| Author | Message | ||
| 5stringho
Intermediate Member Username: 5stringho Post Number: 151 Registered: 11-2006 |
RU gettin' excited yet? Betcha are!! Looks great! Mike (the 'Ho).... | ||
| funkyjazzjunky
Junior Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 14 Registered: 5-2007 |
Great looking bass | ||
| dwmark
Intermediate Member Username: dwmark Post Number: 175 Registered: 1-2005 |
Thanks. Very exciting seeing it hanging, but I'm trying to pace myself. Think that's going to get really hard really soon. | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 4932 Registered: 6-2000 |
Prepare for extreme beauty:    I know it looks almost done, but there's lots more time in finish in store for this puppy. It won't look much different until the final rubout. The hardest part of the wait is finish since it's so unpredictable. | ||
| jtussing
Intermediate Member Username: jtussing Post Number: 137 Registered: 12-2006 |
wuh-hu-HO!!!!! Lovely machine. | ||
| the_8_string_king
Senior Member Username: the_8_string_king Post Number: 917 Registered: 9-2005 |
Absolutely stunning!!! This is as good as it gets! And the sound... it'll be warm, and full of bite and character! I'll look forward to hearing your comments when you get it! | ||
| dwmark
Intermediate Member Username: dwmark Post Number: 177 Registered: 1-2005 |
Absolutely speechless. Making noises. But no words. wow. dw | ||
| mele_aloha
Advanced Member Username: mele_aloha Post Number: 292 Registered: 1-2007 |
Woooowwww David, What a beautiful beautiful chunk of Quilted Coco Bolo you've got. Your baby is developing Awesome!!! Congradulations, Paul | ||
| 82daion
Intermediate Member Username: 82daion Post Number: 118 Registered: 5-2005 |
Whoa! That's astounding. I can't wait to see this finished. You are a lucky man, David. | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 1209 Registered: 10-2003 |
That's one dadgum beautiful piece of plywood, my friend! Absolutely gorgeous. I love the neck woods. I love the body woods. I love the Valentino-Gothic body style. The instruments coming out of Santa Rosa just keep getting more and more amazing all the time. Wow. Play it in good health! John | ||
| dwmark
Intermediate Member Username: dwmark Post Number: 178 Registered: 1-2005 |
Thanks. Still trying to figure out whether to go with an upgrade on the logo. Thoughts hereby solicited. A voice in my head keeps reminding me that "the pictures don't do it justice" (as we've heard so many times before). May be the case here too--Mica shot me an email when she posted; she seemed pretty excited about the way it looked when it came out of spray. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 5685 Registered: 5-2002 |
Wow! | ||
| crgaston
Senior Member Username: crgaston Post Number: 456 Registered: 11-2005 |
David, upgrade the logo if you want to. You've got one of a handful of instruments made by Alembic with a QCB top. It's the first official instrument of it's configuration. Don't be afraid to go all-out. | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 1765 Registered: 4-2004 |
dave i dont know which logo you have if its a std bronze-def upgrade imho if you are thinkin bout the big bucks inlaid logo here is my take- if you are thinking bout it DO IT cause once you get it- you got it< yogi berra! lol which is why i opted for gold plated hardware at the last moment see my logo on scarlet if it helps my qcb brother | ||
| hb3
Advanced Member Username: hb3 Post Number: 284 Registered: 2-2005 |
Go all out, bro. | ||
| briant
Junior Username: briant Post Number: 14 Registered: 12-2004 |
Damn. That thing is gorgeous. | ||
| dwmark
Intermediate Member Username: dwmark Post Number: 179 Registered: 1-2005 |
thanks. as you can all imagine, this has become a bit more expensive than when i started (i'll share sometimes what i FIRST called beaver about when i was looking for a new bass). but the inlaid logo is an easy step. still pacing myself. | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 1766 Registered: 4-2004 |
when you are knee deep in the water another step or 2 aint gonna kill ya,,,, i like the inlaid logo but as much as i like the rays- i didnt feel the add on was worth it i did redirect those funds to the gold plated hdwre which i think was better spent that way., | ||
| byoung
Senior Member Username: byoung Post Number: 835 Registered: 12-2004 |
David, My bass has been nicknamed "the IT project": Customer kept changing his mind We're way into cost overruns (2.25x original estimates, see above) It is rapidly approaching a "three hour tour" in terms of duration For those who haven't figured out my sense of humor yet, I find the above humorous (i.e. I'm not griping), especially since I work at a software company. I say, if the rays are one of those little things that would push the instrument over the top for you, I say go for it. Bradley | ||
| dwmark
Intermediate Member Username: dwmark Post Number: 180 Registered: 1-2005 |
Bradley But your bass is looking really nice, so the IT stuff is working out. The only difference between you and me is that I spent a year talking about different things (this started as an Exploiter) with Val, then Susan, then Mica. We didn't start a FTC thread until I had most everything figured out. David | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 4937 Registered: 6-2000 |
Hi David, The inlays went in your fingerboard today, looking awesome. The rays will not fit with the omega peghead shape, so you can "only" do the regular inlaid logo with the matching gold mother of pearl we discussed on the 2nd. | ||
| dwmark
Intermediate Member Username: dwmark Post Number: 181 Registered: 1-2005 |
Hey Mica Please do the inlaid logo we discussed. Thanks for all your help on this. Have a great holiday with the newly expanded family. dw | ||
| hifiguy
Intermediate Member Username: hifiguy Post Number: 119 Registered: 10-2006 |
Holy freaking cow, the hits just keep on coming. Monty, 8SK's 6-string, Mele Aloha and now this. There really aren't words for the beauty and craftsmanship in these instruments. | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 4955 Registered: 6-2000 |
This is a picture I don't usually get to take:  timing is everything! I'll get you an "after" picture sometime next week. | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 1788 Registered: 4-2004 |
i think this is the first time i have seen this part of the process in a photo mica how bout lining up all the instruments from the last slab with some finish on em before they start shipping out from slab to omg! that would be cool | ||
| dwmark
Intermediate Member Username: dwmark Post Number: 182 Registered: 1-2005 |
I may need to get one of these blown up for my music room. Little ones for the wallet too. Mica I'll second the request for the slab shot, if you still have all the basses (and I think there was a guitar in the mix) in house. | ||
| dwmark
Intermediate Member Username: dwmark Post Number: 183 Registered: 1-2005 |
So, I'm sharp but not too sharp. One of the QCBs is a guitar. If I had been looking around, though, I would have seen that it's the COTM. Nice wood, front and back. | ||
| flaxattack
Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 1789 Registered: 4-2004 |
i dont think the qcb came from the same slab as ours if i remember correctly ours was supposedly the worst looking of the 3 they had gotten and only did they realize that it turned out to be the best when they opened it up | ||
| bassjigga
Advanced Member Username: bassjigga Post Number: 271 Registered: 8-2005 |
I love this one. The back is just as beautiful as the front. | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 4962 Registered: 6-2000 |
You know this has to be gorgeous to look this good through the sanded surface:  |
