| Author | Message | ||
| fmm
Senior Member Username: fmm Post Number: 410 Registered: 6-2002 |
According to a post on Stephen T Wishnevsky's Facebook page, the Wishbass workshop was totally destroyed in a fire over the weekend. Some prototypes were saved. Wishnevsky plans to rebuild, perhaps using a Kickstarter campaign for funding. http://m.journalnow.com/news/local/winston-salem-musician-loses-workshop-to-fire-tuesday-morning/article_211d5018-b6c1-11e4-87ea-17e5efaaa34d.html?mode=jqm | ||
| tncaveman
Advanced Member Username: tncaveman Post Number: 274 Registered: 2-2011 |
That's really sad news. Luckily it was not attached to their house and no one was hurt! Stephen | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11666 Registered: 5-2002 |
Thanks for posting this. From the article: "If you’ve never seen something that you own — a house or a building — you can’t fully fathom what that feels like to see it engulfed in flames." "Stephen and Teresa ... mean a lot, to a lot of people." I hope they are able to get going again. | ||
| pauldo
Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1435 Registered: 6-2006 |
Best wishes for the Whishnevsky's. Thankfully their dogs alerted them, even though their home was 50 feet away, an uncontrolled blaze can do terrible things. Very glad to know they are ok. Very, very sad to hear about this being a total loss (uninsured business). | ||
| edwin
Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1927 Registered: 5-2002 |
I've never played his instruments, but I've always admired his vision to realize his unique vision. I'm sorry to hear about this, but it sounds like he's got a good perspective. I wish him luck in rebuilding. | ||
| tmoney61092
Senior Member Username: tmoney61092 Post Number: 939 Registered: 9-2008 |
I've owned several of his instruments and have picked all of them up in person, people like to give him crap about his finishes and stuff but he really makes a fine instrument. I've owned several basses and currently have an electric mandocello he made(pretty crazy). They're having a fundraiser show for him at a club in Winston to help him rebuild. ~Taylor | ||
| fmm
Senior Member Username: fmm Post Number: 412 Registered: 6-2002 |
I read in a Facebook post that Alembic shipped several fingerboards and clamps to Wishbass to assist in their rebuilding. How classy is that?!?!? | ||
| fc_spoiler
Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1629 Registered: 5-2006 |
That was extremely nice, way to go Mica&Co!  | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1559 Registered: 2-2011 |
Total class! Exactly what you would expect from Alembic, the finest instruments on the planet are built by the finest people on the planet! | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3645 Registered: 10-2002 |
I've just seen that facebook post. One of the most heartwarming things I've read. Graeme | ||
| pauldo
Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1445 Registered: 6-2006 |
That's the spirit! We are all supposed to harvest love and respect .... If you don't plant it you can't harvest it. | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3945 Registered: 5-2009 |
Pauldo ( Paul) YES ! " If you don't plant it you can't harvest it " The Universal Law of Cause and Effect____ Alembic Inc. through this exemplary act of showing love and compassion is showing humanity at the global level how to facilitate and serve all our Brothers and Sisters in respect and peace. If the rest of the World lived like this we would all be in a better place and always be getting better. Hopefully it will rub off to the rest of Humanity ! Thank you Alembic ! | ||
| jcdlc72
Senior Member Username: jcdlc72 Post Number: 417 Registered: 11-2009 |
"The finest instruments on the planet are built by the finest people on the planet". I certainly couldn't have come with a better line than this. Certainly it is!. Instruments (And acts) speak for themselves. Hooray the Alembic Family! | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5980 Registered: 7-2004 |
Alembic - You da man!! Bill, tgo | ||
| edwardofhuncote
Junior Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 11 Registered: 6-2014 |
*That* was a very, very cool thing to do. Makes me even more proud to own an instrument made by that calibre of folks. | ||
| hammer
Senior Member Username: hammer Post Number: 674 Registered: 9-2009 |
I'm really, really thankful that the people at Alembic have a newer building which I assume has all the up- to-date fire prevention technology one needs. I would hate to read the reactions of club members if the place ever suffered the same fate as the Wishbass workshop. And that's just those of us who have had instruments built for us in the past. I can't imagine the agony of having a custom build almost finished and everything going up in smoke including all the tools that were being used to make my dream instrument come true. | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1837 Registered: 10-2006 |
A scary prospect, indeed. Mossman never really recovered from their fire; I hope Wishbass fares better. Peter |
