| Author | Message | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 6934 Registered: 6-2000 |
Well, it's a little later than I'd like, but it's available for your viewing pleasure: Double Duty. And just because Alembic Club members are so awesome, here's a couple of extra images to enjoy:   | ||
| gregduboc
Senior Member Username: gregduboc Post Number: 489 Registered: 11-2008 |
Wow.... I want a double neck like that!!! Greg | ||
| apdavis
Member Username: apdavis Post Number: 96 Registered: 5-2004 |
Just beautiful. | ||
| crobbins
Senior Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 675 Registered: 6-2004 |
Right on Frank......... | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 1277 Registered: 5-2009 |
This is very cool . Such a creative tool. Just looking at it conjures up thoughts of the the infinite possibilities . I can personally see my self playing it immediately with a looping device . YES ! I like it , I like it a lot ! Congratulations ! Alembic does it again ___________ | ||
| mario_farufyno
Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 518 Registered: 9-2008 |
Cooooooolll... | ||
| crgaston
Senior Member Username: crgaston Post Number: 620 Registered: 11-2005 |
Sweet! Love the 5-pin feature, too! | ||
| ajdover
Senior Member Username: ajdover Post Number: 866 Registered: 11-2003 |
It must weigh a ton, though. Nice bass in any event. | ||
| artswork99
Moderator Username: artswork99 Post Number: 1283 Registered: 7-2007 |
Really nice, congratulations Frank! | ||
| josh_emmons
New Username: josh_emmons Post Number: 10 Registered: 2-2010 |
woooo!!!! that is one hotty!! | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 1502 Registered: 9-2002 |
I just love the orange-y look of vermillion. Really cool that it's a double five. My only question is: Is the new owner about the size of an NFL lineman ? ? ? Can we hook Geddy up with one? It'd look a lot cooler than that pawn-shop Jazz ! J o e y | ||
| bassjigga
Advanced Member Username: bassjigga Post Number: 379 Registered: 8-2005 |
I think what we all want to know is....... what does that thing weigh?! | ||
| hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 840 Registered: 1-2005 |
Wow! Just... wow. As a fellow Alembic double-neck owner, I say congratulations and congratulations again! | ||
| speicky
Senior Member Username: speicky Post Number: 415 Registered: 3-2005 |
I don't like it... I LOVE IT ! Congratulations, WOW, what a stunning work of art  cheers, Christian | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 2716 Registered: 10-2002 |
That is so cool. I can't comment on the weight of a double neck but my fretless rogue is as light as a feather compared to my signature deluxe so I don't suppose this one will be much more than the sig. Graeme | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1348 Registered: 11-2004 |
Nice bass, is there a build record for this beauty. | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 1843 Registered: 10-2003 |
I like that! | ||
| briant
Senior Member Username: briant Post Number: 453 Registered: 12-2004 |
That's hotness. I would hate to play a 3+ hour gig with it. Me thinks it would be a bit heavy. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 9598 Registered: 5-2002 |
Congrats Frank!! I love how the Maple laminate frames the top in the picture Mica posted at the top of this thread. | ||
| rjmsteel
Intermediate Member Username: rjmsteel Post Number: 104 Registered: 7-2008 |
Wow!!! Double 5 string and the Side mounted 5 pin is also very cool. | ||
| rami
Senior Member Username: rami Post Number: 933 Registered: 6-2002 |
That's very, very cool! The Rogue body almost looks more suited for double than single neck design. What keeps holding me back from building one is deciding on the endless possibilities. This one is a real beauty - very inspirational. Congrats Frank! | ||
| serialnumber12
Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 820 Registered: 12-2004 |
Beautiful Bass.....so this is just a Custom & not a series bass with a hidden hum cancellers correct? | ||
| tmoney61092
Senior Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 508 Registered: 9-2008 |
Correct, reading the COTM on this it says they put the 5-pin input since he uses series basses so he could power this with his power supply ~Taylor | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 6944 Registered: 6-2000 |
There wasn't a Factory to Customer thread on this build, but I collected images of the construction. Here's some scrap from trimming the neck:  I think it looks really cool! | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 1287 Registered: 5-2009 |
I think it looks like a sculpture in the style of Joan Miro' i Ferra http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Mir%C3%B3 | ||
| adriaan
Moderator Username: adriaan Post Number: 2595 Registered: 6-2002 |
More El Lissitzky, if you ask me. But hey - it's in the eye of the beholder! | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 1288 Registered: 5-2009 |
adriaan , I can see your point regarding the angular motif . yes that's a good call_____ | ||
| adriaan
Moderator Username: adriaan Post Number: 2596 Registered: 6-2002 |
The joy of artful association ... | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 6945 Registered: 6-2000 |
I was getting the Bauhaus/Kandinsky feeling from it. Eye of the beholder is right! | ||
| dfung60
Senior Member Username: dfung60 Post Number: 441 Registered: 5-2002 |
Whoa! Ten "the hard way"! But does anybody actually favor the neck pickup on a fretless? Bridge pickup all the way, and turn down the treble! :-) David Fung | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 1289 Registered: 5-2009 |
Yes , I like the bridge pickup all the way up and the neck pickup about a third the way up with the highs cut just a bit on a fretless . | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 1290 Registered: 5-2009 |
I can also see how you could also get the Kandinsky thing from that remnant .Maybe it is just a matter of letting your mind flow to similar motifs and interpretations . Like music, similar elements exist constantly mutating within multiple representations and perceptions . Why ? maybe it's the beauty of the human mind . Like improvisational music we can let all of the various elements reflect and digress . I like that aspect . Nothing ever gets old that way . | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4577 Registered: 7-2004 |
Art! I'll take it! Bill, tgo | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2137 Registered: 6-2002 |
That cutoff to me looks like the front paws, head and pricked up ears of a scottie dog. Jazzyve (Message edited by jazzyvee on September 16, 2010) | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 2727 Registered: 10-2002 |
or a scottie dog disguised as an oryx ;-) Graeme | ||
| edwin
Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 726 Registered: 5-2002 |
Whatever it looks like, that scrap should get sanded, finished and displayed, I hope it doesn't end up in the dumpster! Oh, and lovely bass, as well. I think I'd have to play it seated, but I bet it sounds just wonderful. (Message edited by edwin on September 18, 2010) | ||
| pauldo
Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 506 Registered: 6-2006 |
love the thick backside on that!! | ||
| rjmsteel
Intermediate Member Username: rjmsteel Post Number: 106 Registered: 7-2008 |
Kandinsky, for sure. Even looks similar to a lithograph we have. |
