| Author | Message | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 2694 Registered: 6-2000 |
Not just any old neck:  Neat combo there! | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 621 Registered: 4-2004 |
here we go again !!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks m..... oh man - that looks sweeeeeeeet just like i pictured it in my minds eye.... your ears must have been burning mica- just spoke to val 7.30 ny time this is sooooooo cool... ty,,,,,,, | ||
| byoung
Intermediate Member Username: byoung Post Number: 129 Registered: 12-2004 |
Looks like no scarf joint, correct? Curiouser and curiouser. You get all the cool basses, man. All our bass are belong to you. Brad | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 724 Registered: 7-2004 |
A volute! Way to go Jeff. The ph and ebony look striking together. Now the journey has begun. Enjoy the next few months as you watch your young 'un evolving. Bill, tgo | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 622 Registered: 4-2004 |
guys this is news to me too!!!.....i didnt even notice it shows ya what i know- i guess val had his hands in this one- but checking greggs egg- there is a volute on the tribute guitar-so i guess alembic is keeping the "design" we never discussed volutes ( which i loves from my standup days) thanks brad,.,,, i consider that a major compliment.. dumb luck i suppose... something tells me this bass is going to be super special. especially if i can nail down this inlay...if you saw my misc post- this one is dedicated to my pal scooter the cat who i miss every day.......  | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 623 Registered: 4-2004 |
so many roads to lead me home...... | ||
| lidon2001
Junior Username: lidon2001 Post Number: 41 Registered: 4-2005 |
Tasty Jeff, very tasty... I like that alot. Tom | ||
| bigbadbill
Advanced Member Username: bigbadbill Post Number: 202 Registered: 10-2003 |
I love the dedication. I still miss all my old pets terribly. Hope the bass proves a worthy tribute; it couldn't be in better hands. Best of luck! | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 628 Registered: 4-2004 |
bill what a truly wonderful thing to say ty (Message edited by flaxattack on October 18, 2005) | ||
| jacko
Advanced Member Username: jacko Post Number: 372 Registered: 10-2002 |
interesting colours in the neck jeff. so will this one be a set-neck? graeme | ||
| bigbadbill
Advanced Member Username: bigbadbill Post Number: 203 Registered: 10-2003 |
Jeff, it's from the heart. Mine have been as good friends as I've ever had, and I wish they were all still here. I was really, really moved by your dedication. Hopefully Scooter will live on past our time thanks to this bass. Once again, best of luck and take care. | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 632 Registered: 4-2004 |
bingo jacko........! (Message edited by flaxattack on October 20, 2005) | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 635 Registered: 4-2004 |
last photo we took of scooter days before she passed  | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 636 Registered: 4-2004 |
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| bigbadbill
Advanced Member Username: bigbadbill Post Number: 205 Registered: 10-2003 |
Aw, Jeff, my heart goes out. She looks like one cool cat.... | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 637 Registered: 4-2004 |
susan has decided to go with a neck through on this one. so some lucky person will get this set neck someday...... a neck through will be faster to produce as there will be testing required for the neck joint on a new set neck model.... but i will be out to see alembic next friday. seems bill-lbpesq- has a ticket for me to see phil at a small club next thursday night in frisco. so what the heck, off we go into the wild blue yonder. thanks bill - she surely was,,,,, | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 657 Registered: 4-2004 |
the neck that wasnt  | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 658 Registered: 4-2004 |
so far my choice for top woods- we are going to go with a burl(redwood?) back after seeing one in progress- see thread in main post area this has a wonderful red hue to it when acetoned  (Message edited by flaxattack on October 30, 2005) | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 659 Registered: 4-2004 |
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| jacko
Advanced Member Username: jacko Post Number: 393 Registered: 10-2002 |
Nice woods Jeff. Graeme | ||
| foth
Junior Username: foth Post Number: 41 Registered: 12-2004 |
Flax, any cat that can teach her human to play fetch deserves to be memorialized with an inlay. | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 660 Registered: 4-2004 |
thanks foth- lmao wait til you see what susan came up with.... cats under the stars... abalone rays(less of them)- a larger black tahitian mop cat- abalone pedestal(smaller) to drop the figure in the circle- and stars above the rays, with a small green jewel for the cats eye., in an ebony circle and for now placed in the same spot as the wolf | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 661 Registered: 4-2004 |
the tribute body will be larger than the guitar with longer horns for better balance and i hope to keep the rounded bottom. was good to get out there and go over things in person. the body will be mahoghany core with maple pinstripe lam-vermillion wider lam- maple pinstripe lam- and bookmatch to center coco for the top, covered pickups and burl redwood back-bookmatch to center on the back is tbd- i thinks that will be a first for alembic- coco top/burl redwood back | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 685 Registered: 4-2004 |
cough.... cough... | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 755 Registered: 7-2004 |
Hey Jeff, you taking some kind of medical exam? Bill, tgo | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 686 Registered: 4-2004 |
hernia bill....... lol | ||
| osoloco69
Junior Username: osoloco69 Post Number: 20 Registered: 9-2005 |
Any new updates on the bass? | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 570 Registered: 10-2003 |
There are worse ways to develop a hernia... ;) | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 715 Registered: 4-2004 |
chip has been away and the new neck is not done yet... i am probably changing the top wood to the burl maple sun burst in the woods thread and coco the back and then changing the accent lams am waiting on susan's drawings of the body shape and inlay...and then ron for the cost of adding an active bass control ... this is going to take a while..... :-) | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 771 Registered: 4-2004 |
goin back into production i am i am val and i made several changes 1- body woods will now be those beauty burl maples both front and back-i chose #4 and #6 2- lams will be - mahog core/maple pin/verm strip/purple pin/burl maple tops 3- am moving to series electronics with a master volume and bass boost switch 4- i may dump the inlay as this wood is just so darn pretty to my eyes |
