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Title: The Featured Custom for August is up
Post by: adriaan on August 20, 2014, 04:05:45 PM: It will not come as a surprise to those who like to browse the Factory To Customer threads here at the Club that this particular build will be a Featured Custom at the Alembic home page. No sirree! Lots of gorgeous wood on display, an iconic shape and a great story to boot.

Club members get a sneak preview here (http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_stella.html target=_blank) before it's posted to the main Alembic site.

Congrats John!
Title: The Featured Custom for August is up
Post by: jon_jackson on August 20, 2014, 04:34:32 PM: Very cool! The combination of concept, thought and details make this an incredible instrument.
Jon
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Post by: artswork99 on August 20, 2014, 05:31:48 PM: What a beautiful guitar John! The wood choice and features are stupendous and so well executed ;) Congratulations, Enjoy, and Play it Healthy!
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Post by: David Houck on August 20, 2014, 07:19:23 PM: I love this guitar! So much off the scale cool stuff, yet it all works together beautifully.
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Post by: dead_head on August 20, 2014, 08:41:12 PM: WOW! That is exquisite! The woods are absolutely gorgeous! Enjoy in good health, John.
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Post by: jazzyvee on August 21, 2014, 01:10:51 AM: What Dave said..... Stunningly beautiful.
I do like that body style more on guitar than bass I have to say.
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Post by: zomnius on August 21, 2014, 02:43:59 AM: stunning looks!!!
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Post by: terryc on August 21, 2014, 03:04:27 AM: As usual, an incredible guitar, enjoy it John
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Post by: jacko on August 21, 2014, 05:17:45 AM: Congrats John. I've followed your build since I saw it 'in the flesh' and just knew it would be CotM.

Graeme
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Post by: jzstephan on August 21, 2014, 07:20:29 PM: Thanks everyone: I am truly honored and humbled. I know everyone likes pics; so here's some more! Ebony and purpleheart knobs - fluted just like stock knobs.
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/197113.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/197114.jpg)
Title: The Featured Custom for August is up
Post by: keith_h on August 21, 2014, 07:44:39 PM: Who did the knobs? What size are they (top hat or collet knob size)? I like what I see and would consider getting a set for my Series and maybe fretless.

Keith
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Post by: jzstephan on August 21, 2014, 08:49:02 PM: David King, top hat.
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/197118.jpg)
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Post by: edwin on August 21, 2014, 10:43:04 PM: Wow, what a stunning instrument. So many cool details (for a minute I thought to myself hey, this is a Series II, where's the humcanceller and then realized it had a piece of the book matched wood!). Love the logo, too. And the wood, well, I'm speechless at its beauty.
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Post by: funkyjazzjunky on August 22, 2014, 12:20:23 PM: Great looking guitar
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Post by: sonicus on August 22, 2014, 12:40:00 PM: Excellent in every way ! Congratulations !
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Post by: smuprof on August 22, 2014, 05:22:22 PM: Thanks for the pictures of the knobs - love the purpleheart indicators! Congratulations on a spectacular instrument, John.
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Post by: pauldo on August 24, 2014, 09:48:52 AM: Very nice.
The burl, the modified logo and those knobs!

Winner!
:-D
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Post by: 5a_quilt_top on August 27, 2014, 12:17:32 PM: Fabulous, simply fabulous.

+1 on all of the comments above - plus the Skyway trem looks like it was made just for it.

Is it performing as expected?
Title: The Featured Custom for August is up
Post by: jzstephan on September 09, 2014, 02:24:46 PM: Is it performing as expected? No, it's not. It has surpassed my expectations in every regard. I expected it to be like my series I from the late '70s. As nice as that guitar was, EVERYTHING is way better. The quality of the luthiery is really amazing, the electronics sound better than my fond memories, touching it is sensual, and it seems to know what I want musically. And, to answer your specific question about the trem: I've had everything (except a Floyd, I don't do dive bombs) and it responds as an integral part of my musical concept. I've had really expensive trems that felt 'disconnected' and non-musical; not the Skyway, it's my all time favorite.
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Post by: 5a_quilt_top on September 09, 2014, 03:36:41 PM: Kewl.

+1 on current Alembic build quality and electronics performance exceeding expectations.

And your endorsement of the Skyway is the final push over the cliff for my decision to use one on my next Alembic guitar project.
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Post by: jzstephan on September 13, 2014, 07:22:15 PM: (http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/198002.jpg)
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Post by: David Houck on September 13, 2014, 07:45:41 PM: Cool picture!
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Post by: jzstephan on September 14, 2014, 07:13:27 PM: (http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/198028.jpg)
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Post by: dead_head on September 14, 2014, 08:24:05 PM: Awesome!!!
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Post by: jazzyvee on September 15, 2014, 05:44:49 AM: Those are inspiring pictures jzstephan. I may have a go myself at some dramatic photography with my Series I dragon.
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Post by: tncaveman on September 17, 2014, 05:04:22 AM: All I can say is WOW. That is such a cool guitar. And I'm a big fan of Stellaluna too. It was a favorite bedtime book for my kids. We have several bats hanging around the house. But a bat in burl buckeye is too cool!

Stephen
Title: The Featured Custom for August is up
Post by: tncaveman on September 18, 2014, 04:51:59 AM: All I can say is WOW. That is such a cool guitar. And I'm a big fan of Stellaluna too. It was a favorite bedtime book for my kids. We have several bats hanging around the house. But a bat in burl buckeye is too cool!

Stephen