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Author Message mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 8309 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 2:44 pm:    I know you've seen a sneak-peak of your bass with the sealer coat of finish on, but here's a little catching up for the build record... top wood freshly sanded: back wood freshly sanded: peghead veneer placement: flitch o' peghead veneers: plotting backplate placement: rough neck blank: ready for peghead veneer glue-up: peghead veneers clamped and drying: fingerboard glue-up: mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 8310 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 2:50 pm:    Body halves saying hi to the peghead: neck to body: wick5 Junior Username: wick5 Post Number: 13 Registered: 10-2014 Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 6:03 pm:    It is so interesting to see the stages of guitar construction. From the conceptualization in my mind to the reality of these pics, my bass is now alive for me! Thanks, Mica for posting these. jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4284 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 10:55 pm:    The eyes in the body and grain around them make it look animalistic. It's as though you are being being watched by a stalking predator. It's certainly gonna be a fantastic looking bass. jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3601 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Wednesday, November 05, 2014 - 2:58 am:    Fantastic patterns on that wood. Can't wait to see the finished piece. Graeme edwardofhuncote Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 89 Registered: 6-2014 Posted on Wednesday, November 05, 2014 - 5:39 am:    I see an owl... or maybe a Roswell-esque alien. Excellent looking wood selection, and that Balance K body is really beginning to grow on me. hammer Senior Member Username: hammer Post Number: 612 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Wednesday, November 05, 2014 - 6:17 am:    Love the wood. No question you've got to work "owl" in to whatever name you use for this bass. wick5 Junior Username: wick5 Post Number: 14 Registered: 10-2014 Posted on Wednesday, November 05, 2014 - 6:30 am:    Thanks, Gentlemen. I'm desiring the finishing processes to darken the piece and the reds to become more prominent. This will make the wood less "contrasty" (I learned that word from Mica). It should be darker to match those owl and Rosewellian observations! wick5 Junior Username: wick5 Post Number: 16 Registered: 10-2014 Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 2:23 pm:    Mica, Did the wood selected for me ever get a name from you? Since "It Was a Dark Stormy Night" is already taken (lol), I've been thinkin'... "Nocturnal Vigilance" "The Night Has Eyes" "Watching You" etc...What ya think? Steal away to the production area and take and send a new pic...I won't tell! slawie Senior Member Username: slawie Post Number: 692 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2014 - 3:45 am:    It's a WOMBAT. rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1387 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - 11:14 pm:    Watcher Of The Skies! Genesis - Watcher Of The Skies - Midnight Special - 20/12/1973 ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=bETFh4eRdM8 wick5 Junior Username: wick5 Post Number: 17 Registered: 10-2014 Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 - 10:01 am:    I do see the resemblance... dadabass2001 Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1810 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 - 1:23 pm:    I was thinking I see "Groot" from "Guardians of the Galaxy", trying to hide behind the neck (with minimal success). Mike mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 8333 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 - 7:43 pm:    Steve - I know asked me for a picture of the peghead earlier in the week, but I am just finally getting to the image I took for you. It's a fantastic piece of wood! wick5 Junior Username: wick5 Post Number: 18 Registered: 10-2014 Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 - 9:20 pm:    Through the years I have always been excited when a new bass came into my possession. But my first Fender bass when I was 14 years old (blue psychedelic flower Tele) made me feel I could now start to belong to the bass fraternity. Now, the excitement is just as it was years and years ago as I await my first Alembic. I am a kid again, and I thank Alembic! mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 8349 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Friday, December 19, 2014 - 2:40 pm:    It's a bass! More pics in a few... mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 8350 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Friday, December 19, 2014 - 2:43 pm:    mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 8351 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Friday, December 19, 2014 - 2:48 pm:    davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11593 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Friday, December 