| Author | Message | ||
| pinbacking
New Username: pinbacking Post Number: 5 Registered: 1-2005 |
Here's some pics of my beautiful spoiler, if anyone wants to see a different shot of it tell me. This from Mica: 96S9876 SMB4 Spoiler 4-string bass top: Bocate accent: Maple body: Mahogany neck: Maple, 32" medium scale fingerboard: Ebony with pearloid oval inlays, custom size 1.5 x 2.438, side LEDs pickups: AXY controls: volume, filter with Q switch, 4-position pickup selector switch originally made for: Guitar Center, Chicago birthday: April 25, 1996 | ||
| fc_spoiler
New Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 6 Registered: 5-2006 |
Very nice Spoiler! I love leds on basses, it's very usefull on stage.I'm a singer and bassplayer so for me it would be very nice too. Currently I've got papertape on my neck to mark the positions... leds would be much better! Thanks for sharing these pictures F.C. | ||
| olieoliver
Advanced Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 341 Registered: 2-2006 |
Very nice bass. Great pix's too. I also love the led's. I wished I had them when I was still giggin'. I've played many dark venues that they would have been very helpful. | ||
| pinbacking
New Username: pinbacking Post Number: 6 Registered: 1-2005 |
What happened to the pictures? they dissapeared : ( ... | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 3891 Registered: 5-2002 |
Royce; it might be a server problem. This type of thing happened once before. Mica might be able to figure it out, but she's out of town at the moment. | ||
| pinbacking
New Username: pinbacking Post Number: 7 Registered: 1-2005 |
resubmit     (Message edited by davehouck on June 14, 2006) | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 3970 Registered: 5-2002 |
Thanks for reposting; nice pics of a nice bass! | ||
| georgie_boy
Junior Username: georgie_boy Post Number: 40 Registered: 8-2005 |
WOW!!!! That is one beautiful bass. Does she sound as good as she looks??? George | ||
| grateful
Intermediate Member Username: grateful Post Number: 139 Registered: 12-2004 |
Sweet! (Don't all Alembics sound as good as they look?)  Mark | ||
| georgie_boy
Junior Username: georgie_boy Post Number: 42 Registered: 8-2005 |
Yeah you're right Mark!! Sorry for the daft question. It's cause I'm Scottish I suppose. I'll try not to let it happen again. George | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 1387 Registered: 7-2004 |
That Bocate top is spectacular. My '76 Series I guitar has a Bocate veneer on the peghead. It is really a lovely wood with very prominent and interesting grain patterns. I'm surprised it isn't used more often on Alembics. Bill, tgo | ||
| george_wright
Member Username: george_wright Post Number: 97 Registered: 3-2005 |
Bill, I agree about the bocate. Maybe if there were a bocate section in the Wood Bank topic...? | ||
| the_8_string_king
Intermediate Member Username: the_8_string_king Post Number: 184 Registered: 9-2005 |
I agree as well! My bocate Europa matches anything I've seen for appearance... it's an awesome wood, full of detail and randomness!!! | ||
| the_8_string_king
Intermediate Member Username: the_8_string_king Post Number: 185 Registered: 9-2005 |
Oh, and, uh... YOUR bocate Alembic looks most awesome as well!!! I like the mainly line-y look, with the random bookmatched swirls!!! | ||
| richbass939
Senior Member Username: richbass939 Post Number: 651 Registered: 11-2004 |
Very beautiful bass. The headstock-and-feathers-on-black picture is a work of art itself. Rich | ||
| bob
Senior Member Username: bob Post Number: 663 Registered: 11-2002 |
Yep, love the wood, but that headstock photo is truly special. Funny, but I must not have had my glasses on the first time I looked at, because I thought it was propped on the edge of a black leather chair or something, with enhanced contrast. (for those of you who still have perfect eyes, try squinting a little, think really soft, supple leather) Care to say something about how you shot this? | ||
| pinbacking
New Username: pinbacking Post Number: 8 Registered: 1-2005 |
Thank you all for the great compliments! I appreciate them, it really is a great bass and I'm blessed to have it. I just played it at church for worship service and they're all like "Can you tone the bass down a bit" and I'm like "mmmmmm, no". Ahhh, non-bass players, they just don't understand. As for the pictures, I'm a photographer so I had a nice camera to take pictures with, it makes a big difference in the quality of the image. Then I put them in Photoshop and enhance the contrast and play around with the brightness, as most shots usually end up looking more dull than they actually are in real life. The one with the feathers was taken in a studio with (if I can remember right) 2 Calumet 750w flash heads. One with a soft box and the other using a diffuser. Alembics are so beautiful I'd be happy just taking pictures of them : ). | ||
| jazzboy621
Junior Username: jazzboy621 Post Number: 21 Registered: 7-2011 |
What a beautiful bass!!! I think this is one of my favorites, today that is!!! | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2568 Registered: 6-2002 |
That's just about the nicest Spoiler i've seen to date. Jazzyvee | ||
| pinbacking
Member Username: pinbacking Post Number: 85 Registered: 1-2005 |
Thanks! You can see it and hear it in action here! :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb5EuBd-GDo |
