| Author | Message | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 2223 Registered: 6-2000 |
Oh boy oh boy oh boy!    | ||
| beelee
Junior Username: beelee Post Number: 32 Registered: 11-2004 |
Hi Mica, Very Very nice !! I know how busy you have been between moving your house and the flood of new instrument orders etc. , I really appreciate the FTC pics of my new bass in progress. Just love the Coco Bolo pattern, when I spoke/emailed Val with my Coco choices he said Chip was going to pick out the wood. GREAT Job !! Ditto on the Oh boy Oh boy !! <big> thanks !! B. | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 2242 Registered: 6-2000 |
Got some more nice ones when Tony was busy carving away:    Couldn't decide which looked best, so I included all three. | ||
| flaxattack
Advanced Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 359 Registered: 4-2004 |
TONY the carving god is at it again!!!!!!!! | ||
| beelee
Junior Username: beelee Post Number: 38 Registered: 11-2004 |
Wow !! once again great pics Mica, nice shot of Tony in action, the omegas, heart and grip look awesome !! I'm starting to drool !! thanks Mica !! B. | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 743 Registered: 9-2003 |
Congratulations Bruce, This one will be the crown jewel of your collection. Cheers, Kevin | ||
| beelee
Junior Username: beelee Post Number: 40 Registered: 11-2004 |
Thanks Kevin, I can't wait till it arrives all my other basses will be jealous !! I've always wanted a Alembic Triple Omega bass ever since I saw JPJ playing one many years ago...it will probably be my main bass and I might thin out the herd a bit more and only hang on to the cream of the crop, can't play em all.............. peace, B. | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 752 Registered: 9-2003 |
Well, don't get rid of all of them....you don't want a bass this expensive sitting around unattended at Jammers during set breaks, LOL! | ||
| beelee
Junior Username: beelee Post Number: 41 Registered: 11-2004 |
I'll put the club on it and a chain with a pit bull on the end of it !!...........LOL No matter where I play, I always keep a real CLOSE eye on my gear whether its an Alembic, a tiny Guild Ashbory bass or anything in between. ;o) LOL B. | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 755 Registered: 9-2003 |
Judging by some of the Gin Joints in Joisey (Jammers included), you may need 9MM's of protection to go along with the club, chain and Petey The Pit, LOL! When your equipment is worth more than most, if not all, of the cars in the parking lot of the dive you're playing at, you know you're in trouble, LOL! Cheers, Joisey Kev | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 2286 Registered: 6-2000 |
I got these just after rubout:   It's absolutely on fire, and I'm not talking fuelwood, it's just hot. | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 2342 Registered: 6-2000 |
An old one I ran across while organizing some archives:  and one with the guts loaded:  | ||
| jeff
Intermediate Member Username: jeff Post Number: 103 Registered: 12-2003 |
Bruce, the coco bolo on your bass is just incredible and, of course, I'm a big fan of the Triple O body. Kevin is right, you won't want to leave this baby laying around one of those Joisey joints. | ||
| jlpicard
Intermediate Member Username: jlpicard Post Number: 156 Registered: 7-2002 |
Bruce, The point of your Heart Omega seems a bit longer than usual, almost a shortened stinger. Did you special order it that way? Mike | ||
| beelee
Member Username: beelee Post Number: 53 Registered: 11-2004 |
Hi Jeff, thanks.......Coco Bolo was my first choice, it looks like the old Ibanez fretless musician bass I once had, but that wasn't CB it looked like it tho, my next choice would have been Buckeye Burl, maybe after I pay this off I'll put myself in debt again for a Triple O fretless in BB. Well bars & clubs are the same everywhere, some good and some bad, I NEVER leave any of my instruments unattended no matter what as they are all very special to me. Hi Mike, the Heart Omega is a standard one, I think it looks different cause of the large body and that 6 string neck, its smaller on a 4 string. I was talking to Val, he told me he can fit his wrist in each curve of the Heart !!.........LOL | ||
| marcm
Member Username: marcm Post Number: 84 Registered: 12-2003 |
and the heart seems shallower: less a heart than just the two atria, the upper chambers of the heart. so did you request this radical heart surgery? seriously bruce, it's a spectacular instrument. you picked some amazing cocobolo. congratulations! marc | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 804 Registered: 9-2003 |
Awesome, Bruce! May I suggest some THG custom knobs to set off that bad boy? Roger is not cheap, but his work is good, and the knobs really set off real wood tops. Just my $0.02. Cheers, Kevin | ||
| beelee
Member Username: beelee Post Number: 54 Registered: 11-2004 |
Hi Marc, thanks for the kind words, actually Chip picked out the Coco Bolo for me, I wish I could have gone out to Alembicland as some people have the chance to do....maybe some day. Actually I looked through all the featured customs and the Alembic store, picked out 4 choices of what I liked in CB ( there were more) and emailed Val the links, Chip did the rest ( THANKs Chip !!) I know every piece of wood will look different, so the end result was a total surprise, it was easier for me to pick from the look of a finished instrument than just a slab of wood. The Heart Omega is just standard, Tony's skilled hands are responsable for the beautiful carving. I picked out all the options myself from the quote maker and let the Alembic Elves do their magic............ :o) Bruce | ||
| beelee
Member Username: beelee Post Number: 56 Registered: 11-2004 |
Hey Kevin, thanks for the input on the THG custom knobs but I actually like the stock Alembic knobs, Its that classic look I guess............ Bruce | ||
| beelee
Member Username: beelee Post Number: 61 Registered: 11-2004 |
Hi Mica, Mica thanks again for posting all the pictures, I really appreciate it. What a bummer about one LED not working properly and the fretboard having to be replaced and there was no way else to fix it :o( thanks for all the information in our phone conversation last week, lots of things I never knew before. any updates or ETA on my baby ? best wishes, Bruce | ||
| beelee
Intermediate Member Username: beelee Post Number: 132 Registered: 11-2004 |
Hi Susan, Mica, Val any news on the current status of my bass, or ETA ? thanks............ Happy Turkey day & best wishes, Bruce | ||
| marcky
Junior Username: marcky Post Number: 28 Registered: 11-2005 |
SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pickup switch in the old spot looks cool | ||
| valvil
Moderator Username: valvil Post Number: 795 Registered: 7-2002 |
Hello Bruce, Ron is working on your upgrade as we speak. Hopefully he'll be done this week. Valentino | ||
| beelee
Intermediate Member Username: beelee Post Number: 134 Registered: 11-2004 |
Hi Marcky, thanks for the compliment....I thought putting the p/s there was a nice touch. I like that original Alembic / old school look Hi Val thanks for the update/info........sounds like good news ;o) woohoo !! Bruce | ||
| bigbadbill
Advanced Member Username: bigbadbill Post Number: 213 Registered: 10-2003 |
Good grief, is that a thing of beauty or is that a thing of beauty?????? *Sigh*..... I too love the look of the pickup switch in that position. Unfortunately the couple of times I played Alembics with it there, it seemed to get in the way, which is why I didn't order it. Looking at yours I kind of wish I had..... | ||
| frank
Junior Username: frank Post Number: 13 Registered: 12-2005 |
hmmm...So thats how they make dreams come true. Congradulations, shes a looker. | ||
| beelee
Intermediate Member Username: beelee Post Number: 147 Registered: 11-2004 |
Hey Frank thanks on the congrats, She finally arrived last thursday..........TOTALLY AWESOME !! Her first public appearance will be this Saturday 12/17....I can't wait !! As soon as I get some pics I'll post them in the showcase. This is truely my dream bass of a lifetime !! now its time to go make love to her ;o) |
