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5stringho
Intermediate Member
Username: 5stringho

Post Number: 151
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 7:17 pm:   Edit Post

RU gettin' excited yet? Betcha are!! Looks great!



Mike (the 'Ho)....
funkyjazzjunky
Junior
Username: funkyjazzjunky

Post Number: 14
Registered: 5-2007
Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 9:35 am:   Edit Post

Great looking bass
dwmark
Intermediate Member
Username: dwmark

Post Number: 175
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 11:16 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 6:34 pm:   Edit Post

Prepare for extreme beauty:
spray

spray

spray

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
Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 6:45 pm:   Edit Post

wuh-hu-HO!!!!!

Lovely machine.
the_8_string_king
Senior Member
Username: the_8_string_king

Post Number: 917
Registered: 9-2005
Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 6:58 pm:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 7:53 pm:   Edit Post

Absolutely speechless. Making noises. But no words.

wow.

dw
mele_aloha
Advanced Member
Username: mele_aloha

Post Number: 292
Registered: 1-2007
Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 10:49 pm:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 1:04 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 7:09 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 9:01 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 12:18 pm:   Edit Post

Wow!
crgaston
Senior Member
Username: crgaston

Post Number: 456
Registered: 11-2005
Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 11:41 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 3:21 pm:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 8:05 am:   Edit Post

Go all out, bro.
briant
Junior
Username: briant

Post Number: 14
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 10:41 am:   Edit Post

Damn. That thing is gorgeous.
dwmark
Intermediate Member
Username: dwmark

Post Number: 179
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 5:38 pm:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 8:08 pm:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 - 11:25 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 - 2:41 pm:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 5:45 pm:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 6:21 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Monday, November 26, 2007 - 3:19 pm:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Friday, November 30, 2007 - 5:02 pm:   Edit Post

This is a picture I don't usually get to take:
logo trough
timing is everything! I'll get you an "after" picture sometime next week.
flaxattack
Senior Member
Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 1788
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Friday, November 30, 2007 - 11:42 pm:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Saturday, December 01, 2007 - 5:56 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Saturday, December 01, 2007 - 12:34 pm:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Saturday, December 01, 2007 - 2:40 pm:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Saturday, December 01, 2007 - 6:20 pm:   Edit Post

I love this one. The back is just as beautiful as the front.
mica
Moderator
Username: mica

Post Number: 4962
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Friday, December 07, 2007 - 8:08 pm:   Edit Post

You know this has to be gorgeous to look this good through the sanded surface:
logo

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