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Author Message 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.