Geeez, Danno, you NEED a full-time assistant to look after all those axe's! Glad the gig went well.
Have fun, Mike tho =]

Perhaps a young, petite, attractive, long haired lady with a penchant for older men with music obsessions could assist me? I mean cleaning and changing strings alone, not to mention minor adjustments are just too time consuming for one guy to keep up with! But not in the way Eliot Spitzer dealt with staffing issues.

Danno, don't you also have a black T-Bird?
I found a Nikki Sixx Blackbird.  It's only control is an ON/OFF switch. It's the most hardcore rock 'n' roll Bass in my collection. Loud, rude and aggressive. It's good for playing Bach too.  Each one of those 16th note runs sound like multiple shotgun blasts.

I sold it to Steve Zing bassist for Danzig. He is also the singer in Doomtree. My black 4003 went to Tony Senatore. The bird looked cool but I need 5 strings on stage. Doomtree is doing more songs in drop D and low C lately. I hear Nikki is giving Hamer some attention again. I'm still coveting all the series 2's coming out of Santa Rosa plus all your customs Rami. And they were before the rise of Canadian currency!

When I had my customs built, the Canadian dollar was worth about 60 cents U.S. After the duties and taxes, I ended up paying more than 50% over the U.S. cost.  I purchased my Series II 4 string directly from Alembic at that time too.  They were all the fulfillment of a lifelong dream, so I don't think about their cost anymore.  Besides, Mica and Susan gave me many discounts and many extra features at no extra charge for which I'm extremely grateful.  Unfortunately, I can't afford another Alembic anymore (custom or not), but I think I have a nice sized Bass family at this point.
 
I have a question about your experience with your T-bird;  did you have a loud, directional hum?  It's the one thing that really bugs me about it.  I keep having to change positions to cancel it out.  Did you have that problem too?
 
Peace,
 
Rami

Yeah, I had to move around while playing to get the silence I wanted. I thought about getting shielding paint but then the bass went on tour and is now out of my hands. Most of my instruments pick up something from lighting, tv etc. But on stage my Alembics with a Shure wireless never seem noisy. I'll ask my friend if he noticed anything on tour.

Is it soup yet?

BOTH basses had to go back to spray. Right now, they are in the rubout room, getting very dry before rubbing out again. Probably another week before we attempt the rubout again, just to be on the safe side.

Otay! Thanks for the update. Could you please send me the wide black strap in the meantime? Put it on the card, then I can get excited over another package from youse guys and gals.Otherwise I may GAS something stupid!

Any rubbing going on? The bbc reported today that men should engage in that three times a day to reduce prostate cancer. I think they deliberately waited until after the Pope left to report that.
hmmmmmn heck, prostate issues, heck, prostate issues......

Bass frottage.

Any news to report?

Any chance they will be finished soon? I have some summer dates coming up.

Fretless to ship on the 16th. Alas the Essence is still misbehaving.

Batting .500 ain't bad Danno!
 
Enjoy that Excel when it arrives- what's the problem with the Essence?