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Author Message byoung Senior Member Username: byoung Post Number: 748 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 5:40 pm:    Rumor has it that there might be some updates coming soon... flaxattack Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 1656 Registered: 4-2004 Posted on Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 6:52 pm:    hmmmm i wonder if i should make a bet with you brad byoung Senior Member Username: byoung Post Number: 749 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 8:04 pm:    I don't know... All the custom pieces are pretty much sorted, including the newly christened fatmanchu tailpiece. Inlay is complete, and I'm hoping to get some pics from the spray department shortly. Nudge, wink- hey Mica... mele_aloha Advanced Member Username: mele_aloha Post Number: 229 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 8:14 pm:    BRADLEY!!! Your not spreading viscious rumors are you? hehe byoung Senior Member Username: byoung Post Number: 750 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 9:44 pm:    Paul, I would not spread any viscous rumors, only solid ones. I just can't pass on a good pun. mele_aloha Advanced Member Username: mele_aloha Post Number: 230 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Friday, September 07, 2007 - 10:40 am:    tHERE YoU GOe on MY speeling again! mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 4801 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Monday, September 10, 2007 - 6:02 pm:    Bradley's seen one of these pictures already. Before cutting the wood for the inlay: During the cutting process: My timing has been terrible for getting a picture of your bass before it's prepped so you can see it with the inlay in place. I'll keep trying! mele_aloha Advanced Member Username: mele_aloha Post Number: 232 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Monday, September 10, 2007 - 6:13 pm:    Whoa Bradley, Nice! It's coming along beautifully, congrads! < I couldn't spell congradulations!LOL Good going though, really. Paul byoung Senior Member Username: byoung Post Number: 751 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Monday, September 10, 2007 - 8:14 pm:    Woo hoo! Looks like my bass took a trip to the casting couch, and then went under the knife for some cosmetic surgery. And it now has a hole for the master volume, I see. I'm psyched! Now the waiting for the tailpiece begins. byoung Senior Member Username: byoung Post Number: 752 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 11:02 am:    Decisions, decisions. The voting is now open-- Slender bird or fatmanchu? For reference, the fatmanchu would probably go on a diet to be slimmed up a little. Participation open only to legal residents of the Alembic Club, purchase not necessary to win. Enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope in your contest submission. One man, one vote (and I'm the man-- you can call me Havelock!) tbrannon Senior Member Username: tbrannon Post Number: 534 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 11:27 am:    I'm loving the slender bird- but perhaps it simply because the brass looks nicer than the wood prototype for fattyboomboom. my vote goes to the slender bird eligilam Member Username: eligilam Post Number: 62 Registered: 2-2006 Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 11:28 am:    Slender bird. olieoliver Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 1575 Registered: 2-2006 Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 11:44 am:    Bird gets my vote. Olie. PS. Is that "chad" hanging down on the fatmanchu? byoung Senior Member Username: byoung Post Number: 754 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 12:22 pm:    I accidentally voted for Pat Buchanan. bassjigga Advanced Member Username: bassjigga Post Number: 245 Registered: 8-2005 Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:29 pm:    I like the slim bird as well. pierreyves Intermediate Member Username: pierreyves Post Number: 158 Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 5:12 pm:    Slender ... slender .... too nice ... other is like an hippo !! Be carefull it well centered ! ;o) flaxattack Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 1661 Registered: 4-2004 Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 7:48 pm:    personally i think you should copy the wolf's it would blend perfectly with the omega.... byoung Senior Member Username: byoung Post Number: 758 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 10:02 pm:    Pierre-Yves, That was one of my concerns-- and the fatmanchu "hides" some of that, visually. The slender bird isn't truly on-center, and I'm trying to decide whether I can ignore that or if it'll bug me. It may not be clear from the pictures, but the fatmanchu mockup is actually much larger than the final piece would be. I'm hoping to get a thinner mockup, and maybe we'll hold another poll. Flax, nice try . Although I do like the tailpiece on the wolf, it isn't the look I'm going for. adriaan Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1605 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, September 14, 2007 - 1:20 am:    To me, the fat manchu echoes the omega too much. If you don't like the bird, why not see what a bar tailpiece would look like? jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 1334 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Friday, September 14, 2007 - 5:01 am:    I like the tailpiece developed for Val's bird of prey Graeme crgaston Senior Member Username: crgaston Post Number: 431 Registered: 11-2005 Posted on Friday, September 14, 2007 - 5:12 am:    I second the bar, and nominate a regular bird for your consideration, as well. cozmik_cowboy Intermediate Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 199 Registered: 10-2006 Posted on Friday, September 14, 2007 - 7:11 am:    OK, so I'm a weirdo, but I'm down with the fat one - probably more so if were, as you indicate it will be, slimmed slightly. Under no circumstances would I put a straight bar by that graceful omega curve. I eagerly await a look at Fatmanchu MK II. Peter byoung Senior Member Username: byoung Post Number: 769 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 3:36 pm:    Voting begins anew. Thin bird, or Fatmanchu Mk. II? byoung Senior Member Username: byoung Post Number: 770 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 3:54 pm:    I should add, the fatmanchu is going to be slimmed further on the omega side (by about 1/8th inch or 3mm). tbrannon Senior Member Username: tbrannon Post Number: 546 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 7:26 pm:    I'm diggin' the latest fatmanchu. ajdover Senior Member Username: ajdover Post Number: 576 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 7:50 pm:    My vote's for the thinner one. Beautiful bass Brad, congrats. Alan rraymond Advanced Member Username: rraymond Post Number: 311 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 8:02 pm:    Thin is in! However, it'll be a great bass whichever way you go. Enjoy! artswork99 Intermediate Member Username: artswork99 Post Number: 112 Registered: 7-2007 Posted on Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 8:03 pm:    I like the Fatmanchu... sweet bass! Play it in great health Bradley! Art mele_aloha Advanced Member Username: mele_aloha Post Number: 264 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 8:37 pm:    I really like the skinny one Bradley. The big one looks like a mustache on a Chinaman! Beautiful, very attractive and unique. Aloha, P byoung Senior Member Username: byoung Post Number: 771 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 9:24 pm:    Paul, It is named after the Fu Manchu moustache... But like the Dennis Hopper (in Easy Rider) version, not the thinner version: hence FatManchu.