| Author | Message | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 2174 Registered: 6-2000 |
Here's the back with the plates cut out for the continuous wood backplates:  I don't usually get to catch a shot at this phase. | ||
| bassman10096
Senior Member Username: bassman10096 Post Number: 699 Registered: 7-2003 |
It's been a while since we've watched a buckeye burl bass get built. I'm very partial to the blue/grey w/cream color combination here. My (very, very loose) association, looking at the wood is that it's marble, or that it's something edible - maybe an exotic new ice cream flavor? ("What's that, doctor? My therapy session is over and the orderlies have come to put me back in my straightjacket? Oh well...") | ||
| eastcoastepic
Member Username: eastcoastepic Post Number: 95 Registered: 10-2003 |
I've had that response to my bass also, Bill. "Boy, that bass must be heavy...is that granite or marble?" I can only imagine what a guitar of granite would weigh! :o Congrats, Dave...welcome to the wonderful world of Buckeye Burl. Very nice selection of wood; good coloring and pattern there. Best of luck, and may patience be with you.... Chris | ||
| dmldds
New Username: dmldds Post Number: 1 Registered: 12-2004 |
Cool-this Looks great. ANY more Pics? | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 2188 Registered: 6-2000 |
There will be pics all along the way, I collect them even if I don't get a chance to pos the right away. Here's some others of your body:   It's gonna be a beaut. | ||
| dmldds
New Username: dmldds Post Number: 2 Registered: 12-2004 |
Mica, Too cool. It looks awesome! Tell me, is this the current stage of construction? Any idea on ETA? thanks, DML | ||
| pace
Member Username: pace Post Number: 100 Registered: 4-2004 |
Dave, beautiful BB! Is this a standard SC shape or are the horns more round?!? It almost looks like a Gibson 335 or EB-2 | ||
| dmldds
New Username: dmldds Post Number: 3 Registered: 12-2004 |
Hey Pace, Thanks. I've become quite an aficionado of buckeye burl. It's beautiful wood. The bass is a custom SC. Cheers! DML | ||
| jeff
Member Username: jeff Post Number: 91 Registered: 12-2003 |
Buckeye burl has really grown on me the past couple of years. Another club member remarked that when he played his buckeye burl bass, people remarked that the bass must be darn heavy with all of that marble on it! It actually looks more like granite, which is fabulous. Buckeye burl is a beautiful mix of swirly wood grain and a variety of colors. Dave, your bass has all of these features in spades. She's gonna be a real beauty. Don't know if Ed Roman (I know, I said the "ER" word; sorry) still has that stunning Series I buckeye burl bass, but I'm still tempted to make an offer. | ||
| dmldds
New Username: dmldds Post Number: 4 Registered: 12-2004 |
Jeff, Hey, thanks for the post. This will be my second buckeye burl - I had Spector make an NS 5 for me in BB (BB laminate over walnut back) and it's beautiful both visually and aurically. I did (unfortunately) purchase it thru Ed Roman, and I do believe that series 1 is still there. I say (unfortunately) because they're a crusty bunch at Roman, and I'd be hard pressed to deal with them again. I'm so glad Alembic will work without the bother of a middle-man (or person). Anyhow, I am anxious to get the guitar and thanks for your words of support. | ||
| jlpicard
Intermediate Member Username: jlpicard Post Number: 117 Registered: 7-2002 |
Jeff, I was at Ed Romans in late Oct. and it was still there. They grudgingly let me play it for a few minutes. great bass! most impressive in person If it were left handed it would be mine! | ||
| dmldds
New Username: dmldds Post Number: 5 Registered: 12-2004 |
Oh yes......... | ||
| dmldds
New Username: dmldds Post Number: 6 Registered: 12-2004 |
The only thing that Series I has going for it, given it's in the hands of ER, is that you have Alembic and Thor backing it up. Those guys at ER are a bunch of neolithic clods (sorry for the expletive). To which ER would reply "What's in your wallet"?? Beautiful bass. I think Susan mentioned to me at one point it is a bit heavy though. Regards, DML | ||
| bigbadbill
Intermediate Member Username: bigbadbill Post Number: 143 Registered: 10-2003 |
ER's Triple O is probably the most beautiful bass I've ever seen in the flesh(wood?), although personally I'd prefer a knobby headstock. If I could have any bass (non player-associated), that would be it. BTW, just out of interest, is it possible to change a crown h/stock into a knobby after the event? Not that it's likely that I'll ever be able to get that Triple O, but I have seen a Rogue with a crown that set me thinking...BTW, back on thread, those are fantastic woods Dave! | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 2211 Registered: 6-2000 |
