| Author | Message | ||
| hendixclarke
Senior Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 502 Registered: 6-2007 |
This is "The Club"... I can't express all the things I learned from others on this board and had prospered. Life is short. I am 44 years old, and I know younger people who are no longer with us. Why go to my grave without trying to fulfill another dream? Why not do it now... (while I have my health, and good humor to boot)-- let's go at it... let's try to make something better, nobody holds all the decks to this card of life, but only play the hand, we are dealt. | ||
| hendixclarke
Senior Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 503 Registered: 6-2007 |
Lights on, lights off... with a strip along the side of the neck and with the bass in the frontal position, you can see the white striping.   | ||
| hendixclarke
Senior Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 504 Registered: 6-2007 |
Go got to have this bass with white frontal trim, and Mother of Pearl Boomerangs... I am thinking -- "B.B.King's "Lucille" white trimmed guitar...  | ||
| hendixclarke
Senior Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 505 Registered: 6-2007 |
Boomerang direction change...  | ||
| hendixclarke
Senior Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 506 Registered: 6-2007 |
White or Mother of Pearl laminate rap-around on finger board trim would be wonderful...  | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 2191 Registered: 4-2004 |
is there really an order for this or are you a serious crack smoker? | ||
| hendixclarke
Senior Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 507 Registered: 6-2007 |
That must be a nice way in saying, this bass is beautiful. Right Jeff? | ||
| hendixclarke
Senior Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 508 Registered: 6-2007 |
I talked to Mica about clear pickups... I want them on the Toma_Hawk.  | ||
| georgie_boy
Senior Member Username: georgie_boy Post Number: 667 Registered: 8-2005 |
Just LOVE the idea of clear pups!!! Maybe even clear back plates and covers!!! Great to see the Guts!! George | ||
| georgie_boy
Senior Member Username: georgie_boy Post Number: 668 Registered: 8-2005 |
Hal E-Mail sent to you! George | ||
| tbrannon
Senior Member Username: tbrannon Post Number: 999 Registered: 11-2004 |
I like the clear pickup idea- have you ever seen Q-tuners pickups? http://www.q-tuner.com/ I've never pulled apart an Alembic pickup before and I know the low impedance nature of the pickups probably means the 'guts' look a bit different, but I've seen a couple basses on Talkbass with the Qtuners that looked really nice. | ||
| oujeebass
Intermediate Member Username: oujeebass Post Number: 148 Registered: 10-2002 |
Hal have you got the TARP funds from Jeff yet?  | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 2192 Registered: 4-2004 |
maybe alembic can find you see through wood.... | ||
| jedisan
Member Username: jedisan Post Number: 53 Registered: 3-2008 |
Jeff, I think they call that Lucite... | ||
| hendixclarke
Senior Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 509 Registered: 6-2007 |
Great ideals George, and thanks for pictures -- those are awesome guitars. Although having a clear back plate for the Toma_Hawk was never in the cards for me, I do appreciate other ideas with plastic. The Toma_Hawk, will have Alembic's traditional brass, back-plates. | ||
| hendixclarke
Senior Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 510 Registered: 6-2007 |
I had a phone discussion with Mica on clear pickups, and I was provided pictures of clear pickups on another bass. In my concept bass, the pickups are to be the exact pickups used for Series I/II basses. However, the Toma_Hawk bass will use ones completely encased in clear plastic (not color black). Toby, those are awesome pickups, but to uses anything other than Alembic parts i.e; pickups, for the Toma_Hawk Bass would be out of scope for this project. Thanks for sharing for your point is also shows a company meeting the demands for clear pickups. | ||
| tbrannon
Senior Member Username: tbrannon Post Number: 1000 Registered: 11-2004 |
Hal, I knew you weren't going to use anything other than the Alembic pickups. I just thought I'd post an example that I remembered. Are the example pictures Mica provided from an Alembic bass? If so, would you mind posting them here? I'd love to see how they look. Are the poles, windings visible like on the Q tuner pickups? | ||
| hendixclarke
Senior Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 511 Registered: 6-2007 |
