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flaxattack
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Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 922
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Thursday, January 26, 2006 - 6:07 pm:   Edit Post

thanks bill
jeff
tso
lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 912
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 7:25 am:   Edit Post

"tso"?

Bill, tgo
byoung
Intermediate Member
Username: byoung

Post Number: 191
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 10:21 am:   Edit Post

y'know, like general tso's chicken.

We could look for other expansions of the s, but I'll not start.

Brad
flaxattack
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Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 928
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 12:29 pm:   Edit Post

the sick one
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 3030
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 4:58 pm:   Edit Post

Hey Jeff,

Here's that drawing I said was floating around earlier today:

the plan

Upper horn reaches about between fret 15 and 16.
byoung
Intermediate Member
Username: byoung

Post Number: 194
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 9:39 pm:   Edit Post

Tasty.

Can you fit Series electronics in that? Room enough for a humcanceller?

Is that a 5-string layout? Comfort taper?

Brad
valvil
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Username: valvil

Post Number: 838
Registered: 7-2002
Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006 - 11:00 pm:   Edit Post

Hi Brad,

That would be yes, all around.

Valentino
flaxattack
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Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 930
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 7:39 am:   Edit Post

val,

i was hoping to have the body rounded at the bottom just like the guitar
not that it looks bad-
see my emails for some other q's
thanks or posting mica
group- feel free to chime in....

(Message edited by flaxattack on January 28, 2006)
jalevinemd
Advanced Member
Username: jalevinemd

Post Number: 314
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 8:03 am:   Edit Post

Reminds me of Brent's custom tribute

http://alembic.com/club/messages/631/859.html?1097770150
flaxattack
Senior Member
Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 934
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 8:07 am:   Edit Post

thanks much for checkin that out jon
much appreciated


(Message edited by flaxattack on January 28, 2006)
bassfingers
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Username: bassfingers

Post Number: 73
Registered: 11-2005
Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 8:41 am:   Edit Post

Hi Jeff,
Gotta be honest and say I really like the 'offset kinda like a jazz bass' bottom.Guess I like shapely things.However as this bass is in tribute to your much loved and greatly missed pal Scooter,it has to be right for YOU and no-one else.
I've only just read your 'Prayer Answered' post about Scooter.Boy,did I well-up.Last year our cat,Tabitha was found to have early stage intestinal tumours and the prognosis was not hopeful.Then she disappeared.We sadly accepted that she'd taken herself somewhere quiet to go to sleep for the last time.10 days later she appeared at the back door looking terrible.She smelt as if she'd been stuck in a garage and indeed there were smears of oil on her.

I was overjoyed at her return but very concerned about her condition so I found an emergency vet,(it was a Sunday),and took her straight in.Jeff,I can't tell you how I felt when the vet told me she'd have to be put to sleep.She'd vanished,then come home to us and now within the hour she was gone.I'll always feel bad,being the one who took her to the vet.I never considered the idea that she wouldn't make it.

I'm sorry group,this is way off the thread.What I'm trying to say Jeff,is that given how much Scooter meant to you,go with what's in your heart mate.

Best Wishes,
Simon.
flaxattack
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Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 935
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 10:06 am:   Edit Post

thanks simon
my condolensces
i still think about scootie ...
feel good that she came home to see you and that journey was not easy- but love is a powerful drug..
am kinda bouncing ideas off line
but i might like just making the bottom a bit more symetrical and flat across the bottom bouts
hopefully susan can give me the 2 options in a redraw and make the final decision off them as i see they did a lot of work with brents drawings..
the plan right now is to go with an ebony peghead and inlay a cat silouhette in mop or abalone between the tuners
am not going to inlay the body as i feel the burl maple is stunning by itself and anything would take away from it.
rklisme
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Username: rklisme

Post Number: 284
Registered: 5-2004
Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 1:13 pm:   Edit Post

Jeff

Very cool....Can't wait to see the results.

Rory
jalevinemd
Advanced Member
Username: jalevinemd

Post Number: 315
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 1:15 pm:   Edit Post

Jeff,

Gotta agree with you there. That bass should have a rounder, more symmetric look to it.
valvil
Moderator
Username: valvil

Post Number: 841
Registered: 7-2002
Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 1:58 pm:   Edit Post

Hi Jeff,

if I understand what you 're asking, I'd say that a more symmetrical flat bottom would come out looking a lot like the bottom of a Further, but bigger & a tiny bit curvier, perhaps. Is that what you want?

