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mica
Moderator Username: mica
Post Number: 7023 Registered: 6-2000
| Posted on Tuesday, November 09, 2010 - 6:55 pm: | |
It all starts with a neck: Close up on the peghead: (Message edited by mica on November 09, 2010) |
mica
Moderator Username: mica
Post Number: 7024 Registered: 6-2000
| Posted on Tuesday, November 09, 2010 - 6:57 pm: | |
Well, and for good measure, the top you selected:
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mica
Moderator Username: mica
Post Number: 7026 Registered: 6-2000
| Posted on Tuesday, November 09, 2010 - 7:18 pm: | |
I've been collecting these pictures for a couple of weeks, so you're getting them all in a clump!
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davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck
Post Number: 9812 Registered: 5-2002
| Posted on Tuesday, November 09, 2010 - 7:23 pm: | |
Nice grain pattern! |
amelnick
Junior Username: amelnick
Post Number: 24 Registered: 8-2010
| Posted on Tuesday, November 09, 2010 - 7:25 pm: | |
Woohoo.....part of the club now!! Can't wait to see this guy hanging next to my Dragon Wing. |
edwin
Senior Member Username: edwin
Post Number: 796 Registered: 5-2002
| Posted on Tuesday, November 09, 2010 - 7:30 pm: | |
And so, it begins... |
amelnick
Junior Username: amelnick
Post Number: 25 Registered: 8-2010
| Posted on Monday, November 15, 2010 - 1:57 pm: | |
May I have some more please?(done in a British accent of course) !! |
mica
Moderator Username: mica
Post Number: 7065 Registered: 6-2000
| Posted on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 5:22 pm: | |
In carving: Zooming through here! |
davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck
Post Number: 9887 Registered: 5-2002
| Posted on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 6:07 pm: | |
This is going to be a beautiful bass! |
amelnick
Junior Username: amelnick
Post Number: 27 Registered: 8-2010
| Posted on Friday, December 03, 2010 - 12:06 pm: | |
Pics????? |
skyboltone
Junior Username: skyboltone
Post Number: 19 Registered: 11-2010
| Posted on Friday, December 03, 2010 - 12:32 pm: | |
Mica: I think you need a Yacht. I have one on the Bay. We should talk.......just kidding. Sorta ;o) |
mica
Moderator Username: mica
Post Number: 7081 Registered: 6-2000
| Posted on Friday, December 03, 2010 - 6:01 pm: | |
Pics! Now with finish: Full body shot: Here's the back: Bevel on the peghead: The whole show looks really great. |
amelnick
Junior Username: amelnick
Post Number: 28 Registered: 8-2010
| Posted on Saturday, December 04, 2010 - 7:35 am: | |
Mica, very cool! Looks like it might be done soon?????? Thank Mary for her help this week too!! Alan |
crobbins
Senior Member Username: crobbins
Post Number: 741 Registered: 6-2004
| Posted on Sunday, December 05, 2010 - 12:00 pm: | |
Another beautiful bass. |
pierreyves
Senior Member Username: pierreyves
Post Number: 716 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Sunday, December 05, 2010 - 12:33 pm: | |
Nice bass... why certain bass/order are full of pictures / short time and other not so much ? |
davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck
Post Number: 9915 Registered: 5-2002
| Posted on Sunday, December 05, 2010 - 9:20 pm: | |
Beautiful! |
jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko
Post Number: 2810 Registered: 10-2002
| Posted on Monday, December 06, 2010 - 3:55 am: | |
That's a nice top. What are the electronics? Graeme |
amelnick
Junior Username: amelnick
Post Number: 29 Registered: 8-2010
| Posted on Monday, December 06, 2010 - 7:36 am: | |
Signature electronics with blue front and side LEDs . Bass has been on order since August pics just came later. When ordered I was told 4-5 months. |
briant
Senior Member Username: briant
Post Number: 498 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Monday, December 06, 2010 - 12:36 pm: | |
That's a nice looking bass! 34" scale? What other electronics options did you add to the Signature package? There are a few additional holes on that bass. "why certain bass/order are full of pictures / short time and other not so much ?" What I've read in the past about lots of pictures in some FTC threads and hardly any in others is timing. Mica is the one who takes all the pictures (typically) and she can only be in one place at a time. So sometimes she happens to catch some instruments in better photo ready condition than others. |
amelnick
Junior Username: amelnick
Post Number: 30 Registered: 8-2010
| Posted on Monday, December 06, 2010 - 5:45 pm: | |
34 inch scale. 1 1/2 at the nut like a Jazz bass. Other holes are for dimmers for the front and side LED's. Will make a nice addition to my Dragon wing and Orion. |
andbassforall
Member Username: andbassforall
Post Number: 94 Registered: 9-2008
| Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 2:26 pm: | |
So digging this thread! |
amelnick
Junior Username: amelnick
Post Number: 31 Registered: 8-2010
| Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 6:24 pm: | |
not as much as me! Needs to join its brother! |
amelnick
Junior Username: amelnick
Post Number: 32 Registered: 8-2010
| Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - 4:21 pm: | |
any update Mica? thanks, Alan |
amelnick
Junior Username: amelnick
Post Number: 33 Registered: 8-2010
| Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 6:01 pm: | |
?????? |
mica
Moderator Username: mica
Post Number: 7158 Registered: 6-2000