19, 2014 - 3:24 pm:    Amazing wood!! I love the contrast, and how the front and back are aligned. moongerm Member Username: moongerm Post Number: 63 Registered: 8-2013 Posted on Saturday, December 20, 2014 - 7:18 am:    (Message edited by moongerm on December 20, 2014) moongerm Member Username: moongerm Post Number: 64 Registered: 8-2013 Posted on Saturday, December 20, 2014 - 7:20 am:    That is some insane book matching! Wow, beautiful! wick5 Junior Username: wick5 Post Number: 19 Registered: 10-2014 Posted on Saturday, December 20, 2014 - 1:18 pm:    Not only do I think this bass is beautiful, it's being shipped as I type. I will be the envy of the universe! I will rule all I survey! Now, back to Earth, it is nice, isn't it? davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11598 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Saturday, December 20, 2014 - 1:24 pm:    mario_farufyno Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 1082 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Saturday, December 20, 2014 - 3:09 pm:    Wow, and we all know pictures doesn't makes justice to the wood "in person"... mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 8353 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Sunday, December 21, 2014 - 9:10 pm:    So true - the only Photoshopping I did was straightening/cropping and vacuuming the carpet! This is an amazing bookmatch - what the pictures don't really show well is the layered effect that this wood has - there's like a watercolor wash that intersects all the grain lines. I think it was Don visiting on Friday that said the grain looked like magnetic domains emanating from the treble pickup. Stunning in every way, especially in the tone department. sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3826 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Monday, December 22, 2014 - 1:02 am:    Yes !" Magnetic domains emanating from the treble pickup ": Very similar to the visual effect produced when a magnet is held directly on the viewing surface of a Cathode Ray Tube ! Incredible looking wood ____ . Sheer Alchemy ! rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1438 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Monday, December 22, 2014 - 7:54 am:    That wood is spectacular! rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1439 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Monday, December 22, 2014 - 8:02 am:    That wood is spectacular! tubeperson Senior Member Username: tubeperson Post Number: 491 Registered: 5-2005 Posted on Monday, December 22, 2014 - 8:13 am:    The bass could be named Big Eyes, since the front has those lovely rounds. Quite an awesome piece of Alembic tradition! wick5 Junior Username: wick5 Post Number: 21 Registered: 10-2014 Posted on Monday, December 22, 2014 - 2:20 pm:    I drive to Atlanta tomorrow (Tuesday) to see it, admire it, touch it, smell it, hold it, play it, caress it, have my picture taken with it, then carefully put it in it's case and take it home with me. Then I will plug it in to my Eden Traveler 550, let the sound come alive through two Eden XLST 2x10 cabs, and bask in it's ... (I will let y'all's imagination complete the thought - it's the least I could do) (Message edited by wick5 on December 22, 2014) mtjam Advanced Member Username: mtjam Post Number: 233 Registered: 11-2011 Posted on Monday, December 22, 2014 - 3:12 pm:    Congratulations! That will be a very exciting day for you! s_wood Advanced Member Username: s_wood Post Number: 395 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Monday, December 22, 2014 - 6:01 pm:    Gorgeous! dead_head Member Username: dead_head Post Number: 60 Registered: 5-2014 Posted on Monday, December 22, 2014 - 8:19 pm:    Congratulations! That's some beautiful wood! edwardofhuncote Intermediate Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 137 Registered: 6-2014 Posted on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 - 3:54 am:    I still see an owl. =) That's a beauty Steve. Congrats & Compliments! elwoodblue Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 1541 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 - 6:36 am:    An archer fish checking out it's reflection ? totally amazing ...congrats ! wick5 Junior Username: wick5 Post Number: 25 Registered: 10-2014 Posted on Saturday, February 21, 2015 - 8:18 am:    I want to add a closing message to this FTC thread. I want Susan, Mica, and all to know that this "thing," this work of art that functions as an electric bass guitar, is meeting all my expectations. The sustain is sustaining, the low end is thunderous, the mids cut through, and the highs are crisp and accentuated. And Mica was right...the tone is wonderfully incredible. Am I gushing? There is one thing I don't think I can do...name it "Charlotte" as Susan suggested. I just can't get wrapped around that one. rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1553 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Saturday, February 21, 2015 - 2:05 pm:    I agree with Gregory, I also see an owl, so how about honoring the heritage of Alembic & call it "Owsley?"