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Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: mica on December 31, 2013, 11:24:49 AM

Just like the title says...
 
Happy New Year!
 
The shop is closed today and tomorrow, but I'm doing a little computer work at home. Please enjoy the new Featured Custom:
 
http://alembic.com/info/fc_trinity.html (http://alembic.com/info/fc_trinity.html)

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: flpete1uw on December 31, 2013, 11:52:43 AM

This Bass is so beautiful, divinely inspired. I could only imagine what she sounds like. John, play her in good health and  in peace.

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: slawie on December 31, 2013, 02:28:16 PM

Grace and beauty are reflected in the lines and wood recipe. Absolutely gorgeous! Congratulations and play it healthy John.  
slawie

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: sonicus on December 31, 2013, 03:19:16 PM

Such perfection in form and function .    
      My congratulations to you John !  
 
        Happy new Year _____

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: David Houck on December 31, 2013, 05:37:38 PM

Congratulations John; beautiful instrument!

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: tncaveman on December 31, 2013, 08:06:40 PM

WOW - I love the crosses!  They are so nicely done and laid out.  Merry Christmas John!
 
Stephen

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: dead_head on December 31, 2013, 08:35:19 PM

Congratulations John! It's gorgeous! Play it in good health. Happy New Year to you!
 
 
 
 
 
Rob

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: mikedm on January 01, 2014, 08:44:09 AM

Hey John, congratulations, it's a beautiful bass.  
 
Mike

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: alembickoa on January 01, 2014, 05:19:22 PM

Magnificent...

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: artswork99 on January 01, 2014, 06:22:25 PM

Beautiful bass! Play it Healthy John!
 
Art

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: growlypants on January 03, 2014, 04:09:55 PM

VERY nice, indeed!  My bass looks very similar (even the tuning peg arrangement!) so I did a bit of a double-take there.  Hope you enjoy, and I'm certain you will!

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: rustyg61 on January 04, 2014, 09:48:06 AM

I have had the pleasure of seeing & playing this bass in person & it is an amazing work of art! Congratulations John for making the Alembic Hall of Fame, otherwise known as the Custom Of The Month! I'm hoping to have an entry into those hallowed halls later this year! (Nudge nudge, Mica! ;-))

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: rustyg61 on January 04, 2014, 09:55:17 AM

I have had the pleasure of seeing & playing this bass in person & it is an amazing work of art! Congratulations John for making the Alembic Hall of Fame, otherwise known as the Custom Of The Month! I'm hoping to have an entry into those hallowed halls later this year! (Nudge nudge, Mica! ;-))

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: deburgh on January 06, 2014, 02:49:07 PM

Absolutely gorgeous!

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: malthumb on January 06, 2014, 08:48:14 PM

Wow!  Outstanding!  Love the inlays.

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: jacko on January 07, 2014, 03:03:03 AM

Now that really is nice. I'd like to see a close up of the twelfth fret inlay.  3 ebony neck laminates are going to shake the earth - My 'k' with a single ebony stringer sustains for ever and has a fantastic bottom end so the extra 2 lams are going to sound incredible.
 
Graeme

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: flpete1uw on January 08, 2014, 10:38:45 AM

I concur, on seeing a close up of the 12th fret.
A definate show piece.

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: rustyg61 on January 08, 2014, 04:27:15 PM

Here's a picture of Doc Greene Sr. playing John's bass at the Texas Gathering last summer.  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/186754.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/186755.jpg)

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: growlypants on January 09, 2014, 06:37:27 AM

Thanks for the great pix!  Quick question, though - what's that little black thing clipped just below the B-string tuning peg?

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: flpete1uw on January 09, 2014, 06:50:21 AM

It looks like a clip on Tuner. Planet Waves?

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: rustyg61 on January 09, 2014, 08:00:28 AM

It is a clip on tuner.

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: growlypants on January 09, 2014, 01:29:51 PM

Thanks - I never saw one before!

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: smuprof on January 15, 2014, 06:08:04 AM

Hello All -  
 
Thanks for all of the kind words.  Susan and Mica and Ron and the crew truly delivered a life-long dream with this one.
 
I visited the factory during the build, and have some great in process pictures I'll try to post this weekend.
 
For those of you interested, the tuner is a D'Addario NS Micro Clip-On Tuner.  I believe Ned Steinburger had something to do with the design (or marketing), hence the NS.  They work very well for the most part, particularly if you find a resonant spot on the headstock.  What I like is you simply turn down and tune up with no one the wiser.  And there's nothing in the signal path.  
 
Best part:  you can find a 2 pack for about $25 online.  I've now got them on all my basses and guitars.
 
JT

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: smuprof on January 18, 2014, 11:30:31 AM

Here are a few photos of the 12th fret inlay in various stages of creation . . .
 
Layout after the three colors of mother of pearl were cut for the 12th fret . . .
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/187110.jpg)

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: smuprof on January 18, 2014, 11:33:49 AM

The 12th fret after carving - amazing when you consider how small all of this is in real life!
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/187113.jpg)

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: smuprof on January 18, 2014, 11:38:22 AM

One of the other fret markers, checking the width against the fret wire.  To maintain the proportions, all of the markers above the 12th fret extend beyond the frets.
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/187116.jpg)

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: smuprof on January 18, 2014, 11:41:45 AM

The finished 12th fret inlay with no strings and the adjacent 2 fret markers . . .
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/187119.jpg)

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: smuprof on January 18, 2014, 11:45:11 AM

And the upper half of the fret board in setup, freshly oiled, no strings . . .
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/187122.jpg)

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: rustyg61 on January 18, 2014, 03:07:23 PM

Thanks for the pics John! I love the shots of the cut out inlays before they are set & the routed cavity for them! That really shows the amazing accuracy & intricacy of the inlay artist!

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: flpete1uw on January 18, 2014, 07:18:55 PM

Thank you John for sharing this, Truly Inspirational. Words fall short
Peace

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: charles_holmes on January 20, 2014, 06:58:14 AM

Man, That's a beautiful 5 string!!

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: charles_holmes on January 20, 2014, 06:58:33 AM

Man, That's a beautiful 5 string!!

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: rustyg61 on January 20, 2014, 09:21:48 AM

Hey John, your bass is featured on this website too!
 
http://www.bass-aholic.com/basses/A/alembic/alembic.shtml (http://www.bass-aholic.com/basses/A/alembic/alembic.shtml)
 
(Message edited by rustyg61 on January 20, 2014)

Title: Happy New Year Featured Custom
Post by: rustyg61 on January 20, 2014, 09:22:39 AM

Hey John, your bass is featured on this website too!
 
http://www.bass-aholic.com/basses/A/alembic/alembic.shtml (http://www.bass-aholic.com/basses/A/alembic/alembic.shtml)