Hi Mica,
 
I was wondering if you have any updates yet?
 
Also, are any of the replacement Rogue electronics ready?
 
Are the brass plates for my Essence 5 ready yet?
 
Thanks (please don't forget about me!)
 

If one works at Alembic, forgettting about you, Rami, is not possible.
I'm not at work and won't be until Wednesday, and Mica is also off until then.
We'll post an update when we get back.
 
Valentino

Hi Mica,
 
ET's coming home!  It's leaving today and UPS guarantees delivery by 10:30AM tomorrow.
 
As well as the finish problems, it would also be an opportunity to upgrade it's electronics to the quieter Rogue electronics.
 
So that leaves 3 Basses with those electronics that I still have.  Are there any on the horizon to send me?
 
Thanks
 
Rami

We're still waiting to get the 1/8 brass for the backplates. Apparently this is now an exotic item from our regular suppliers.  
 
Wow - that's fast on the shipping. Must cost a small fortune. DP was on Jon's bench today getting reassembled. Tony reports I'll have the other Rogue electronics by the end of the week, so do you want me to hold off shipping DP or send them with the ET?

Mica,
 
I'm actually quite worried about DP.  I spoke with Valentino today and he thinks (and I agree) that DP, ET and the Black Byrd should all stay with you for a while after they're completed.  I want to make sure that their finishes are stable enough so that these problems don't re-occur.  It did cost a small fortune to ship DP and ET, but for such master works of art, I couldn't do any less for them.  However, I don't want to have to do that ever again.  I don't know what is a suitable length of time to be sure the finish is stable enough (3-6 months perhaps?), but I'll leave that to your discreton.  
 
Do you know if that crack in DP's body was in the finish or the wood?
 
If it would be possible to ship the 3 Rogue electronics while ET, DP, and Black Byrd are with you, I'd really appreciate it.
 
Thanks again Mica

Hi Mica,
 
Any news???
 

I called and left a message for the jeweller today - where's the gold logo? I hope to hear from him by tomorrow. I'll let you know as soon as I know.
 
I put on Change (Makes You Want to Hustle) before I called to get the Byrd-vibe going. Actually, we wound up listening to Byrd the rest of the day.

That's the funky Bassline of the GREAT Chuck Rainey.  I still LOVE that CD!
 
I was also wondering about the other stuff (The twins & the Rogue electronics).
 
Thanks Mica,  
 
Best wishes!

ET is waiting for DP to join him in the shipping room. Since you indicated you wanted us to hold on to them for a while, I'm sorry I didn't tell you that ET was ready and waiting. DP is in the spray booth still.
 
The Rogue electronics are also ready, but I'm holding them back for shipping until Monday. Then I'll have your HEAVY 1/8 brass plates for the Buckeye Essence ready. You'll get a pretty good-sized box from us next week.  
 
Did I mention the plates were HEAVY? You will love them. Since there's more than a few people who want to change out from plastic plates to brass ones later, we are working on a couple of solutions. Many will find the additional weight of 1/8 brass unacceptable, so we've got a platic booster ring we can use as a shim under a standard brass plate in development. ALso, I've got a sample of some plastic on its way here that has the look of the satin finish brass. Will help on the weight fo those sensitive to it.  
 
Maybe I'm overreacting to the weight, but the 12 inch square of brass we finally managed to find was much heavier than I expected.
 
I will drop you an email with the tracking number of the package on Monday.

Mica, if you don't know about www.mcmaster.com (McMaster-Carr) for metals and other hardware, take a look.  
 
EffClef

Hey Rami,is this one in your hands yet?How'bout some pix?Between you and Val,you gentlemen have lighted torches to guide the rest of us down that dark decisions on options path.

Hi Barry,
 
Still waiting...   I knew that it would be long.  Going on 2 years now!  I can't imagine anymore customs after this.
 
Cheers,
 
Rami

Today's the day!
 

 
Tim dropped this wonderful logo by this morning. It took three castings to get it to come out right. I learned a bunch about metal casting today. He also had to wind up making it thicker than usual to hold its shape properly.  
 
James is the designated inlay artist - he's done all the inlays on your other basses. Once this inlay is done, we can get that back into spray. More soon!

Absolutely spectacular Mica!  Is it in 21 or 24K?
 
I still believe that (with all due respect to all the other Alembics ever built) this will be the greatest EVER!
 
Thanks,
 
Rami

It really is a masterpiece Rami!
 
Enjoy