Valentino
osoloco69
Junior
Username: osoloco69

Post Number: 27
Registered: 9-2005
Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 6:14 pm:   Edit Post

Isn't this going to be like Phil's bass on Dead Ahead? Was that an Irwin or other alembic builder?
flaxattack
Senior Member
Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 936
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 6:40 pm:   Edit Post

hi val
i know i appreciate ya looking in on the threads on your weekend...
ideally this


if we were to further it.. yes thats exactly what i was thinkin driving around today= perhaps with a little more rounded bottom

tribute is the preference
flaxattack
Senior Member
Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 937
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 6:43 pm:   Edit Post

i "think" irwin made phils bass.. but it was an enlarged tribute- was heavy as hell acording to phil as it was a maple body...
flaxattack
Senior Member
Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 938
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 6:47 pm:   Edit Post

i guess i am not fond of the offset bublbous butt
lol
flaxattack
Senior Member
Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 940
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 11:15 am:   Edit Post

me no like this
jacko
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Username: jacko

Post Number: 496
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 2:47 pm:   Edit Post

I see your point here Jeff. i like the bulbous lower bout on the Rogue but it just doesn't look right on the Tribute. just my 2 cents(in your currency) but I'd prefer something nearer the coco-bolo tribute shape you posted above. Whatever you decide, take your time - you have to live with it for a very long time.

Take care.

graeme
crgaston
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Username: crgaston

Post Number: 61
Registered: 11-2005
Posted on Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 4:41 pm:   Edit Post

Maybe it's the location of the bridge and the resulant volume of wood below it, but the bulbous bout does look much better on the guitar than on the bass illustration, IMHO.
jlpicard
Advanced Member
Username: jlpicard

Post Number: 338
Registered: 7-2002
Posted on Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 4:51 pm:   Edit Post

Just my .02 worth, I'd keep to the original Tribute bottom shape as much as possible because I feel that the symmetry lends itself better to having a carved top.
bassfingers
Member
Username: bassfingers

Post Number: 74
Registered: 11-2005
Posted on Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 5:43 pm:   Edit Post

Jeff,

Looking at the most recent pic you posted I'd have to agree with Graeme and your good self.The shape on the drawing posted by Mica works for me as an outline but once the controls and inlay are added it looks quite different and 'not quite right'.A more symmetrical shape is easier on the eye.It's a bit like Ferrari unveiling the 360 as a station wagon (imho).The guitar above is still beautiful,hey it's an Alembic after all,but personal preference....etc etc.

However,as Graeme says,don't rush to decide.Something as special as this deserves such attention.Thanks also for your words about Tabitha,they were much appreciated.

Best Wishes,
Simon.
hb3
Member
Username: hb3

Post Number: 73
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 8:31 pm:   Edit Post

I also like the first tribute shape you posted -- more symmetrical, which is how a cat's face is anyway.
flaxattack
Senior Member
Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 941
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 9:06 pm:   Edit Post

thanks guys. i have a phone scheduled with val round 6pm est.
i was jammin fiday night when he called to tell me the sketch was up- couldnt see it.
i like balance and symetry. at the least it will sit in the guitar stand better-lol
its a tribute bass- therefore it should look like its big brother...anything else is is a (fill in the blank)body with tribute horns- thats not what i am looking for
now we do need to remember 1 thing- balance
and thats very critical also
gee would an omega cut take off some weight?
think out loud again...
btw- much thanks for the chiming... i think we're all on the same page
jacko
Senior Member
Username: jacko

Post Number: 497
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2006 - 1:32 am:   Edit Post

Would the extra string length of the Bass leave enough room for an Omega? Again, if it's a tribute 'replica' you're after, an omega would look out of place. How about having the body chambered?

Graeme
pace
Advanced Member
Username: pace

Post Number: 206
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2006 - 5:08 am:   Edit Post

I may be the only one~ I dig the illustration!!!! I know the top isnt carved, but are you still going to have an arm contour?
flaxattack
Senior Member
Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 942
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2006 - 5:32 am:   Edit Post

if you mean an elbow cut- no- we feel the classico type edge will not require it
graeme - good point
possibility on the hollow core
mica
Moderator
Username: mica

Post Number: 3032
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2006 - 4:00 pm:   Edit Post

Here's the Tribute shape on your neck dims

tribute body

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