[Now read this very slowly, and think about each word...Jeff] Jeff, most pickups outer cover, are plastic -- and they come in many wonderful colors. Some covers are even made of clear or transparent plastic. | ||
| hendixclarke
Senior Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 512 Registered: 6-2007 |
Why I chosen Transparent (Clear) Pickups. It's obvious. The sound of Alembic pickups, are so unforgiving accurate; all I could think of is: Alembic pickups -- "Crystal Glass Clarity." Therefore, to having transparent Alembic pickups on Alembic basses, including the Toma_Hawk bass, is very fitting... | ||
| eligilam
Intermediate Member Username: eligilam Post Number: 160 Registered: 2-2006 |
Flax, that's hilarious. | ||
| hendixclarke
Senior Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 513 Registered: 6-2007 |
Flax, I guess this redirects (distracts) my attention for a moment, for it entertaining, and believe me, I do need to laugh more... Thanks man. | ||
| hendixclarke
Senior Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 514 Registered: 6-2007 |
Here you go Toby... Clear pickups on an Alembic... http://www3.alembic.com/img/inst/00004_frontviewB.jpg | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 2193 Registered: 4-2004 |
how about see through strings! | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 1364 Registered: 6-2002 |
in the late 70's I had a Cimar, ( Gibson Copy) Marauder which had clear pickus. Looked pretty cool. So i think Clear alembic pickups should look great. I have no idea what the colour of the inside of the pickups are but I was thinking, that if Alembic are making the pickups as a one off for you, you could probably include an object on the top of the innards of pickup to compliment your bass. Here is an idea hope you don't mind.  Jazzyvee | ||
| hendixclarke
Senior Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 515 Registered: 6-2007 |
Being a conservative guy, I always wanted the emblem on the back of the bass (as examples seen here). However, after talking with Mica about the position where I wanted the emblem to go originally, she said it was possible, but it would yield a thicker body. So, I had decided to scrap the idea, because I didn't want a thicker bass, over a simple emblem. So, I left the idea all together until I was inspired again... (Kind of like creating new music...) I kicked the idea around over the week, and decided to have emblem placed behind the bass, but this time... behind back side of the crown. With the emblem on top and in plain view (not blocked by my growing waist line) and with solid wood to contrast the emblem, it's a win win... | ||
| hendixclarke
Senior Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 516 Registered: 6-2007 |
Jazzy, The depiction of the emblem being placed somewhere on the pickup (inside, outside) would be more complicated, than what meets the eyes. Also from a aesthetic perspective, I didn't want to take away the sheer sublime look of an ice cube and light reflections and shadows without something blocking them. With the emblem on the pickup, they look like a new pickup brand. I can hear it now... "Man, what brand is those pickups with the INDIAN feather on them..." That would drive me insane... You know what I am saying...? | ||
| hendixclarke
Senior Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 517 Registered: 6-2007 |
One last thing on the emblem... The emblem will be made with a real materials: sea shells, obsidian and colored glass in other words, a mosaic menagerie. This is why I said, it's more complicated... If the emblem was just a sticker... well that's very do-able Jazzy | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 1366 Registered: 6-2002 |
No problem, I get your picture. Jazzyvee | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 2136 Registered: 6-2002 |
Hey Jazzy, even the original Gibson Marauder had clear plastic pups - a Tele/Strat type bridge pup, and a humbucker. I played a Cimar J copy for many years - really cut my teeth on that. | ||
| blackelan
Member Username: blackelan Post Number: 65 Registered: 7-2007 |
You should have the 12th fret inlay more like A Perfect Circle band logo instead of offset. [img]http://www.davesrock.com/static/aperfectcircle.jpg[/img] | ||
| altgrendel
Junior Username: altgrendel Post Number: 43 Registered: 5-2008 |
If you're getting brass back plates, how about get the image enameled on the plate? Just a thought. | ||
| hendixclarke
Senior Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 518 Registered: 6-2007 |
The symbol of the 12th fret is the horoscope sign of Cancer (the month and day I was born). Also, born under the Chinese horoscope, "Year of the Dragon"..., but that symbol was already taken... | ||
