| Author | Message | ||
| bigbass
Member Username: bigbass Post Number: 96 Registered: 6-2002 |
...a fingerboard? (Message edited by bigbass on February 24, 2006) | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 674 Registered: 10-2003 |
I would be anything but bored... Butt board?? | ||
| jlpicard
Advanced Member Username: jlpicard Post Number: 388 Registered: 7-2002 |
If this is the fingerboard, I can't wait to see what the rest of the bass will turn out like! After a fingerboard like this you know the rest of the instrument will have to be some kind of looker! | ||
| bigbass
Member Username: bigbass Post Number: 100 Registered: 6-2002 |
Sometimes looking is a choice. Ask your girlfriend/wife about that one. In any event, thanks for thinking of looking. If you are single, disregard all of the above. | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 3126 Registered: 6-2000 |
Fingerboard is in place and the peghead is cut:  Chip also pointed out the stack of wood that will be the top, back, and plates the body:  | ||
| bigbass
Intermediate Member Username: bigbass Post Number: 101 Registered: 6-2002 |
WOW...this is impressive! What happened to the redwood? This looks like walnut. This is just a color correction glitch, right? Amazing and thanks for de update. | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 3137 Registered: 6-2000 |
Lams getting their bookmatch to center glue action:   Yes, sanding the wood can make it look less lovely. I especially notice it with the Maples. Also, the lighting is different in each shot. The one from the 10th is taken pretty late at night with only the overhead shop lights. It will look much sweeter with the clear coats. | ||
| bigbass
Intermediate Member Username: bigbass Post Number: 102 Registered: 6-2002 |
I don't think I've ever seen this step in any past postings; At least not like this. Great shots! Fass-in-ate-in... as Popeye would say. | ||
| bsee
Senior Member Username: bsee Post Number: 1095 Registered: 3-2004 |
This getting awful pretty. David, I *BEG* you to be careful when you receive the bass. That 12 string headstock looks awfully long and I'd hate to see this bass go back to Alembic for headstock repair! -bob | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 3182 Registered: 6-2000 |
Here's a nice picture:  It's the stack of all your continuous wood plates clamped between polycarbonate sheets awaiting their next step. It looks like a flower. A big woody, gluey, clampy flower. | ||
| foth
Member Username: foth Post Number: 77 Registered: 12-2004 |
Spring seems to have finally arrived in California! | ||
| valvil
Moderator Username: valvil Post Number: 863 Registered: 7-2002 |
Here's the shot I promised you.  | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 3190 Registered: 6-2000 |
How could I have missed THAT in the shop today? It must be hiding! | ||
| tom_z
Advanced Member Username: tom_z Post Number: 329 Registered: 7-2004 |
Oh my god!!!! What an amazing fretboard!! | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 2346 Registered: 9-2002 |
FAN-TAS-TIC! | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 811 Registered: 6-2002 |
Brilliant! | ||
| keavin
Senior Member Username: keavin Post Number: 787 Registered: 12-2002 |
HOLY SH#T STAINZ BATMAN!!! | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 691 Registered: 10-2003 |
Unbelieveable. Incredible. Wow. Don't forget to look away every now and then to give your eyes a break. That is spectacular... John | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 579 Registered: 10-2002 |
This is going to be pretty amazing when it's finished. To be honest, it's pretty amazing now. Graeme | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 1148 Registered: 7-2004 |
David: Without a doubt the most unique fretboard I've ever seen. In the above picture it looks like it's made of leaping flames! Stunning, amazing, arresting, what can I say? Congrats on an instrument that, I suspect, will be remembered around here for a LONG time. Bill, tgo | ||
| bigbadbill
Advanced Member Username: bigbadbill Post Number: 230 Registered: 10-2003 |
That is AMAZING!!!! So many beautiful basses, so little money  | ||
| jalevinemd
Advanced Member Username: jalevinemd Post Number: 373 Registered: 12-2003 |
I echo Bill's sentiments. That is the most unique fretboard I've ever seen...inlays or no inlays. My fingers would need a roadmap to find their way on that thing. | ||
| olieoliver
Intermediate Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 140 Registered: 2-2006 |
That fretboard is the coolest thing ever! | ||
| bigbass
Intermediate Member Username: bigbass Post Number: 103 Registered: 6-2002 |
OMG! 'When it rains......' I don't think I've EVER seen anything like this before. Am I repeating my self? Apparently I had no visual idea what we were creating. What does its back look like (Dah!)? Thanks guys for all your cheering on & positive re-enforcement. I hear ya! May the Wand of Alembic continue to do its magic. Thank you Mica and Valentino. | ||
| jlpicard
Senior Member Username: jlpicard Post Number: 406 Registered: 7-2002 |
Such an amazing fretboard! Almost seems a shame to put frets in it! Surely, no fret markers? | ||
| bigbass
Intermediate Member Username: bigbass Post Number: 104 Registered: 6-2002 |
Yea, I agree. At this time dare's Nutt'n on da front (markers)....Just on da sides. Gosh, It would make a nice fretless board. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 3530 Registered: 5-2002 |
That is indeed a pretty amazing fretboard!! | ||
| 7string_thing
Member Username: 7string_thing Post Number: 63 Registered: 11-2005 |
its like black and white fire! | ||
| the_8_string_king
Intermediate Member Username: the_8_string_king Post Number: 112 Registered: 9-2005 |
Wow!!! | ||
| bigbass
Intermediate Member Username: bigbass Post Number: 105 Registered: 6-2002 |
....a burnt but well seasoned figerboard for all occasions.... Think I'll wait 'til the smoke rises. |
