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pace
Senior Member
Username: pace

Post Number: 876
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - 1:13 pm:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

Seriously.
darkstar01
Senior Member
Username: darkstar01

Post Number: 446
Registered: 6-2005
Posted on Sunday, September 23, 2012 - 2:48 am:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

Not yet....
tbrannon
Senior Member
Username: tbrannon

Post Number: 1537
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 - 5:26 pm:   Edit Post

Ouch.
hammer
Advanced Member
Username: hammer

Post Number: 287
Registered: 9-2009
Posted on Monday, November 26, 2012 - 12:10 pm:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

Wow.
bonesrad
Member
Username: bonesrad

Post Number: 91
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Saturday, December 22, 2012 - 4:54 pm:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

anything?

~Taylor
darkstar01
Senior Member
Username: darkstar01

Post Number: 454
Registered: 6-2005
Posted on Monday, January 21, 2013 - 4:27 pm:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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.

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