| Posted on Friday, January 14, 2011 - 7:08 pm: | |
Super close now... Just working through setup. |
amelnick
Junior Username: amelnick
Post Number: 34 Registered: 8-2010
| Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 5:16 pm: | |
rumor is it is shipping today? |
mica
Moderator Username: mica
Post Number: 7182 Registered: 6-2000
| Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 - 6:38 pm: | |
I know you already got the update from Will Gunn, but your bass is completed and slated to ship on Monday:
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edwin
Senior Member Username: edwin
Post Number: 854 Registered: 5-2002
| Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 - 7:46 pm: | |
Yay! That was pretty quick! |
davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck
Post Number: 10056 Registered: 5-2002
| Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 - 8:01 pm: | |
Absolutely beautiful bass!! One of the nicest tops yet! |
sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus
Post Number: 1553 Registered: 5-2009
| Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 - 8:51 pm: | |
NICE! |
dlbydgtl
Intermediate Member Username: dlbydgtl
Post Number: 102 Registered: 7-2008
| Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 - 9:16 pm: | |
That woodgrain is amazing! Enjoy, i know you will. |
amelnick
Junior Username: amelnick
Post Number: 35 Registered: 8-2010
| Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 7:48 am: | |
Mica and the entire team worked their magic! Just placed the order for custom number 2.... A modified Rogue in ASH! Wait until you guys see this one. Not like any other one I have seen. Stay tuned to this channel!!! Alan |
briant
Senior Member Username: briant
Post Number: 523 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 1:59 pm: | |
HOT-NESS. Congratulations on a beautiful instrument. Signature electronics + that neck recipe just kills. |
amelnick
Junior Username: amelnick
Post Number: 36 Registered: 8-2010
| Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 12:42 pm: | |
Out for delivery !!!!!!! |
briant
Senior Member Username: briant
Post Number: 525 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 2:23 pm: | |
I'm eagerly awaiting that phone call as well. |
amelnick
Junior Username: amelnick
Post Number: 37 Registered: 8-2010
| Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 2:23 pm: | |
Just a couple of quick iphone photos. Replaced the knobs with q-parts abalone knobs. Thanks to all of the Alembic family for such great work. Alan [moderator's edit: aligned images to vertical] (Message edited by artswork99 on January 28, 2011) |
jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko
Post Number: 2846 Registered: 10-2002
| Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 - 1:19 am: | |
Those knobs look fantastic Alan. Did you have any issues fitting them? We discussed these knobs last year but no-one had tried them at that point. I was looking at the same ones you have and I must say they really do finish the instrument off nicely. Graeme |
tbrannon
Senior Member Username: tbrannon
Post Number: 1270 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 - 6:41 am: | |
I love the cocobolo on this one- looks like melting chocolate! I scrolled through to find the description of the electronics. Earlier in the thread I see it described as Signature electronics + side and front LEDs. The LED's explain the extra switch, but care to explain the 2 extra knobs? |
amelnick
Junior Username: amelnick
Post Number: 40 Registered: 8-2010
| Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 - 8:25 am: | |
Jacko, knobs fit no problem. They come with a sleve inset that has to be removed. I have them on my Dragon wing, Orion, and not the MK. I think it makes a big difference. Best is they are only about 10.00 ea. Tbrannon, the extra knobs are dimmers for the front and side Led's. Not sure I needed them but the extra knobs look cool!!! |
tbrannon
Senior Member Username: tbrannon
Post Number: 1271 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 - 9:00 am: | |
Very cool- I knew there were people who had dimmers installed, but I think this is the first time I've seen separate dimmers for each of the LED groups. |
artswork99
Moderator Username: artswork99
Post Number: 1392 Registered: 7-2007
| Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 - 9:07 am: | |
Alan, What a beautiful bass! Congratulations and Play it Healthy! Do you have any pictures of the front LED's on yet? It's got to be something. I noticed in another thread you mentioned WPB. I lived in Boynton for 15 yrs and still travel there once in a while, I'd like to write you the next time we're headed south if okay with you. Back to the beautiful Balance K thread! |
amelnick
Junior Username: amelnick
Post Number: 41 Registered: 8-2010
| Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 - 11:01 am: | |
artswork99, come visit anytime! I am in Wellington and Dad lives in Boynton Beach. I will post a pic or 2 of the LED's when I can. Thanks to all for the compliments. Cant wait to get the next build started. |
sgiacomo
New Username: sgiacomo
Post Number: 1 Registered: 6-2014
| Posted on Saturday, June 28, 2014 - 4:21 pm: | |
I purchased this bass from Alan and absolutely love it. This build record is really cool. Thanks! |
growlypants
Member Username: growlypants
Post Number: 91 Registered: 3-2011
| Posted on Sunday, June 29, 2014 - 6:23 am: | |
Congratulations! She's a beauty! |