| Author | Message | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 2438 Registered: 6-2000 |
You've seen this stuff in person already I think, but here's some photographic evidence:  Sanding always makes the figure fade back a bunch. In person you can tell it's super duper.  Crazy cooky swirlies!  Before they are plywood, here's the larger plate fallouts from your guitar. | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 455 Registered: 7-2004 |
Mica: What is this, torture? I finally get a thread ... I gasp out loud ... goosebumps appear up and down my spine ... I hold my breath ..... click ..... AND THERE IS NOTHING! BWWWWWAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!! Don't worry, I'm sure it's on the way. Now I know how the kid felt when he woke up on xmas morning to find a pile of horse manure in his bedroon and immediately jumped into it exclaiming "Hooray, there must be a pony!" My pony is on the way. Just a matter of time now. I just have to wait ... be patient .... I can do it ... I think. Well, at lest this is better than getting my teeth pulled, right? Bill, the patient guitar one | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 456 Registered: 7-2004 |
Mica: I swear when I first clicked there was nothing! Our postings must have crossed in the netherworld of the net. Thanks for the pix. You wouldn't believe how exciting it is to see this! (Or maybe you would, you've probably heard this before). Now my poor wife will have to listen to me blather about this all night. Well not really all night - we're going to the Fillmore tonight to see John Prine. Hey, my FTC thread and John Prine on the same day! Life is indeed good! WOW (... breath in ... breath out .... in .... out ...) Bill, tgo | ||
| tom_z
Intermediate Member Username: tom_z Post Number: 135 Registered: 7-2004 |
Wow Bill, looks great so far. Very interesting to have a maple top and a cocobolo back. The cocobolo is breathtaking - too bad there has to be a back  - two beautiful pieces of wood. | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 457 Registered: 7-2004 |
I picked out the cocobolo in person. It just floored me - very unusual and dramatic pattern. The maple is no slouch either. It comes across better here: http://alembic.com/club/messages/2344/14170.html?1106395272 The pattern will be flip-flopped on the peghead - cocobolo front and quilted maple back. The May, 2002 COTM had cocobolo top and quilted maple back. The peghead on that one was ebony with the maple on the back. See it here: http://alembic.com/info/fc_scf.html This is gonna be BIG fun! Bill, tgo | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 2457 Registered: 6-2000 |
Here's those flip-flopped parts:   The outline is not where your peghead will be - Chip reconsidered after he drew that. And the whole fron tof the neck:  | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 474 Registered: 7-2004 |
Mica: It's hard to tell from the picture, and the need to redraw, but this looks a little like the "Rounded Crown" peghead on "Further & Beyond" in the custom archive. I hope that's not the case as I prefer the standard Further pointed crown (Bless its pointed little head!) I was also wondering why it looks like some of the vermilion lams are missing, then I realized, DUH, truss rods! Thanks for the pix. This is very cool. Bill, tgo | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 2509 Registered: 6-2000 |
Oh, that's no rounded crown, it's the real thing - just floating off the edge on the back of the peghead. See how the curve folds back on itself - that's the Crown for you! | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 2562 Registered: 6-2000 |
Ready to carve the neck feel:   Not sure if you got my message, but it's on hold until Tony can a) speak with you or b) feel your reference guitar neck. | ||
| jacko
Advanced Member Username: jacko Post Number: 242 Registered: 10-2002 |
Wow, this is looking fine Bill. What a shame to hide that gorgeous Coco Bolo round the back though. You're going to have to learn to spin your guitar during solos ;-) Graeme | ||
| jalevinemd
Intermediate Member Username: jalevinemd Post Number: 182 Registered: 12-2003 |
Bill, Whenever you play this guitar live, you'd better have a mirror behind you, because that back is far too pretty to be enjoyed only by your stomach! Jonathan | ||
| foth
Junior Username: foth Post Number: 21 Registered: 12-2004 |
But remember, those who play with mirrored stomachs shouldn't play Rolling Stones songs. | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 518 Registered: 7-2004 |
I just got back from NY and four days without a computer. I hadn't checked the site yet and I had to go to Santa Rosa today, so I stopped by and checked out my Further and WOWWWWW!!!!! It was very cool to actually hold it in my hands. Thanks sooooo much to everyone at Alembic. The guitar is coming together beyond my expectations. Graeme & Jonathan: You guys are right, the back piece is pretty spectacular, but the front is going to have the wonderful 3-D effect of quilted maple - my personal favorite. I think I picked out a piece that will hold it's own with the cocbolo once the elves do their magic. This is fun! Bill, tgo | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 2576 Registered: 6-2000 |
