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Title: Fire at Wishbass
Post by: fmm on February 18, 2015, 05:50:17 AM

According to a post on Stephen T Wishnevsky's Facebook page, the Wishbass workshop was totally destroyed in a fire over the weekend.  Some prototypes were saved.
 
Wishnevsky plans to rebuild, perhaps using a Kickstarter campaign for funding.
 
 
http://m.journalnow.com/news/local/winston-salem-musician-loses-workshop-to-fire-tuesday-morning/article_211d5018-b6c1-11e4-87ea-17e5efaaa34d.html?mode=jqm (http://m.journalnow.com/news/local/winston-salem-musician-loses-workshop-to-fire-tuesday-morning/article_211d5018-b6c1-11e4-87ea-17e5efaaa34d.html?mode=jqm)

Title: Fire at Wishbass
Post by: tncaveman on February 18, 2015, 05:00:14 PM

That's really sad news.  Luckily it was not attached to their house and no one was hurt!
 
Stephen

Title: Fire at Wishbass
Post by: David Houck on February 18, 2015, 05:31:26 PM

Thanks for posting this.  From the article:
 
If you?ve never seen something that you own ? a house or a building ? you can?t fully fathom what that feels like to see it engulfed in flames.
 
Stephen and Teresa ... mean a lot, to a lot of people.
 
I hope they are able to get going again.

Title: Fire at Wishbass
Post by: pauldo on February 18, 2015, 07:17:52 PM

Best wishes for the Whishnevsky's.
Thankfully their dogs alerted them, even though their home was 50 feet away, an uncontrolled blaze can do terrible things.
 
Very glad to know they are ok.
Very, very sad to hear about this being a total loss (uninsured business).

Title: Fire at Wishbass
Post by: edwin on February 18, 2015, 09:29:43 PM

I've never played his instruments, but I've always admired his vision to realize his unique vision. I'm sorry to hear about this, but it sounds like he's got a good perspective. I wish him luck in rebuilding.

Title: Fire at Wishbass
Post by: tmoney61092 on February 22, 2015, 11:28:34 AM

I've owned several of his instruments and have picked all of them up in person, people like to give him crap about his finishes and stuff but he really makes a fine instrument.
 
I've owned several basses and currently have an electric mandocello he made(pretty crazy).
 
They're having a fundraiser show for him at a club in Winston to help him rebuild.
 
~Taylor

Title: Fire at Wishbass
Post by: fmm on March 03, 2015, 08:08:24 PM

I read in a Facebook post that Alembic shipped several fingerboards and clamps to Wishbass to assist in their rebuilding.
 
How classy is that?!?!?

Title: Fire at Wishbass
Post by: FC Bass on March 03, 2015, 09:01:49 PM

That was extremely nice, way to go Mica&Co!

Title: Fire at Wishbass
Post by: rustyg61 on March 03, 2015, 09:52:37 PM

Total class! Exactly what you would expect from Alembic, the finest instruments on the planet are built by the finest people on the planet!

Title: Fire at Wishbass
Post by: jacko on March 04, 2015, 04:01:11 AM

I've just seen that facebook post. One of the most heartwarming things I've read.  
 
Graeme

Title: Fire at Wishbass
Post by: pauldo on March 04, 2015, 04:15:35 AM

That's the spirit!
We are all supposed to harvest love and respect .... If you don't plant it you can't harvest it.

Title: Fire at Wishbass
Post by: sonicus on March 04, 2015, 06:46:21 AM

Pauldo ( Paul) YES !  If you don't plant it you can't harvest it  
The Universal Law of Cause and Effect____  
 
Alembic Inc. through this exemplary act of showing love and compassion is showing humanity at the global level how to facilitate and serve all our Brothers and Sisters in respect and peace.  If the  rest of the World lived like this we would all be in a better place and always be getting better.  Hopefully it will rub off to the rest of Humanity !   Thank you Alembic !

Title: Fire at Wishbass
Post by: JuancarlinBass on March 04, 2015, 06:57:11 AM

The finest instruments on the planet are built by the finest people on the planet. I certainly couldn't have come with a better line than this. Certainly it is!. Instruments (And acts) speak for themselves. Hooray the Alembic Family!

Title: Fire at Wishbass
Post by: lbpesq on March 04, 2015, 08:26:33 AM

Alembic - You da man!!
 
Bill, tgo

Title: Fire at Wishbass
Post by: edwardofhuncote on March 04, 2015, 01:48:29 PM

*That* was a very, very cool thing to do. Makes me even more proud to own an instrument made by that calibre of folks.

Title: Fire at Wishbass
Post by: hammer on March 04, 2015, 02:54:50 PM

I'm really, really thankful that the people at Alembic have a newer building which I assume has all the up- to-date fire prevention technology one needs. I would hate to read the reactions of club members if the place ever suffered the same fate as the Wishbass workshop. And that's just those of us who have had instruments built for us in the past. I can't imagine the agony of having a custom build almost finished and everything going up in smoke including all the tools that were being used to make my dream instrument come true.

Title: Fire at Wishbass
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on March 04, 2015, 08:41:52 PM

A scary prospect, indeed.   Mossman never really recovered from their fire; I hope Wishbass fares better.
 
Peter