| hendixclarke
Senior Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 519 Registered: 6-2007 |
Yeah, the brass back plate is an open canvas. I can see adding craving out a stenciled image of the Toma Hawk Icon. Perhaps even a carved image to the point it breaks the walls of the brass. (This would allow air to cool the electronics) However, I would have a screen behind the plate, to keep lent out. In any case, this work (if desired afterwords) would be after this bass was built and delivered with the plates whole. | ||
| moonliner
Junior Username: moonliner Post Number: 18 Registered: 12-2004 |
When are you pulling the trigger and making it happen? | ||
| hendixclarke
Senior Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 520 Registered: 6-2007 |
I all ready pulled the trigger... and it's happening... | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 2174 Registered: 2-2006 |
Shouldn't that be "swung the axe". OO | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 2175 Registered: 2-2006 |
Or is that "swang"? OO | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 3587 Registered: 7-2004 |
"swung the swang"? Yea, I think that about sums it up! lol Bill,, tgo | ||
| moonliner
Junior Username: moonliner Post Number: 19 Registered: 12-2004 |
Now we're swingin' | ||
| robinc
Intermediate Member Username: robinc Post Number: 127 Registered: 5-2008 |
ya'll have a sharp sense of humor! | ||
| hendixclarke
Senior Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 521 Registered: 6-2007 |
Clear High-Hat Alembic (Lincoln) knobs on the list... | ||
| hendixclarke
Senior Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 522 Registered: 6-2007 |
Clear selector switch knob, on the list... | ||
| altgrendel
Junior Username: altgrendel Post Number: 45 Registered: 5-2008 |
And a Plexiglas body, too? | ||
| hendixclarke
Senior Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 523 Registered: 6-2007 |
Altgrendel, just in case you didn't read prior post.. The logic... If it's plastic, I am considering having the parts become translucent plastic, and not colored plastic. Simple right... Nowhere in this design, I wish to exchange wood or metal components into plastic ie, body neck, bridge, strings etc. WHY NOT...? Because those parts are not made from plastic. I can't even imagine A PLASTIC Alembic Bass. I would love someone to make one. Not for me... You had me laughing so hard, I almost fell out of my chair PLASTIC PARTS: Pickups, Knobs, and selector switches. Therefore, whether I choose clear plastic parts, or colored ones, (guess what...) they are still plastic. Ok, let me take an official position on the parts... Oh, I already did... | ||
| altgrendel
Junior Username: altgrendel Post Number: 47 Registered: 5-2008 |
Yes, it was a joke. Glad it made you laugh. | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 3594 Registered: 7-2004 |
Hey Hal, maybe you could get Alembic to build you a DS5 in a plexi box? And maybe even the 5-pin cable in clear plastic insulation! And, of course, you have to get some see-through picks to play with! Bill, tgo | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 2179 Registered: 2-2006 |
LOL, Bloody-Marys for breakfast again Bill? OO | ||
| hendixclarke
Senior Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 524 Registered: 6-2007 |
Bill you don't have to lose any sleep... this bass will look awesome when its done... I promise. | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 5943 Registered: 6-2000 |
I don't think that clear plastic knobs will wind up looking too good - you'll see the bushing and shaft of the pot, plus the holes for the two set screws and the set screws themselves. These holes will be milky unless you have them buffed, which would be rather costly. Unless you can find a 1/4" shaft knob for the pots and a 1/8" shaft knob for the selector switch that is already made, having these parts custom made will probably be shockingly expensive. Also note that knobs can be changed at any time! So if you start with a standard knob, and then later find the knob you love, you can always switch them out. I know you're not going for a clear plastic backplate, but on that note, in case anyone else gets any ideas, that won't quite work because we need to complete the shield with the interior of the backplate, so if it were clear plastic, you'd see the silver paint through it. | ||
| hendixclarke
Senior Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 525 Registered: 6-2007 |
Therefore, in moving forward -- The Toma_Hawk bass will be built with traditional standard black plastic knobs and selector switches. Thank you Mica, Hal- |
