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Title: December Featured Custom
Post by: harald_rost on December 17, 2008, 04:30:02 AM
I guess it will be published at 24th this month ?
;-))
Title: December Featured Custom
Post by: hydrargyrum on December 17, 2008, 02:12:02 PM
I think you'll find that Custom of the Month may be a bit of a misnomer.  There are occasions when things get busy that a custom may serve for several months.
Title: December Featured Custom
Post by: jbybj on December 17, 2008, 02:14:29 PM
I remember reading somewhere that they don't always have a new Featured custom every month. Sometimes when it gets really busy, like around the holidays, they have to skip a month. But December is not over yet.........
Title: December Featured Custom
Post by: mica on December 17, 2008, 05:20:31 PM
I'm working on it, but December 24th seems appropriate, you really shouldn't give me such ideas
Title: December Featured Custom
Post by: lbpesq on December 17, 2008, 07:41:34 PM
Mica:
 
If the COTM is an 8 string bass, December 21st would be appropriate!  (First day of Chanukah)  lol
 
Bill, tgo
Title: December Featured Custom
Post by: olieoliver on December 17, 2008, 10:21:33 PM
Rim shot please....(he's here all week folks).  
 
OO
the ROTFL one
Title: December Featured Custom
Post by: rami on December 18, 2008, 06:59:49 AM
I remember a few years ago there was also a Featured Construction.  We got to watch a Brown Bass being built in great detail.  Now THAT was really cool.  I really enjoyed that alot - perhaps it can be revived?
Title: December Featured Custom
Post by: hydrargyrum on December 18, 2008, 07:15:06 AM
How about a shop webcam.  That would really be awesome. (I am guessing that for a variety of reasons, that will not be happening).
Title: December Featured Custom
Post by: bassman10096 on December 18, 2008, 12:54:23 PM
The Featured Construction pieces were fun.  Here's the Brown Bass feature:  http://www.alembic.com/info/FBC_1.html (http://www.alembic.com/info/FBC_1.html).  I used to read it through every few days while I was waiting for my BB to be completed.  The detail shots are very cool and informative about how the carving looks as it is actually being done.
Title: December Featured Custom
Post by: mica on December 18, 2008, 06:56:15 PM
The other  Featured Bass Construction (http://www.alembic.com/info/FBC_2.html) was for the Unicorn bass. Now that we've got the Factory to Customer section, it's like scores of Featured Constructions.  
 
As anyone who visits knows everything is open to see, I just not into webcams I'm afraid. But never say never, right?
Title: December Featured Custom
Post by: olieoliver on December 18, 2008, 07:04:05 PM
Web cam! Sounds too kinky for me.  
 
OO
Title: December Featured Custom
Post by: adriaan on December 19, 2008, 12:28:23 AM
There was also one for one of the Further prototypes (http://www.alembic.com/info/FGC_1.html target=_blank).
 
(Message edited by adriaan on December 19, 2008)
Title: December Featured Custom
Post by: hydrargyrum on December 19, 2008, 08:58:03 AM
I can totally understand about not wanting to be visible by thousands of strangers on a daily basis.  Every move being potentially examined and cataloged.  Every simple mistake noted . . .
 
Olie, we would have to impose a strict guitar porn only rule, of course.  (Ooh, check out those curves, that silky poly coat finish, etc. ).
Title: December Featured Custom
Post by: lbpesq on December 19, 2008, 09:57:34 AM
Guitarists know more positions!  hehehehe
 
Bill, tgo
Title: December Featured Custom
Post by: olieoliver on December 19, 2008, 10:01:59 AM
Bassist require a bigger G string.  
OO
Title: December Featured Custom
Post by: Bradley Young on December 19, 2008, 04:02:44 PM
I propose that we have group members contribute COTM postings.
 
In other words, roll your own, and post here.
 
Bradley
Title: December Featured Custom
Post by: lbpesq on December 19, 2008, 04:34:10 PM
I'll volunteer for the roll your own part. :-)
 
Bill, tgo
Title: December Featured Custom
Post by: Bradley Young on December 20, 2008, 08:23:58 AM
I should have expected such a dope-y response, Bill.
 
If I can find some time, I might just try to make a hash of it.  I know Mica rolls them by hand.
 
Hopefully, I won't bong-le it all up.
 
Bradley
Title: December Featured Custom
Post by: rami on December 20, 2008, 09:10:40 AM
Although I really enjoy the Factory to Customer threads (Especially ANYTHING by David Grego), it's not quite the same as a featured construction.  There's alot of dialogue including interjections by other club members. There are ideas flowing back and forth and constant changes.   It's not a point by point pictorial documentation of a project from start to finish.
 
There's a program on the Discovery channel called How it's Made where they show the complete process of construction of everything from Guitars, Rolls Royce automobiles, Jet engines, Grand Pianos, Airplanes, and anything else you can imagine.  I really enjoy that very much.  
 
Rami