I got lucky, just barely before Bob was going to prep:  Now the front is begining to shine. The fan-shaped quilts are highly dimension and just outright beautiful. I stepped over to take a picture for Hardy, and on the way back, the back was already prepped:  That Bob is quick I tells ya! | ||
| sfnic
Member Username: sfnic Post Number: 95 Registered: 3-2005 |
It's weird. You see pictures of the pieces in-progress and think "Yummy; that's going to be a really neat guitar." You see pictures of the beastie assembled and you think "Yeah, that's a really neat guitar." You see pictures of the guitar under finish, and you think "Holy Crap! That's un !@#$%^* Un!@$#%^*believable guitar!" Seriously, Bill, you and the crew have absolutely nailed the perfect balance of all-out WOW and completely understated elegance. There's a huge amount of stuff going on, visually, but it all balances out and supports the overall look. Without going one step overboard, she's a museum-quality piece. Major congrats! | ||
| tom_z
Intermediate Member Username: tom_z Post Number: 153 Registered: 7-2004 |
Oh my . . . you can get lost in that top! Very nice! | ||
| grateful
Member Username: grateful Post Number: 88 Registered: 12-2004 |
Wow Bill, that's looking really nice. May I ask if it was "Custom Further for Charles" that inspired the vermillion laminates? It was that one that made me choose birdseye. Nice to see so many guitars! Mark | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 520 Registered: 7-2004 |
Nick: Thanks, that's exactly what Susan & I were going for. (Actually I wanted everything, and Susan tastefully held me back or, at least helped me to see the light). Mark: You got it right too. Charles' choice of Vermilion looked very tasty and Susan confirmed what I thought, that the Vermilion will likely give it a warmer sound than the purpleheart. I'm in Carlsbad, NM on vacation. The hotel has a computer in the lobby YEE HAA! Thanks for the new picture, Mica. I'll be up to visit her in person soon enough. Also, the folks at Guitar Resurrection in Austin say "hi". Bill, tvgo (the vacationing guitar one). | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 554 Registered: 4-2004 |
gorgeous | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 2596 Registered: 6-2000 |
Backplates in the drying room:  | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 530 Registered: 7-2004 |
As Homer, (Simpson, not the Odyssey guy), might say: "Hmmmm, cocobolo lollipops!" Bill, tsgo (the salivating guitar one) | ||
| hollis
Senior Member Username: hollis Post Number: 624 Registered: 11-2003 |
Bill, GULP! etc.! | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 597 Registered: 4-2004 |
any updates billy | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 671 Registered: 7-2004 |
I believe I'm in line for inlay art. I suspect the folks at Alembic are going to be a little busy and distracted for the next week or so and they're also trying to get Scott's Further done for a gig he has next Saturday. Then there's one not too intricate inlay job in front of me and then it's my turn! I'm hoping to have it in time for a gig I'm doing on November 5th. (Annual benefit for SAMM - Sonoma Alliance for Medical Marijuana - in Sebastopol). Come on down! Bill, tgo | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 601 Registered: 4-2004 |
next year! lol | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 620 Registered: 4-2004 |
how bout some inlay shots? inquiring minds dont have a ftc yet and need to live vicariously through bill's custom | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 721 Registered: 7-2004 |
Still waiting. I suspect the folks up in Santa Rosa have been VERY busy of late - notice that we are past the ides of October and the September COTM is still up on the main page. Bill, tgo | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 849 Registered: 7-2004 |
I think Jeff may have started something. I too will take this opportuinity to wish my forming Further a Happy New Year: I'm sure you'll be partying with all the other Alembics in various stages of construction once the elves lock up and the lights go out! Have fun, but be cool. And oh yeah, this is your LAST New Years in Santa Rosa. To paraphrase some of my people, "Next year in Oakland!" A great New Year to everyone on this board. May all your dreams come true and get delivered without any damage! LOL Bill, tgo (Message edited by lbpesq on December 30, 2005) | ||
| jalevinemd
Advanced Member Username: jalevinemd Post Number: 286 Registered: 12-2003 |
Bill, After seeing Larry Robinson's work on the Fernandes, I'm anxious to see your Further. Gonna be a tough act to follow. Happy New Year! Jonathan | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 915 Registered: 4-2004 |
hey wheres some photos on the inlays? inquiring minds would like to see....... i loves inlay progress shots |
