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mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 8092
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Monday, January 20, 2014 - 1:53 pm:   Edit Post

Some of these you've seen Rusty, others you haven't:

assembly
Test pattern for neck laminations

assembly
Neck in presses. Love the drippy glue!

assembly
Starting the chopping process.

assembly
"Ears" going on the peghead.

assembly
Front and back veneers going on the peghead.

assembly
Getting the top and back laminates ready to start sanding and assembling to the rest of the body.
rustyg61
Senior Member
Username: rustyg61

Post Number: 1091
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Monday, January 20, 2014 - 2:00 pm:   Edit Post

Thank you Mica!!! I just got pinched, the dream is real!!! I'm SO EXCITED!!!! I look forward to watching this amazing process unfold!

Rusty
jazzyvee
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Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 3824
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Monday, January 20, 2014 - 3:44 pm:   Edit Post

Fantastic start Rusty, things are rolling and like you I will be watching this thread closely.

Jazzyvee
rustyg61
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Username: rustyg61

Post Number: 1093
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Monday, January 20, 2014 - 4:30 pm:   Edit Post

It's fitting that you were the 2nd to post after me Jazzyvee, you have been with me every step of the way on this bass!

Rusty
sonicus
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Username: sonicus

Post Number: 3198
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Monday, January 20, 2014 - 4:47 pm:   Edit Post

Congratulations Rusty,

I will be watching closely as well.

Wolf
rustyg61
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Username: rustyg61

Post Number: 1095
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Monday, January 20, 2014 - 4:52 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks Wolf! Glad to have you along this wonderful journey with me!

Rusty
dadabass2001
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Username: dadabass2001

Post Number: 1785
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Monday, January 20, 2014 - 5:19 pm:   Edit Post

Congrats on a beautiful start to what I'm sure will be a gorgeous tonal inspiration. Will your bass be BTC (sorry if it was covered on the "Dreaming..." thread)?
I love the neck recipe, it should sound dominant and commanding!

Mike
hifiguy
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Username: hifiguy

Post Number: 405
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Monday, January 20, 2014 - 5:56 pm:   Edit Post

Pretty! Love that neck combination.
tbrannon
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Username: tbrannon

Post Number: 1602
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Monday, January 20, 2014 - 6:10 pm:   Edit Post

love the neck recipe and can't wait to see that quilt with some color sprayed on!!
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 11279
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Monday, January 20, 2014 - 7:15 pm:   Edit Post

Very nice quilt!
rustyg61
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Username: rustyg61

Post Number: 1096
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Monday, January 20, 2014 - 7:53 pm:   Edit Post

Mike, what is "BTC"? Credit goes to Will Gunn for the neck recipe. When I was looking through all the FTC threads getting ideas for my bass I came across one of Will's basses with this same neck. It reminded me of racing stripes on a hot rod! I like the extra wide Ebony laminate for bottom end & sustain & I love the added color contrast of the Vermillion.
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 8095
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Monday, January 20, 2014 - 8:00 pm:   Edit Post

BTC = Bookmatch to Center, and yessiree, this bass has got one on the topper.
rustyg61
Senior Member
Username: rustyg61

Post Number: 1097
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Monday, January 20, 2014 - 8:14 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks Mica!
rustyg61
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Username: rustyg61

Post Number: 1098
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Monday, January 20, 2014 - 8:34 pm:   Edit Post

Yes Mike, the front will be BTC with continuous wood truss cover to get the most out of this gorgeous slab of 5A Quilted Maple! You can read all my specs & see a Photoshopped rendition of what it will look like here - http://alembic.com/club/messages/393/178439.html?1390265111
dead_head
Junior
Username: dead_head

Post Number: 17
Registered: 12-2013
Posted on Monday, January 20, 2014 - 8:59 pm:   Edit Post

Congratulations, Rusty. This will be fun to watch the build progress on a beautiful instrument. Nice looking wood selections.



