| Author | Message | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 573 Registered: 4-2004 |
well a lot of you know i headed out to see susan and the gang last week to celebrate the direwolf being made cotm. HOW COULD I TOP THE WOLF?????? WELL....... susan has been kind enough to produce the first alembic tribute body bass for me. There will be some design changes to make the balance better, but its a done deal here are the specs so far medium scale neck through neck- maple-purple-vermillion-ebony-vermillion-purple-maple body- maple/verm/maple/coco bookmatch to center top only coco pickup covers side led's- red and amber at the 5th,12, and 24th fat boy at the bridge mark king elec with a bass boost swtich abalone inlays ebony peghead gold logo crown headstock gold tuners and strap locks continous backplates wood truss cover "scarlet" inlay at the 24th fret and completion on the 25th it will not have the classic carved top- but if you look at a classico bass, we are going to put that carving around the perimeter to give it the "feel" and thats just fine for me. its actually less expensive as i dont have to get a thicker tribute top wood and since i was there? well i picked the top wood i am so psyched and honored..... | ||
| senmen
Senior Member Username: senmen Post Number: 460 Registered: 7-2003 |
Flax, wow this sounds really great. I am eager to see it someday..... Oliver (Spyderman) | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 2269 Registered: 5-2002 |
The gold logo on the Ebony headstock laminate will look nice! | ||
| jacko
Advanced Member Username: jacko Post Number: 289 Registered: 10-2002 |
Sounds really exciting Jeff. What's the betting we'll be seeing your name on another COTM in a year or so ;-) The neck laminations sound really special. Was there a particular 'sonic' reason for them? Graeme | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 1011 Registered: 9-2003 |
Congrats, Flax! Make sure you sign the Jerry Garcia US postal stamp petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?Garcia Cheers | ||
| jseitang
Member Username: jseitang Post Number: 91 Registered: 6-2002 |
wow its gonna be like that doug irwin bass phil lesh had after the osage orange bass... | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 1013 Registered: 9-2003 |
Yup, the very one he used circa '80-'81. I saw Phil use that bass many times, the most memorable of which was at the Radio City Music Hall gigs that was documented on "Reckoning" and "Dead Set". | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 574 Registered: 4-2004 |
almost guys.... the upper horn will extend to the 17th fret app and the lower will be a bit longer too, the body will be adjusted to look like the tribute...symetrically speaking,,,, susan will post drawings down the road. its all good- bass central will be handling this one for me. hey thanks for the headsup kevin- i havent looked at the radio city shows in a while. damn i was at all those shows- even slept outy overnight in front of st patricks cathedral.. :-) | ||
| jseitang
Member Username: jseitang Post Number: 93 Registered: 6-2002 |
what ever happened to that bass does anybody know? does anybody know the full specs on that cira 81 bass? | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 575 Registered: 4-2004 |
(Message edited by flaxattack on August 23, 2005) | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 576 Registered: 4-2004 |
hey there graem- thanks bud... would be nice, to answer the question. maple tends to be bright.. since we have the maple body and neck,,, and we have maple/ vermillion body lams aesthetcially i liked the idea of the vermillion running through the bass.and the purple/orange/black- i like the sound of that musically i am hoping that the vermillion in the neck will soften the highesa touch,increase mids a little and the ebony will increase sustain- adding the bass boost switch gives me some more flexiblity,,,, | ||
| foth
Junior Username: foth Post Number: 31 Registered: 12-2004 |
Is this another 5 string, Jeff? How do you tune your 32" 5 string Wolf? | ||
| gare
Advanced Member Username: gare Post Number: 244 Registered: 11-2003 |
Flax That sounds like a very cool project..we'll be watching for the FTC thread. Congrats | ||
| jacko
Advanced Member Username: jacko Post Number: 299 Registered: 10-2002 |
Kevin / Jimmy. If you go on www.gdstore.com and page down through the stickers, there's one of jerry sitting playing acoustic. to his right you can just see that irwin bass being weilded by Phil. jeff - sorry for the brief hijack. Graeme | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 1026 Registered: 9-2003 |
Yup, good call, Graeme. It looks like that's from one of the Warfield and/or Radio City dates. If I'm not mistaken, I don't think Jerry played acoustic any other time during that period in time. That bass had the double "P-bass" pickup set-up on it, possibly DiMarzio's. | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 578 Registered: 4-2004 |
np graeme- its a nice bass- but it aint an alembic! lmao | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 1043 Registered: 9-2003 |
Now, now...I imagine Doug could always go back and work for Alembic, LOL! | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 614 Registered: 4-2004 |
do i smell an ftc coming? my spies tell me the neck is being made or has been.... coool......... for anyone interested, looks like i might remove the name scarlet and tribute this one to my cat scooter who passed away 2 weeks ago.  this logo was actually my first choice before susan was gratious enough to do the wolf |
