Alembic Guitars Club
Alembic products => Alembic Basses & Guitars => Topic started by: David Houck on December 07, 2010, 07:07:37 PM
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The December Featured Custom (http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_templarsecrets.html) is up, and, as usual, it's amazing. The inlay and finish work are exceptional. Congrats Pierre!
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What a stunning piece of work. Very nice layout Mica! Congratulations Pierre!
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Beautiful bass. I love the top and back.
Congratulations on the way it all came together.
slawie
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Awesome !
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Wow! Congratulations Pierre, that is jaw-dropping.
Mark
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Superb. The sword inlay will look spot on when the bass is in a playing position and I really love the 'secret' cross on the back. Congratulations Pierre.
Graeme
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Very thoughtful, especially the treatment of the cross. Beautiful choices.
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Wonderful inlay work
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Awesome indeed!
The back feature is ultra, I love those hidden tricks.
Congrats!
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Absolutely gorgeous, that hidden cross feature on the back is one of the neatest touches I've ever seen, I love it!
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Congratulations Pierre. Beautiful artistry and work Susan and Mica. Agreed with Mike and everyone on the treatment of the cross, both in the sword and the back side and headstock features.
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That's a stunning piece of work. Congratulations on a fine instrument!
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Here's a couple of extra Club goodies!
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/91219.jpg)
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/91220.jpg)
Enjoy!
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dang.
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double dang.
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Oh my, that's a fantastic instrument. The hidden cross is so inventive and fitting, and the rest of the instrument just seems perfectly executed.
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This bass just...blows...my...mind. The good people at Alembic have topped themselves again with their creativity and craftsmanship.
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Nobody has commented on the wallpaper.
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Maybe if you count to 5, I mean 3!
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I think you missed one.
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And they did feast on fruitbats and orangutangs and anchovies.... skip a bit brother....
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...and the lord did grin
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Just thought I would mention again, for those of you who may have missed it, that there is something unusual about the wallpaper this month.
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It's the shape of Colorado on acid?
Bill, tgo
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a hidden cross on the back of the wallpaper ?
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...and the Alembic logo is hiding in the bottom corner next to the cross,
That's quite an instrument, congrats !
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An interesting watermark, the hidden cross and almost hidden 'templar Secrets' script are all I can find Dave. Have I missed anything?
graeme
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Graeme; four more to go.
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Dave
The symbols in the top left corner, the bottom left corner, at 9:00 o'clock and at almost 3:00 o'clock are too obscure to ID
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See how far back you can tilt your computer screen - it helps if you have a laptop.
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All I can ID is the Alembic Logo @ 4 o'clock.
I can see what I think is a goblet; but I cannot read the seal below the headstock (at almost 3 o'clock) or decipher the symbol in the top left corner.
Of course when you are my age the eyes are the first to go.
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Bump
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I smell a grail, some ornamented/ bejeweled cross, the Alembic logo and the symbol/ seal.
What I really would like is to sit down and play that bass,,,,, or at least hear a sound clip.
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Here is the picture with the symbols revealed.
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/93907.jpg)
The lettering on the seal is:
SIGILLUM MILITUM XPISTI
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The Seduction of Madness XPISTI? - there is no madness in having that bass - it is those of us who lust after her that are going insane . . .
edit: Sorry that was a very poor translation on my part... curse you internet!
Further searching resolves that The Seal of a Soldier of Christ is the proper translation of SIGILLUM MILITUM XPISTI.
Although I stand by my dementia, because everytime I look at this beauty my cheese slips a little further off my cracker . . .
(Message edited by pauldo on January 14, 2011)
(Message edited by pauldo on January 14, 2011)