I feel for you.  At this point, someone should rent a van and drive it out to you for a personal delivery.

Wow.

This bass must be played.  Where's a good teleporter when you need one.

this may be some kind of urban legend...

yeah.... i hope it's not.
 
(Message edited by darkstar01 on December 23, 2012)

anything?
 
~Taylor

might possibly be a case in the works. waiting to hear more.

I just emailed the case maker to see if it is ready yet.

I'm not sure if this helps or not darkstar, but I saw your bass while I was at the shop earlier this month and it is stunning. You've shown an extraordinary amount of patience, dare I say more than most people would, and it says a great deal about your character.  
Soon...

So 9 months after completion are we still waiting on a case?

As far as I know, yes.

That's nothing short of awful.
 
Damn, man.

That's nothing short of awful.
 
Damn, man.

Your frustration is shared... It's enough to make me want to make cases! I've been through three manufacturers on this case now: one went out of business, one strung me along for a couple of months, one got really excited until he saw the drawings and freaked out, and finally one that as of last week was sewing and putting the exterior pockets on the case. So I'm quite hopeful that we will have a case to put this beautiful bass in and then ship it off to Austin.

I'm not much of a karma guy, but surely Austin must be storing up some serious credits in the Universal Karma system.  
 
Kudos to Austin for staying positive and keeping the communications that are visible to the rest of us professional.  It's been an incredibly long time, but Alembic is known for taking as long as it takes to get things 'right'.  I know we all approve of that approach, even if it is painfully long (like it is in this case).
 
Hoping for a quick finish here, a safe shipping experience and smiles and expectations exceeded for Austin upon receiving this work of art.