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Author Message piotr_c New Username: piotr_c Post Number: 1 Registered: 7-2012 Posted on Sunday, July 29, 2012 - 6:35 pm:    Hi Club Members, I've registered at last, after receiving my third Alembic. The first was (and still is) a brown bass (Grand Master with the Maltese cross inlays), then its twin sister, the fretless "templar secrets" and finally a wonderful "Alexandria" themed 5-string series 2... I play bass as a hobby, and certainly much worst than the vast majority of you, but I do count on catching up, as I recently moved from Switzerland to Uruguay and have plenty of time to practice... So yes, my Alembics had a one month cruise across the Atlantic, a moment of intense anguish until they found their new home...! Anyway, I wanted to thank you already for the threads and discussions you post in this club, as they have often opened my eyes to new dimensions of the bass universe. Looking forward to read, and this time chat some more...! Greetings to all from Montevideo... jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3223 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Monday, July 30, 2012 - 3:54 am:    Welcome to the club Pierre. Can I be the first to ask for pictures please? Graeme pauldo Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 855 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Monday, July 30, 2012 - 6:51 am:    Pierre - welcome aboard from Milwaukee! Ahhh the Templar Secrets bass - truly a work of art, even without being plugged in. I can only imagine your anxiety as you awaited shipment of your babies to your new home. dadabass2001 Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1666 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, July 30, 2012 - 7:06 am:    Welcome to the forum, Pierre. Please do post some new pix of your collection. We all love photos... MIke piotr_c New Username: piotr_c Post Number: 2 Registered: 7-2012 Posted on Monday, July 30, 2012 - 9:35 am:    Well, pics from Grand Master are in the custom archive (http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_grandmaster.html), as those of Templar (http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_templarsecrets.html), and for the 5-string, I'll do some pics tonight and post them up (with a blackberry cam... i'm afraid it's all i've got). Like a certain Governor from a certain State would say: "I'll be back...!" piotr_c New Username: piotr_c Post Number: 3 Registered: 7-2012 Posted on Monday, July 30, 2012 - 3:29 pm:    Sorry Guys, too dark to make pictures tonight... Came back from work too late (it's winter here in the southern hemisphere), so i'll try again tomorrow... Thanks for being patient... piotr_c New Username: piotr_c Post Number: 4 Registered: 7-2012 Posted on Monday, July 30, 2012 - 4:09 pm:    here, i felt guilty, so that is the best i could do... piotr_c New Username: piotr_c Post Number: 5 Registered: 7-2012 Posted on Monday, July 30, 2012 - 4:19 pm:    and here from behind... funkyjazzjunky Senior Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 799 Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 6:47 am:    Wow More pictures please pauldo Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 857 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 7:59 am:    oh yes! A close up shot of the behind would be nice! piotr_c New Username: piotr_c Post Number: 6 Registered: 7-2012 Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 10:10 am:    "a close up shot of the behind"... Really...! (sorry couldn't help myself...) mario_farufyno Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 818 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 11:49 am:    Wonderfull one-of-a-kind Alembic you have, "neighbour" (I'm from Brazil). Please send us more pics of it, specially a close up of inlays and this catchy 4 piece hole at the tail. piotr_c New Username: piotr_c Post Number: 7 Registered: 7-2012 Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 1:54 pm:    Again, sorry for the quality, but with a bbm, "no could do better...!" Good to have a Brazilian neighbour... I travel often to Sao Paulo and speak the language (although my written portuguese skill are catastrophic...! piotr_c New Username: piotr_c Post Number: 8 Registered: 7-2012 Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 1:57 pm:    As you understand, the theme is Alexandria, egypt, and all related to the alexandria library of course... piotr_c New Username: piotr_c Post Number: 9 Registered: 7-2012 Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 1:59 pm:    One more to come... piotr_c New Username: piotr_c Post Number: 10 Registered: 7-2012 Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 2:01 pm:    the last of inlays... (the arabic scripture reads "Alexandria") piotr_c Junior Username: piotr_c Post Number: 11 Registered: 7-2012 Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 2:06 pm:    The "catchy" sculpted Maltese cross (yes, i know, kind of a mild obsession with me). I could feel Susan and MIca trembling when they drilled that one... but they really nailed it beautifully (pic doesn't do it justice) piotr_c Junior Username: piotr_c Post Number: 12 Registered: 7-2012 Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 2:09 pm:    The close up from behind, just for Paul... piotr_c Junior Username: piotr_c Post Number: 13 Registered: 7-2012 Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 2:11 pm:    and finally a body frontal with a bit more light than before piotr_c Junior Username: piotr_c Post Number: 14 Registered: 7-2012 Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 2:23 pm:    for a brief history, this was ordered at the end of 2008 if I'm not mistaken, and came in my hands mid-march 2012... so a long wait for an amazing work of art. I must say that collaborating with Susan and Mica was a dream, and the whole Alembic family really nailed it like I couldn't have imagined... Coco bolo top and back series II, with flame maple body... pretty heavy, but the sound is crazy... I love it... and still am in awe of the Alembic craft...! sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 2580 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 5:12 pm:    Nice Bass . like no other! piotr_c Junior Username: piotr_c Post Number: 15 Registered: 7-2012 Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 6:21 pm:    Thanks Sonicus... It had to tell a story, that's always how i planned them with Alembic,,,! I saw your name quite a bit in threads and posts, you must be quite the pro...? sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 2582 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 7:23 pm:    Thanks, __me pro ? Well that depends on what pro means . I just have guided opinions, LOL ___ cozmik_cowboy Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1256 Registered: 10-2006 Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 9:27 pm:    You have an amazing collection, Piotr. Peter afrobeat_fool Senior Member Username: afrobeat_fool Post Number: 465 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 10:13 pm:    I got to see this one up close and personal.Over the last few years I would visit the factory and see this bass. The pic's do not do this one justice. I was quite taken with the inlays. You are a very lucky man. Congratulations! Nick pauldo Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 858 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - 6:43 am:    Pierre - Thank YOU! :-D Great gods that really is beautiful! From the front it looks like the top grain drapes over the cutout. piotr_c Junior Username: piotr_c Post Number: 16 Registered: 7-2012 Posted on Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - 8:15 am:    Thanks to all for your kind words...! Next one to come in is a 6-string (African Theme, just for you Afrobeat...!And you are right, the pics are incredibly bad... I don't have the photographic skills of pierreyves nor the camera for that matter), Delivery of the 6, certainly not before next year, and there could be a new kind of body inlay style... We'll all have to wait and see...! artswork99 Moderator Username: artswork99 Post Number: 1769 Registered: 7-2007 Posted on Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - 1:58 pm:    WOW, very nice collection! Play em Healthy! Regards, Art davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 10833 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - 4:38 pm:    Welcome to the club Pierre! The cross in the body is amazing! And the inlays, from concept to execution, are exceptional. Congrats! piotr_c Junior Username: piotr_c Post Number: 23 Registered: 7-2012 Posted on Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - 5:29 pm:    Triple thanks Dave, but alas, after hearing you play on your video, I still have a lot (but a really lot) of practicing to do. In order to be worthy of... mario_farufyno Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 819 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - 5:39 pm:    A-ma-zing!!!! Thanks for sharing, Pierre. It is incredible. piotr_c Junior Username: piotr_c Post Number: 24 Registered: 7-2012 Posted on Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - 5:45 pm:    You're welcome vizinho Brasileiro...! Thanks for the kind words. If you come by Montevideo, don't hesitate...!