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mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 2984
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Monday, January 23, 2006 - 2:01 pm:   Edit Post

In setup, nearing shipping:

in setup

set
mendez4
Junior
Username: mendez4

Post Number: 42
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Monday, January 23, 2006 - 3:05 pm:   Edit Post

thanks for all the updated pics, mica! they all look amazing!
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 3053
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Monday, January 23, 2006 - 5:11 pm:   Edit Post

Cool bass!!
byoung
Intermediate Member
Username: byoung

Post Number: 186
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Monday, January 23, 2006 - 6:38 pm:   Edit Post

That is sick. Great wood choices.
mica
Moderator
Username: mica

Post Number: 3003
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 2:24 pm:   Edit Post

Yo, Adam! Funny thing happened when installing your tuners:

to tilt or not to tilt?

The machine heads have a large screw on the inside edge that prevents them from being installed at a 90 degree angle to the neck. The heads bump eachother before we can rotate them straight across. We can either:

1. Leave it tilted as shown
2. Find some flathead screws and make them be straight across

Figured since we haven't drilled the anchor hole yet, might as well be your choice. Let me know what you prefer.
mendez4
Junior
Username: mendez4

Post Number: 43
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 7:28 am:   Edit Post

Hi Mica.
If option 2 is possible (find flathead screws), i would like to go with that.
Thanks!
Adam
mica
Moderator
Username: mica

Post Number: 3015
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 12:25 pm:   Edit Post

We're working on it now. There's a small nylon washer under the screw that we're shaving down a little, and we may slightly knock the domed part of the screw down. This get them very nearly straight - you might not even notice the minor deflection.

BTW, would you like a silver logo on this? I think it would look better with the tuner finish.
mendez4
Junior
Username: mendez4

Post Number: 44
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 6:07 pm:   Edit Post

i would like to stick with brass logo no script (old school). unless you think that it just will not look right at all. thanks!
mica
Moderator
Username: mica

Post Number: 3021
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 6:08 pm:   Edit Post

Bronze is good, James will install it in the morning.
precarius
Junior
Username: precarius

Post Number: 43
Registered: 11-2005
Posted on Thursday, January 26, 2006 - 9:55 am:   Edit Post

Pardon my ignorance, but how is the tailpiece shaped? Maybe it is just the picture but it looks like it is a 45 degree angle? Anyway that is a beautiful bass!
adriaan
Senior Member
Username: adriaan

Post Number: 730
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 2:12 am:   Edit Post

Looks like a regular bar tailpiece to me, but I could be wrong.
kmh364
Senior Member
Username: kmh364

Post Number: 1677
Registered: 9-2003
Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 5:46 am:   Edit Post

Despite the optical illusion of the 2-D pix, Alembics tailpieces tend to slope down in the front (i.e., the edge facing the bridge) like a wedge. For example, the famous Alembic bird tailpiece, which would appear in photos for all intensive purposes to be level and flat (when looked at from above in plan view), is actually a wedge in cross-sectional view (i.e., when viewed from the side)

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