Yes , and such a remarkable cycle of cause and effect a continuous cycle of the celebration of beauty. Mother nature created both us (people) and the beautiful wood. The Artist Craftsman (Alembic) creates exemplary musical instruments  so that we can make and present sonically refined music for our Zeitgeist brethren .  
 
              It's  just  SWELL ! ______

I love it. The character will explode when the finish hits it. WoW!
This is going to awesome.
Thank you Mica.

Mica, Any pictures or progress updates would be greatly appreciated.

WOW! That's just an incredible piece of walnut. I'm so jealous, i can taste it!
 You're going to love the way this looks when done. Congratulations (early)
Mike

Thanks Mike, I am sitting on pins and needles waiting to see more of this. I think it will be very special.

I hope Mica has time to snap a couple of photos for the build record. It is so cool to be able to see your Alembic in the build process.
I will keep the faith.

All has been very quiet.
Does anyone know how things are going?
Any feed back will be much appreciated.

We had to fit your bass into the backlog in the assembly department (the original one is already in rubout!). Should be something worth photographing next week. I am keeping an eye out for you on it.

I saw the body laminates all staked up last week:

  And Kris arranged a little preview with the neck:

  For this week's collection, the body being glued to the neck:

  And the peghead after lots of deciding:

Another reason I love walnut so much. I can't wait to see this under some finish.
 
Graeme

It is so cool to get pics of the build process. This is going to be so sweet.
Thanks very much for the pics.
I love it.

The grain pattern looks really nice in the clamp shot!

Your bass is in the home stretch:

 

  These snapshots don't even begin to show how awesome this bass is.

I knew this piece of walnut would be sweet under some finish. Congratulations Terry, that's a beautiful top.
 
Graeme

WOW! That is a work of art.
The finish made the character of the wood explode.
I can't wait to get my hands on this bass.
I thank all of you working on this bass. You are the best.