You killed my father.  Prepare to die.

Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

I've been searching for a picture I took about 12 years ago at Arches National Park in Utah- the way the grain flows down towards the bottom of the bass looks nearly identical to my memory of a rock formation I saw there.  
 
If I find the picture I'll post it here-  
 
Sorry for the Princess Bride interruption- back to it:
?Do you want me to send you back to where you were - unemployed in Greenland?!?

You've beaten my giant, which means you're exceptionally strong, so you could've put the poison in your own goblet, trusting on your strength to save you, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But, you've also bested my Spaniard, which means you must have studied, and in studying you must have learned that man is mortal, so you would have put the poison as far from yourself as possible, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.....!

What's happend here, are you well tommy??? nothing understood...

I understand now!!
Never seen this movie ;o)

A fun movie, but one that raises the eternal philosophical question, Is a Peter Cooke cameo actually cool enough to counteract a Billy Crystal cameo?
 
Peter

It would take a miracle.

That's the other thing I'm wondering about.  
 
How much will it weigh when done? I bet it's going to be pretty light for an Alembic bass.

Good question. I'm hoping it's light. We'll save that one for Mica.

My guess is that it won't way as much as a Jazz or P. And definitely won't way lighter than a short scale Alembic. It probably will way more that most commercial short scale basses like the Fender Mustang. Right now I'm playing a friends Hofner and there is no WAY any bass can be lighter. The thing is a toy! AnyWAY, it will be WAY cool. Hope I didn't WAY-ste any of your time.

That looks a great project Tommy. I presume you are using standard tuning so i'm curious as to what gauge of strings will give you a good feel without being sloppy, especially on the E-string.  
 
Any idea of when its due to be completed?
jazzy

Several months till completion. As for the tuning, yes will be standard tuning. As for the string guage, I don't know what they have in mind, they've never made one like this before. Maybe after its made they'll play around with the string guage? I understand the sloppy thing with other short scale type basses.  The Hofner I'm playing has a sloppy E. I was also thinking of  using flat wounds because I love the upright sound, but I'm afraid that it will choke off some of its character. But I'm sure Alembic will know what's best for the instrument once it's in their hands.

Correction, I meant it WILL weigh less than an Alembic short scale bass. Obviously.

I have had bad timing with your bass. I always get it after it's been sanded for the next coat of spray:

 
Oh well, maybe I'll have been luck next week. I'll be keeping my eye out for it so I can show you how it looks all nice and shiny.