| Author | Message | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 6107 Registered: 6-2000 |
Starting to take form in assembly:    And now even better with a little finish in place:  Such a pretty piece of Walnut! | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 8054 Registered: 5-2002 |
Wow! I absolutely love that top! | ||
| gregduboc
Intermediate Member Username: gregduboc Post Number: 149 Registered: 11-2008 |
Amazing... it looks like three tops on one!!! Erik, you are going to own an absolutely stunning bass. Greg | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 3798 Registered: 7-2004 |
That top is suuuuhhhweeeeeetttt! Bill, tgo | ||
| sd83
New Username: sd83 Post Number: 3 Registered: 3-2009 |
Oh yeah! I know why I love walnut  | ||
| hifiguy
Intermediate Member Username: hifiguy Post Number: 176 Registered: 10-2006 |
That is a completely freaky piece of flamed (superb?) walnut. Wow! | ||
| crobbins
Advanced Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 367 Registered: 6-2004 |
Very cool.. | ||
| erik
New Username: erik Post Number: 1 Registered: 5-2009 |
Yes, it looks lovely with the finish on, doesen't it and Greg I can't agree more but if it's wet, Bill, I really don't know. It's flamed walnut and it certainly looks like a beautiful choice. Of course it's cool, it's an Clarke Standard Model. Erik himself | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 2257 Registered: 10-2002 |
Congratulations on a superb looking bass erik and welcome to the club;-) Graeme p.s. I think Bill was trying to say 'sweet' in his californian drawl ;-) (Message edited by jacko on May 29, 2009) | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 6141 Registered: 6-2000 |
So far this bass has been flying through the shop, here it is with the finish rubbed out:  It's resting from the rubout before we polish the finish to the final high gloss. | ||
| erik
New Username: erik Post Number: 2 Registered: 5-2009 |
Thank You Thomas for the last photograph. Magnus, from the store, and I was wondering about the number where the upper pickup is supposed to be. I can se "14593". Can You enlighten us about that figure? "04/09" must be the start of the project, if I'm right, but what does "Jos" stand for? | ||
| keith_h
Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 1305 Registered: 2-2005 |
14593 is the serial number assigned to your bass. I would guess the JOS are initials of the person who carved it. Keith | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 1542 Registered: 6-2002 |
I thought all the signature standard basses now came with purpleheart neck laminates. Did you request the pinstripes instead? Jazzyvee | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 6187 Registered: 6-2000 |
The cavity with the work order number "14593" written in it is for the bass pickup. "04/09" is when the bass was carved and "JDS" are the initials of the carver himself. The serial number is assigned when the bass is completed. Signature Standard basses have the Walnut pinstripes. It's one of the things that distinguishes the Standard from the Deluxe. | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 1543 Registered: 6-2002 |
Cheers Mica. Jazzyvee | ||
| erik
New Username: erik Post Number: 3 Registered: 5-2009 |
Yes, I understand that "14593" is some kind of serial number, but does it stand for something special, like the 14593:rd Signature Standard Bass that You are making or something like that? That the cavity is for the upper pickup I also understand, but is the serial number in some way tied to the pickup? If that's the case the other cavity should have a number as well. About flying basses! This one has some more flying to do when it's ready, right? Erik | ||
| keith_h
Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 1320 Registered: 2-2005 |
Erik, Mica corrected me on the serial number. While close to the current range that is not what it is. Mica says the number is the work order number. There is nothing significant with it's location far as I know. The bass I'm having built has information written in the same location. As far as serial numbers go. Once one is assigned it represents the number of your instrument since the first Alembic was built. Her is a link to the serial number description. Keith | ||
| erik
New Username: erik Post Number: 4 Registered: 5-2009 |
OK, as I understand it, my bass will have the serialnumber "09SJ14593". Erik | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 2318 Registered: 10-2002 |
No. 14593 is the work order. your serial number will be whatever the next number since the first Alembic is. as an example, if you check down my rogue build thread, you'll see the number in the pup cavity is 13909. When the instrument was finished it was allocated 05Q13403. There is no way of anticipating the serial number until the instrument is finished. Graeme | ||
| erik
New Username: erik Post Number: 5 Registered: 5-2009 |
I went to the local musicstore here in Gavle three days ago, the 24:th of July, to fetch the bass I've ordered from You. It is the most beautiful bass I ever seen. To play it is an almost undescribeable experience, a feeling of some kind of micrometric perfection. And then, the sound. Thank you very much. I have two questions. I am trying to figure out the logo. A hand stretching down from a cloud holding a dart-board with a destilling-retort in front of it. And then there is an A in the retort. Is that right and how come? The second question is about the name of Your instruments and Your company. Why Alembic and what does it aim at? Thank you again, Erik | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 2284 Registered: 6-2002 |
Erik, Here's the Story of the logo. After you've finished reading (and another hour or two of being unable to stop playing that marvellous new Alembic) could you take some pictures and post them in the Showcase section? | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 8654 Registered: 5-2002 |
Congrats Erik! I too would love to see pictures of the finished bass! | ||
| toma_hawk01
Intermediate Member Username: toma_hawk01 Post Number: 137 Registered: 7-2009 |
Please don't show me any picture... That's like pouring salt on a wound for me... I already know it looks incredible and it's not mine...  I am happy for you -- I know you weathered the storm of waiting... Please show us those wonderful pictures! (Message edited by toma_hawk01 on August 27, 2009) | ||
| enzo
Intermediate Member Username: enzo Post Number: 111 Registered: 4-2009 |
What a beautiful top ! | ||
| erik
New Username: erik Post Number: 6 Registered: 5-2009 |
Thank You Adriaan for the logo-information. The purification-process explains the name Alembic. My "working"-computer has just come home from service and I haven't had time to reinstall the programs yet so You have to wait a couple of days for me sending pictures on my new bass. Erik. | ||
| erik
New Username: erik Post Number: 10 Registered: 5-2009 |
There is some pictures in Showcase\Signature basses\Stanley Clarke Signature Standard, since the 7th of September 2009. Thank You everyone involved at Alembic, Erik. |