Rob
jacko
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Username: jacko

Post Number: 3479
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 12:41 am:   Edit Post

looking forward to watching progress on this Rusty

Graeme
rustyg61
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Username: rustyg61

Post Number: 1099
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 3:33 am:   Edit Post

Thanks Rob & Graeme!
growlypants
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Username: growlypants

Post Number: 74
Registered: 3-2011
Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 6:34 am:   Edit Post

I always enjoy reading your posts, Rusty - I'm excited for you!!
5a_quilt_top
Advanced Member
Username: 5a_quilt_top

Post Number: 235
Registered: 6-2012
Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 8:15 am:   Edit Post

Fantastic quilt top!

And, I can vouch for the ebony in the neck.

What a way to start!
dadabass2001
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Username: dadabass2001

Post Number: 1786
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 9:07 am:   Edit Post

... and the bass goes BOOOM!

:-)
Mike
oddmetersam
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Username: oddmetersam

Post Number: 339
Registered: 7-2008
Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 11:50 am:   Edit Post

These build shots are just so amazing. It's as if those wood planks already had your name on them back when they were just seeds starting to sprout in the ground...Premium materials, master craftsmanship and the unique Alembic alchemy all combine to make magical instruments that are unparalleled in the industry...if not the universe.

So happy for you, Rusty!
rustyg61
Senior Member
Username: rustyg61

Post Number: 1100
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 12:06 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks everyone! This is going to be a fun year! Glad to have you all along for the ride!
rjmsteel
Advanced Member
Username: rjmsteel

Post Number: 216
Registered: 7-2008
Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 12:08 pm:   Edit Post

Congrats Rusty,

And, yes a single ebony stringer, with the neck recipe as you pointed out as credited to Will (Gunn), is both a visually stunning and a tone monster.

Just enough (extra:-)) bottom and sustain without it being too much!

Rusty,
My Custom Series is also patterned, (and inspired/ordered - with Will`s help), after Will`s neck recipe/thickness criteria for the wider ebony, thin Maple pinstripe and Standard (Purpleheart) or Vermillion in your case width of the stringers.

Rich
rustyg61
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Username: rustyg61

Post Number: 1101
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 12:30 pm:   Edit Post

Rich, we all have musical inspirations which we aspire to match one day in ability & creativeness in our playing. We may not ever be as good as our idols, but the wonderful thing about Alembic is that we can achieve our instrument inspirations with them building us exactly what we ask for! I'm not ashamed to admit that I've borrowed (stolen!) licks from the best & now I've been inspired by Steve Wood's Europa body & Will Gunn's neck to create what will be the ultimate bass for me!
willgunn
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Username: willgunn

Post Number: 68
Registered: 2-2007
Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 1:03 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks for the tip 'o the hat, Rusty, but I'd be remiss if I didn't admit that I too stole the very same neck formula from Ezra Ardolino's custom guitar - though I DID go with a wider center ebony laminate than was used on his instrument.....
rjmsteel
Advanced Member
Username: rjmsteel

Post Number: 217
Registered: 7-2008
Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 1:12 pm:   Edit Post

I was just about to mention that guitar Will!

You beat me to it:-)
rustyg61
Senior Member
Username: rustyg61

Post Number: 1102
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 2:00 pm:   Edit Post

Will, I think the wider Ebony is what makes this neck recipe so awesome! Yours was the first Alembic I ever saw with a wider stripe in the middle & I love it! The fact that it will increase the bottom & sustain is icing on the cake, I just think it looks cool! Can you tell a noticeable difference with this neck recipe over your others?
smuprof
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Username: smuprof

Post Number: 223
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 5:52 pm:   Edit Post

Hmm. Between Wayne's and Olie's and yours and my apparent fetish for ebony, I may need to get the foundation of the house reinforced before the next Texas Alembic gathering. :-)

Can't wait to see this animal in real life!
rustyg61
Senior Member
Username: rustyg61

Post Number: 1103
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 6:10 pm:   Edit Post

Yeah John, time to upgrade your homeowner's insurance! We need to have a sustain contest to see whose holds out the longest! I just hope mine is ready by this summer so it can attend the Gathering!
slawie
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Username: slawie

Post Number: 581
Registered: 8-2002
Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 6:34 pm:   Edit Post

Congratulations Rusty!
I will be watching this epic with much interest.
That neck recipe will in no doubt make it sound
bigger than Ben Hur.
That maple to me looks as if its melting in a Salvador Dali kind of way.
Oh you are so fortunate.
Enjoy the anticipation!
slawie

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