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Author Message artswork99 Moderator Username: artswork99 Post Number: 1154 Registered: 7-2007 Posted on Thursday, June 03, 2010 - 7:50 pm:    Another beautiful combination of woods and features making Pretty in Purple the latest Featured Custom for all to enjoy. A well deserved addition, congratulations Karen! dwmark Advanced Member Username: dwmark Post Number: 272 Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Thursday, June 03, 2010 - 8:05 pm:    Beautiful. Love the woods. And the rest. Congratulations. dw sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 1029 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Thursday, June 03, 2010 - 8:28 pm:    A Beautiful Bass . Congratulations ! crgaston Senior Member Username: crgaston Post Number: 594 Registered: 11-2005 Posted on Thursday, June 03, 2010 - 8:49 pm:    What a sweet and gorgeous little monster! Play it hard and in good health, Karen! I love everything about this bass, from the purpleheart to the mahogany body/neck and the little pinstripes. Stunningly cool! jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 2617 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Friday, June 04, 2010 - 4:19 am:    Wow - that's a nice bass. The neck laminations are especially striking. Graeme terryc Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1217 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Friday, June 04, 2010 - 5:42 am:    You see... drummers are frustrated bass players! Nice instrument, bet it sounds as good as it looks dadabass2001 Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1424 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, June 04, 2010 - 6:08 am:    Another congrats on a beautiful bass. I especially like the neck neck combo, very tasty and I bet it sounds like a powerhouse! Mike hydrargyrum Senior Member Username: hydrargyrum Post Number: 804 Registered: 3-2004 Posted on Friday, June 04, 2010 - 8:04 am:    Very Cool! cje Junior Username: cje Post Number: 44 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Friday, June 04, 2010 - 8:09 am:    I especially love the story behind this bass. Those awesome neck lams don't hurt either! Those pinstripes are beautiful. keith_h Moderator Username: keith_h Post Number: 1624 Registered: 2-2005 Posted on Friday, June 04, 2010 - 8:13 am:    Congratulations Karen. It is a lovely instrument. Keith davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 9361 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Friday, June 04, 2010 - 8:41 am:    Beautiful bass!! Congrats Karen!! The body is an especially nice piece of Mahogany. The Essence shape looks wonderful in Purpleheart. And the neck combination is exquisite. I love this bass! Excellent choice for Featured Custom! rjmsteel Member Username: rjmsteel Post Number: 66 Registered: 7-2008 Posted on Friday, June 04, 2010 - 8:43 am:    Nice Bass and cool Wood combinations! Wonderful neck recipe, I`ll bet that has authoritative tone. Beautiful Abalone fingerboard inlays!! Congrats on the Featured Custom. jseitang Advanced Member Username: jseitang Post Number: 285 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, June 04, 2010 - 9:37 am:    diggin this one...keeping it simple yet very custom.i like it. dfung60 Senior Member Username: dfung60 Post Number: 430 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 7:52 pm:    Cool, cool bass. The "extra" cover plate on the back is interesting. What's up there? I've never seen an Alembic backplate with "ears" like that either. Will the purpleheart top stay purple forever like that or does it change to that really cool reddish brown that you see in neck lams of old instruments? The top of this bass is really extremely purple. A friend of mine who competes in concours exhibitions with his car has told me before that the high grades of sandpaper like 3500 actually are smoother than paper short of glossy clay coated printing papers. David Fung bsee Senior Member Username: bsee Post Number: 2458 Registered: 3-2004 Posted on Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 7:58 pm:    I suspect that's a separate battery compartment. The wings on the LED battery compartment? Couldn't say why on that. davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 9374 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 7:59 pm:    David; that's the batteries for the LED's. From what I recall of earlier posts by Mica, yes the Purpleheart does change appearance over time. jbybj Advanced Member Username: jbybj Post Number: 293 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 8:36 pm:    I read somewhere that purpleheart will tend to get browner if exposed to sunlight. Keep it out of the sun and it will stay more purpley. jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 1970 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, June 07, 2010 - 12:06 am:    I wonder if there is any kind of additive that could be put in the finish to block out some of the components in light to slow down the fading. There are additives in added to glass used in art galleries and and to some photographic prints which is designed to block or at least slow down the effects of the harmful rays within the light they are exposed to. It would change the look of that bass dramatically if it faded to brown. Jazzyvee terryc Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1230 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Monday, June 07, 2010 - 5:37 am:    UV is strong stuff, as sunworshippers know to their detriment. There are UV filter chemicals which are added to laquers & paints(where I work is where ICI did extensive research into colour durability of paint, they had hundreds of samples facing the sun) but UV will eventually cause colour fading. It's all to do with quantum mechanics. bracheen Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1548 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Monday, June 07, 2010 - 6:31 am:    Wow what a beautiful bass! Congratulations Karen. And you're in good company. Jaco was a drummer who switched to bass after breaking his wrist. Sam benson_murrensun Advanced Member Username: benson_murrensun Post Number: 285 Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 8:13 am:    That is a very elegant-looking bass.