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Title: I just thought I'd share this...
Post by: rogertvr on February 20, 2004, 08:15:46 AM
Mica sent this to me - it was waiting in my inbox this morning for me.
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/8310.jpg)
 
Cheers,
 
Rog
Title: I just thought I'd share this...
Post by: effclef on February 20, 2004, 09:08:27 AM
OK....now we'll all want to know......how much would they charge us for that beautiful DISPLAY CASE!!!!
 
Purpleheart laminates on the hangers! Wow.
 
EffClef
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Post by: adriaan on February 20, 2004, 09:20:21 AM
IIRC it would cost about as much as a Series II, last October.
 
Here's the original thread: http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/6203.html (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=20994)
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Post by: effclef on February 20, 2004, 09:29:11 AM
Wow, ebony stringers in the hangers. Well, you have to use the scraps for SOMETHING once you make that Custom... :-)
 
Speaking of, I wish someone would make the small Alembic gift boxes again! I wanted to get one for my mother some time back but just missed them. They were really pretty...and much cheaper than the usual things we love coco bolo on!
 
EffClef
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Post by: bassman10096 on February 20, 2004, 09:45:08 AM
Well...I for one am not going to drool over the display case (though it is impressive).  Roger:  Every time I see your bass from another angle, it grabs me how graceful the lines of the body, neck and claw are.  It really does look like a living thing that could fly!
 
Bill
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Post by: senmen on February 20, 2004, 10:40:01 AM
Hey guys,
you only speak about the showcase.
Did you notice Rog?s Dragon Wing?
This piece is state-of-the-art.....
And I will also have a chance to play
it soon, even if it only will be for a few
minutes. Thanks Rog!
 
Oliver (Spyderman)
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Post by: hollis on February 20, 2004, 11:20:58 AM
Drooooooool!!!!!!!!
I gotta go find a towel!
What beautiful eye and ear candy!
Not to mention what it does for the soul.
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Post by: dadabass2001 on February 20, 2004, 06:06:56 PM
Coincidentally, I happen to have 3 Alembics within 20 feet of me that I sure would like to display. Are you sure you fine California folk wouldn't want to make a little Chicago boy's heart go pitter-patter every time he walks in the door? I got my order in for a black Alembic strap today (Hi Val) And if I win the Mega Ball game tonight (215 MILLION), I will definately need to add to the family with a custom of my own!
 
Mike
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Post by: bracheen on February 21, 2004, 04:18:10 AM
Roger, that is stunning.  
I know you're ready to get your hands on it.  
Title: I just thought I'd share this...
Post by: rogertvr on February 21, 2004, 05:48:16 AM
I think Oliver is more eager than I am - and I'm eager!!
Title: I just thought I'd share this...
Post by: senmen on February 21, 2004, 08:10:51 AM
Rog,
how did you read my mind about the DW?
Yes I am very eager to hold it and to play it when we meet. This will be a meeting: Dragon Wing and Spyder.....
 
Oliver (Spyderman)
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Post by: palembic on February 21, 2004, 08:28:47 AM
Oh ...huh ....when is the meeting planned? It's at Ed's place???
 
Paul the bad one
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Post by: rogertvr on February 21, 2004, 08:45:03 AM
Paul,
 
It's from lunchtime onwards on Wednesday 31 March at Edwin's shop.
 
We're coming up from Brugge (it's Jacqueline's birthday the day before so she might have a hangover!!) so it'll be whenever we arrive.  Probably 1pm?  That doesn't allow time for getting lost in Hilversum and lost on the way out of Brugge though!
 
I think the plan is that Claudia and Jacqueline are going shopping whilst we're all playing with bass guitars!
 
Cheers,
 
Rog
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Post by: alembic76407 on February 22, 2004, 05:31:08 AM
Rog, to use Paul's (TBO) own words PICTURES, PICTURES, PICTURES !!! there had better be a camera there when Spyder meets Dragon Wing.
Title: I just thought I'd share this...
Post by: rogertvr on February 22, 2004, 06:21:04 AM
I think Jacqueline is going to take some pictures before going to give her credit cards some exercise!  I can always get Edwin to take some pictures too!
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Post by: bracheen on February 22, 2004, 06:38:29 AM
Roger say that again.  Your wife is more interested in your bass than shopping?
Alright!
Title: I just thought I'd share this...
Post by: rogertvr on February 22, 2004, 07:43:40 AM
Yes, but probably only for an hour and she'll have had some serious shopping therapy round Brugge for a few days first. So she'll be shopped-out probably!
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Post by: alembic76407 on February 22, 2004, 11:30:07 AM
Rog, If you take the TVR she can't buy much
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Post by: rogertvr on February 22, 2004, 12:23:32 PM
TVR is out - no way the DW will fit in it!  Besides, the boot on the TVR isn't THAT small (unfortunately)...
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Post by: kenbass4 on February 23, 2004, 08:01:13 AM
Roger,
 
This is too weird...
 
I picked my bass up (at Alembic) 2 days after my wife's birthday. In fact, they called me the night before her birthday to say it was done.
 
Ken (TEO)
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Post by: palembic on February 23, 2004, 08:19:12 AM
oh ...huh ...
let's start writing a book:
Senior management's Basic Alembic Design Influences.
 
Sounds cool no???
 
Paul the bad one
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Post by: essencetimestwo on February 23, 2004, 09:25:52 PM
Hey Effclef. you are the only other person that I have seen here to mention the gift boxes. It just happens that my mother bought one for me a couple of Christmases ago. Serial number B-29. Quilted maple top to match my Essence 5. Just wanted to share.
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Post by: effclef on February 24, 2004, 05:01:28 AM
That is a riot. They have serial numbers? I guess it should not have suprised me! I'd love to see them reissued sometime.  
 
The woods are so beautiful - I'd be happy to just hang a square of Coco Bolo or quilted maple on my wall!
 
EffClef