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pace
Senior Member Username: pace
Post Number: 876 Registered: 4-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - 1:13 pm: | |
It should stay the "featured custom" for at least a year! |
mario_farufyno
Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno
Post Number: 821 Registered: 9-2008
| Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - 2:49 pm: | |
Mica, this photo is just perfect with that colourfull painting framing the bass. Nice match... |
hammer
Advanced Member Username: hammer
Post Number: 207 Registered: 9-2009
| Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - 5:10 pm: | |
Inquiring minds want to know. Have you played it yet? |
mica
Moderator Username: mica
Post Number: 7834 Registered: 6-2000
| Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - 6:21 pm: | |
No, we are still hung up on shipping details Tomorrow the whole shipping room will be torn up in an attempt to disprove the group hallucination of the case for this bass. We all saw it. Everyone. Then, it vanished. Meanwhile we're getting another one made tout-suite in case the case of the missing case is never solved. Disheartening for all, and especially Austin. |
slacker42uk
Junior Username: slacker42uk
Post Number: 14 Registered: 7-2002
| Posted on Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - 8:56 am: | |
What a shambles! I would be extremely upset! |
crobbins
Senior Member Username: crobbins
Post Number: 977 Registered: 6-2004
| Posted on Sunday, August 12, 2012 - 8:07 am: | |
Maybe the case was shipped empty by mistake. |
hankster
Advanced Member Username: hankster
Post Number: 287 Registered: 6-2004
| Posted on Monday, August 13, 2012 - 3:18 pm: | |
Anyone checked the local funeral parlours? A trip through the pearly gates in a custom-made Alembic box ... Temptation may have just been too great. |
darkstar01
Senior Member Username: darkstar01
Post Number: 440 Registered: 6-2005
| Posted on Saturday, August 18, 2012 - 1:47 am: | |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oabcM9SOF-E |
briant
Senior Member Username: briant
Post Number: 625 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Saturday, August 18, 2012 - 9:28 am: | |
Seriously. |
darkstar01
Senior Member Username: darkstar01
Post Number: 446 Registered: 6-2005
| Posted on Sunday, September 23, 2012 - 2:48 am: | |
Sooo...... Anyone have a Classico case to spare? |
jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko
Post Number: 3258 Registered: 10-2002
| Posted on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 3:51 pm: | |
I saw this at the shop yesterday - it really is a fantastic instrument. Mica mentioned they may have a lead on a case too. Can't be long now Austin. Graeme |
mica
Moderator Username: mica
Post Number: 7862 Registered: 6-2000
| Posted on Friday, October 05, 2012 - 5:49 pm: | |
I have a feeling the case will show up this coming week. |
bonesrad
Member Username: bonesrad
Post Number: 90 Registered: 5-2002
| Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 - 2:58 pm: | |
Did Austin get his bass? I so want to hear the wait was worth it. Bones |
darkstar01
Senior Member Username: darkstar01
Post Number: 450 Registered: 6-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 - 5:07 pm: | |
Not yet.... |
tbrannon
Senior Member Username: tbrannon
Post Number: 1537 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 - 5:26 pm: | |
Ouch. |
hammer
Advanced Member Username: hammer
Post Number: 287 Registered: 9-2009
| Posted on Monday, November 26, 2012 - 12:10 pm: | |
I feel for you. At this point, someone should rent a van and drive it out to you for a personal delivery. |
briant
Senior Member Username: briant
Post Number: 633 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Monday, November 26, 2012 - 12:19 pm: | |
Wow. |
bonesrad
Member Username: bonesrad
Post Number: 91 Registered: 5-2002
| Posted on Saturday, December 22, 2012 - 4:54 pm: | |
This bass must be played. Where's a good teleporter when you need one. |
mario_farufyno
Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno
Post Number: 861 Registered: 9-2008
| Posted on Sunday, December 23, 2012 - 2:14 am: | |
this may be some kind of urban legend... |
darkstar01
Senior Member Username: darkstar01
Post Number: 453 Registered: 6-2005
| Posted on Sunday, December 23, 2012 - 4:32 am: | |
yeah.... i hope it's not. (Message edited by darkstar01 on December 23, 2012) |
tmoney61092
Senior Member Username: tmoney61092
Post Number: 847 Registered: 9-2008
| Posted on Monday, January 21, 2013 - 9:17 am: | |
anything? ~Taylor |
darkstar01
Senior Member Username: darkstar01
Post Number: 454 Registered: 6-2005
| Posted on Monday, January 21, 2013 - 4:27 pm: | |
might possibly be a case in the works. waiting to hear more. |
mica
Moderator Username: mica
Post Number: 7895 Registered: 6-2000
| Posted on Monday, January 21, 2013 - 5:15 pm: | |
I just emailed the case maker to see if it is ready yet. |
moonliner
Member Username: moonliner
Post Number: 93 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Monday, January 21, 2013 - 5:45 pm: | |
I'm not sure if this helps or not darkstar, but I saw your bass while I was at the shop earlier this month and it is stunning. You've shown an extraordinary amount of patience, dare I say more than most people would, and it says a great deal about your character. Soon... |
briant
Senior Member Username: briant
Post Number: 642 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Monday, March 25, 2013 - 11:22 am: | |
So 9 months after completion are we still waiting on a case? |
darkstar01
Senior Member Username: darkstar01
Post Number: 460 Registered: 6-2005
| Posted on Monday, March 25, 2013 - 4:57 pm: | |
As far as I know, yes. |
briant
Senior Member Username: briant
Post Number: 643 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Monday, March 25, 2013 - 8:30 pm: | |
That's nothing short of awful. Damn, man. |
briant
Senior Member Username: briant
Post Number: 644 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Monday, March 25, 2013 - 10:45 pm: | |
That's nothing short of awful. Damn, man. |
mica
Moderator Username: mica
Post Number: 7942 Registered: 6-2000
| Posted on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 12:36 pm: | |
Your frustration is shared... It's enough to make me want to make cases! I've been through three manufacturers on this case now: one went out of business, one strung me along for a couple of months, one got really excited until he saw the drawings and freaked out, and finally one that as of last week was sewing and putting the exterior pockets on the case. So I'm quite hopeful that we will have a case to put this beautiful bass in and then ship it off to Austin. |
tbrannon
Senior Member Username: tbrannon
Post Number: 1546 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - 8:21 am: | |
I'm not much of a karma guy, but surely Austin must be storing up some serious credits in the Universal Karma system. Kudos to Austin for staying positive and keeping the communications that are visible to the rest of us professional. It's been an incredibly long time, but Alembic is known for taking as long as it takes to get things 'right'. I know we all approve of that approach, even if it is painfully long (like it is in this case). Hoping for a quick finish here, a safe shipping experience and smiles and expectations exceeded for Austin upon receiving this work of art. |