These are from the last week of December:    I know your bass is in the finish department, and I'll add some more pics soon so you can see how nice the grain and color pops with the paint. | ||
| hollis
Senior Member Username: hollis Post Number: 598 Registered: 11-2003 |
Sweet! | ||
| flaxattack
Advanced Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 319 Registered: 4-2004 |
looks like marble... neeeet | ||
| bsee
Senior Member Username: bsee Post Number: 687 Registered: 3-2004 |
Fabulous top - I love the blue stuff! | ||
| the_mule
Advanced Member Username: the_mule Post Number: 397 Registered: 1-2004 |
This will be a stunning looker, and I've no doubt that it will sound great too. I love the picture of the rough neck 'joint' (wrong term with a neck thru bass, I know). Makes you realise what it all began with: back to the roots! (well, at least to the tree) Wilfred | ||
| dmldds
New Username: dmldds Post Number: 7 Registered: 12-2004 |
Mica, Awwwwwwwwww...she's a beaut...and then some...great work folks!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks to hollis, flaxattack, bsee, and Wilfred for the kudos... David Lambert | ||
| dmldds
New Username: dmldds Post Number: 8 Registered: 12-2004 |
Now folks here's a stretch... ...there's buckeye burl...and then there's buckeye burl. My Spector NS 5 is buckeye burl - and it looks nothing like this SC short scale. I'm a doc and the thought occured to me...the wood looks like some pathology I've seen on slides...it looks almost exactly like "polymorphous low grade adenocarcinoma" of the salivary glands. I should post a pic... | ||
| marcm
Member Username: marcm Post Number: 72 Registered: 12-2003 |
david as beautiful as that buckeye burl is as the top- and back wood for your new bass, i imagine that it might be rather terrifying to be shown an image of a tissue specimen from one's own body that bore a close, if incidental, resemblance to it (imagine the late gilda radner, as the character emily latella (?) from the original saturday night live, saying "did THAT come out of me?") perhaps not so incidental. aren't burls essentially benign tumors? in any event, that's off-topic. you've chosen amazing wood for your top and back, and it is perfectly complimented by the purpleheart neck- and accent lams it's a knockout. congratulations! marc | ||
| dmldds
New Username: dmldds Post Number: 9 Registered: 12-2004 |
(g)... Thanks. I'm in love with it too... | ||
| hydrargyrum
Member Username: hydrargyrum Post Number: 61 Registered: 3-2004 |
Hmm, Histology of woods. I can't wait to see those necrotic lesions all shined up. Something just sounds wrong about that . . . beautiful bass though. | ||
| jeff
Member Username: jeff Post Number: 93 Registered: 12-2003 |
When the finish hits this baby, she's gonna be a real looker. David, you must be one proud papa to be. | ||
| dmldds
New Username: dmldds Post Number: 10 Registered: 12-2004 |
Mica, Too cool. It looks awesome! Tell me, is this the current stage of construction? Any idea on ETA? thanks, DML | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 2216 Registered: 6-2000 |
As of last week, your bass was in the finish department. I keep missing Bob for a pre-prep picture, but here's one from yesterday with most of the top sanded:  Hope to get one before prepping so you can see the wood better, but there's a peek along the edge. It's looking great. Very hard to estimate the finish time on burl woods. Even though this looks mostly done, it's still sucking up the paint. I will guess that this bass will be with Bob in finish for 7-10 days more. After curing, rubout, buffing and setup, that should put it sqarely at 1 month. | ||
| dmldds
Junior Username: dmldds Post Number: 11 Registered: 12-2004 |
Wow, Mica..............outstanding!! She's a looker, no doubt! I know she'll sound awesome too. I'm wondering if the light in the shop is playing tricks on me or what. It seems to have a "greenish" hue to it. I'm so impressed. Already at this preliminary point, aesthetically it goes well beyond my expectation. Thanks for uploading the photo. And thanks for the update on the ETA. Give my regards to everybody. DML | ||
| dmldds
Junior Username: dmldds Post Number: 12 Registered: 12-2004 |
........damn......now I'm going to want another one.... DML | ||
| 1stbass
Member Username: 1stbass Post Number: 69 Registered: 11-2002 |
David, WOW, That is a beautiful SC. Ya that's the problem. These things are like potato chips, you can't have just one. BOL. Doug |
