so close to what I'm looking for in a woman/bass these days. Sorry my list of descriptive adjectives is so utterly lacking, so i'll just leave it at that. Now excuse me whilst I clean the drool off my mac book now. ....Bear | ||
| ajdover
Senior Member Username: ajdover Post Number: 800 Registered: 11-2003 |
It's a beautiful instrument, even though I'm not overly fond of the shape. Love the continuous backplates - absolutely gorgeous. Congrats. (Message edited by ajdover on January 01, 2010) | ||
| krystoof
Member Username: krystoof Post Number: 69 Registered: 1-2009 |
Waouuuuuuu!!!!! I saw this beauté in the "factory to customer" section and was amazed and kind of stuck in front of the screen.... Couldn't believe it... But it exists, man!!!! Thanks to Alembic! Happy new year, everybody!!! Xtof | ||
| eastcoastepic
Advanced Member Username: eastcoastepic Post Number: 229 Registered: 10-2003 |
'She' is drop-dead stunning! Congratulations, David, best of luck with her....... | ||
| rjmsteel
Junior Username: rjmsteel Post Number: 22 Registered: 7-2008 |
Thanks for sharing her at the Chicago gathering of `09... phenonemal bass, also looking forward to the next gathering. | ||
| pace
Senior Member Username: pace Post Number: 489 Registered: 4-2004 |
I was always wondering where this bass went since it first showed up in the background of someone else's FTC photos.... When it made the group shot at Chicago, that set my mind at ease (it wasn't stashed away or behind some glass display).... Next up, a Bird of Prey 8-string?!?!!? The other bass I wonder about I saw at the factory in '05. It was an Omega Balance K Buckeye Burl body w/ an Ebony/Purpleheart neck. I want to say it was a 5-string... Absolutely stunning. Anyone else see it (or own it)? | ||
| slawie
Intermediate Member Username: slawie Post Number: 148 Registered: 8-2002 |
Beautiful. Alembic instruments never cease to amaze me. slawie | ||
| enzo
Intermediate Member Username: enzo Post Number: 174 Registered: 4-2009 |
Here's Mica describing her at the Chicago Gathering to a few speechless Alembicians ( me included :P ). [IMG]http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc242/enzo42/Bag%20End/IMG_0209.jpg[/IMG] | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 9087 Registered: 5-2002 |
Congrats on the Featured Custom DW! Mica put together a very nice layout! | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 9088 Registered: 5-2002 |
Enzo; that's a great pic of Mica with the bass! | ||
| lmiwa
Advanced Member Username: lmiwa Post Number: 275 Registered: 2-2008 |
David, Congrats on the Featured Custom! It's a beautiful instrument. All the little detail touches add up to a stunning instrument. I certainly enjoyed seeing, touching, and playing it at the Chicago gathering. Loch | ||
| mario_farufyno
Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 415 Registered: 9-2008 |
So let's sing: "Isn't she loooovely?" | ||
| dwmark
Advanced Member Username: dwmark Post Number: 253 Registered: 1-2005 |
Thanks, everyone. I'm also glad to see the picture with Mica as it underscores the fact that She (that's what I always call her, but I'm just getting used to capitalizing the "s") is not a stay-at-home bass. So, everyone, don't be afraid to take yours out of the house. Check your insurance and be extra careful when the temps are extreme (as they are here now). By the way, I've been playing a slow game of "custom knobs" with THG. I have almost all of them now, and will post pictures when the whole set is here. I think Quilted Coco knobs with LEDs will make Her even better. dw | ||
| chalieholmes
Junior Username: chalieholmes Post Number: 13 Registered: 11-2009 |
Yeah man, That temperature thing is a killer, I had a gig on the 23rd of last month and it was very cold....I could see the strings pulling away from the fingerboard. I did not play it that night intsead I used my doublebass and Wittman custom stereo 5 string. My Wittman luckily was converted to accept the 5pin jack that the Alembic uses.Do you have an edress for the custom knob maker? | ||
| chalieholmes
Junior Username: chalieholmes Post Number: 14 Registered: 11-2009 |
By the way, that is a bad assed bass that you have! And I agree, I bought my Alembic to play, and if weather permits and it doesnt affect the fingerboard I'm gonna spank dat bitch!It's just a tool!I'm sure Alembic didn't make these babies to just be hung up and looked at like some rembrant. Pluck em' my bass brothers! Keep it low! Peace! Chalie | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 1791 Registered: 10-2003 |
Having touched this instrument in Chicago, I have to say that the pictures do not do it justice. It is fantastically beautiful. John |
