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mica
Moderator
Username: mica

Post Number: 2008
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Friday, October 15, 2004 - 6:05 pm:   Edit Post

Wow!
body
I love Bird's-eye Maple, and this is an exceptional piece.

The neck is no slouch either:
neck
tom_z
Junior
Username: tom_z

Post Number: 46
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Friday, October 15, 2004 - 6:19 pm:   Edit Post

Ooooooo!!!!! That is a particularly beautiful piece of maple. Am I seeing red? Is the body vermilion? and the neck lams? Whatever the combination, it really is beautiful.

Tom
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 2011
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Friday, October 15, 2004 - 6:30 pm:   Edit Post

Yeah, the body is Vermilion, and the accent lams are alternating Vermilion and Maple.

The neck is Bird's-eye Maple with Vermilion laminates and a Cherry center laminate. The whole thing is just awesome.
hollis
Senior Member
Username: hollis

Post Number: 428
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Friday, October 15, 2004 - 6:37 pm:   Edit Post

This is the kind of thing that I shouldn't be allowed to see..... I want one soooo bad.

I love everything about Furthers anyway.... and now, this beauty! This guitar is amazing.
The wood is unreal. WOW! is right Mica.

I gotta go count my change jar.... I might have enough for a good pair of stockings.
kmh364
Senior Member
Username: kmh364

Post Number: 596
Registered: 9-2003
Posted on Friday, October 15, 2004 - 6:50 pm:   Edit Post

Very Nice!
caveman
New
Username: caveman

Post Number: 1
Registered: 10-2004
Posted on Sunday, October 17, 2004 - 5:10 pm:   Edit Post

Beautiful! It looks Exactly as I pictured it in my head!What's the back look like? My two favorite woods, in one guitar! Thank you!!!
hollis
Senior Member
Username: hollis

Post Number: 430
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Monday, October 18, 2004 - 12:06 pm:   Edit Post

Charles,

Welcome to club.... And what an entrance! Your guitar is beautiful, thanks for sharing it's birth with us.
palembic
Senior Member
Username: palembic

Post Number: 1700
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Monday, October 18, 2004 - 2:43 pm:   Edit Post

Mmmmmm ...should I start playing guitar now???
Amazingly beautiful of the Far-out kind!!!

Paul the bad one
caveman
New
Username: caveman

Post Number: 2
Registered: 10-2004
Posted on Monday, October 18, 2004 - 5:41 pm:   Edit Post

Thank you, Hollis,and everyone! Everything these people build is beautiful! Have these guys ever built anything not beautiful? I can't wait to see the inlay Susan is designing!
It's a caveman. apparently, buying an Alembic is to commission a work of art! Do they build amps?
hollis
Senior Member
Username: hollis

Post Number: 436
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Monday, October 18, 2004 - 6:00 pm:   Edit Post

No amps, but their pre-amps are just as awesome.
tom_z
Junior
Username: tom_z

Post Number: 48
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Monday, October 18, 2004 - 9:23 pm:   Edit Post

Welcome Charles - Yes, you nailed it. Ordering a custom Alembic is commissioning a work of art. I am still thrilled every time I open the case and see my custom Skylark. Every detail is sublime - in the visual sense, the tone, and the playability.

Can't wait to see your Further through the process.

Tom
lbpesq
Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 74
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Monday, October 18, 2004 - 9:54 pm:   Edit Post

Charles:

Lookin' good! I really like the look of the Vermilion neck lams. Are you expecting any different sound from the usual Purpleheart lams? I also dig the Bird's-eye Maple. I have an '83 Electrum with a Bird's-eye top. I haven't seen a lot of Alembics in Bird's-eye. Your's looks like an exceptional piece. In the words of the Beatles: "It won't be long, yea, yea, yea ..." (Well, maybe a little long - but it will undoubtedly be well worth the wait).

Bill, the guitar one.
caveman
New
Username: caveman

Post Number: 3
Registered: 10-2004
Posted on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 - 5:43 am:   Edit Post

Susan told me to expect the vermilion to warm the tone up a bit, as purpleheart tends to be a bright wood. I've seen high end marimbas made of vermilion that ring like bells. They did pick out an exceptional birdseye face.(sniff) lot's of swirly-quilty movement around the birdseyes, and like Mica said, the neck's no slouch either! I was worried that there might not be enough definition between the neck lams and the body lams, but I should know better by now!
jeff
Member
Username: jeff

Post Number: 71
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 - 6:11 am:   Edit Post

"Exceptional piece" is right on the money, Mica! Isn't it great when Alembicians see their unique and beautiful wood combinations come to life? You are a fortunate soul, Charles. Enjoy!
susan
Moderator
Username: susan

Post Number: 76
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Thursday, October 21, 2004 - 7:55 am:   Edit Post

Charles,

Your beautiful guitar has caused a few players to now consider the Birds Eye Vermilion combo for their own instrument. Looks like you may have started a trend.

-susan
caveman
New
Username: caveman

Post Number: 4
Registered: 10-2004
Posted on Friday, October 22, 2004 - 5:44 am:   Edit Post

Cool!
grateful
New
Username: grateful

Post Number: 4
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 2:51 am:   Edit Post

I just love the fractal like swirls in the Birds Eye maple, so much so that I've chosen it for my Further. It is much more beautiful (to my eyes) than quilted maple. Has this wonderful instrument been finished yet?
1stbass
Member
Username: 1stbass

Post Number: 62
Registered: 11-2002
Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 4:07 am:   Edit Post

That is a beautful guitar. The birds eye looks like little jewels all over. A great peice.
lots of luck.
Doug
valvil
Moderator
Username: valvil

Post Number: 625
Registered: 7-2002
Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 5:34 pm:   Edit Post

Oh yes, finished and delivered.

Valentino

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