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Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: mica on January 24, 2005, 02:51:28 PM

Oh boy oh boy oh boy!  
(http://club.alembicguitars.com/Images/631/16025.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembicguitars.com/Images/631/16026.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembicguitars.com/Images/631/16027.jpg)

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: beelee on January 24, 2005, 04:13:50 PM

Hi Mica,
 
Very  Very nice !!
 
I know how busy you have been between moving your house and the flood of new instrument orders etc. , I really appreciate the FTC pics of my new bass in progress.
 
Just love the Coco Bolo pattern,  when I spoke/emailed Val with my Coco choices he said Chip was going to pick out the wood.
GREAT Job !!
 
Ditto on the Oh boy Oh boy !!
 
 
thanks !!
B.
 

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: mica on February 02, 2005, 08:21:30 PM

Got some more nice ones when Tony was busy carving away:  
(http://club.alembicguitars.com/Images/631/16241.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembicguitars.com/Images/631/16242.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembicguitars.com/Images/631/16243.jpg)
  Couldn't decide which looked best, so I included all three.

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: flaxattack on February 02, 2005, 08:37:59 PM

TONY the carving god is at it again!!!!!!!!

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: beelee on February 02, 2005, 09:59:49 PM

Wow !! once again great pics Mica,  nice shot of Tony in action,  the omegas, heart and grip look awesome !!
 
I'm starting to drool !!
 
thanks Mica !!
 
B.

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: kmh364 on February 05, 2005, 06:13:10 PM

Congratulations Bruce,
 
This one will be the crown jewel of your collection.
 
Cheers,
 
Kevin

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: beelee on February 07, 2005, 03:59:31 PM

Thanks Kevin,   I can't wait till it arrives all my other basses will be jealous !! I've always wanted a Alembic Triple Omega bass ever since I saw JPJ playing one many years ago...it will probably be my main bass and I might thin out the herd a bit more and only hang on to the cream of the crop, can't play em all..............
peace,
B.

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: kmh364 on February 08, 2005, 10:23:48 AM

Well, don't get rid of all of them....you don't want a bass this expensive sitting around unattended at Jammers during set breaks, LOL!

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: beelee on February 08, 2005, 12:23:51 PM

I'll put the club on it and a  chain with a pit bull on the end of it !!...........LOL
 
No matter where I play, I always keep a real CLOSE eye on my gear whether its an Alembic, a tiny Guild Ashbory bass or anything in between. ;o)
 
LOL
B.

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: kmh364 on February 08, 2005, 02:46:12 PM

Judging by some of the Gin Joints in Joisey (Jammers included), you may need 9MM's of protection to go along with the club, chain and Petey The Pit, LOL!
 
When your equipment is worth more than most, if not all, of the cars in the parking lot of the dive you're playing at, you know you're in trouble, LOL!
 
Cheers,
 
Joisey Kev

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: mica on March 02, 2005, 12:44:56 AM

I got these just after rubout:  
(http://club.alembicguitars.com/Images/631/16829.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembicguitars.com/Images/631/16830.jpg)
  It's absolutely on fire, and I'm not talking fuelwood, it's just hot.

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: mica on March 11, 2005, 12:49:32 AM

An old one I ran across while organizing some archives:  
(http://club.alembicguitars.com/Images/631/17117.jpg)
  and one with the guts loaded:  
(http://club.alembicguitars.com/Images/631/17118.jpg)

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: jeff on March 11, 2005, 05:56:30 AM

Bruce, the coco bolo on your bass is just incredible and, of course, I'm a big fan of the Triple O body. Kevin is right, you won't want to leave this baby laying around one of those Joisey joints.

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: jlpicard on March 11, 2005, 01:22:26 PM

Bruce, The point of your Heart Omega seems a bit longer than usual, almost a shortened stinger. Did you special order it that way?  Mike

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: beelee on March 11, 2005, 02:21:55 PM

Hi Jeff,  thanks.......Coco Bolo was my first choice, it looks like the old Ibanez fretless musician bass I once had, but that wasn't CB it looked like it tho, my next choice would have been Buckeye Burl, maybe after I pay this off I'll put myself in debt again for a Triple O fretless in BB.
Well bars & clubs are the same everywhere, some good and some bad, I NEVER leave any of my instruments unattended no matter what as they are all very special to me.
 
Hi Mike, the Heart Omega is a standard one, I think it looks different cause of the large body and that 6 string neck, its smaller on a 4 string.
I was talking to Val, he told me he can fit his wrist in each curve of the Heart !!.........LOL

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: marcm on March 11, 2005, 02:26:53 PM

and the heart seems shallower:  less a heart than just the two atria, the upper chambers of the heart.  so did you request this radical heart surgery?
 
seriously bruce, it's a spectacular instrument.  you picked some amazing cocobolo.  congratulations!
 
 
marc

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: kmh364 on March 12, 2005, 04:37:14 AM

Awesome, Bruce! May I suggest some THG custom knobs to set off that bad boy? Roger is not cheap, but his work is good, and the knobs really set off real wood tops. Just my $0.02.
 
Cheers,
 
Kevin

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: beelee on March 12, 2005, 07:43:48 AM

Hi Marc, thanks for the kind words,  actually Chip picked out the Coco Bolo for me, I wish I could have gone out to Alembicland as some people have the chance to do....maybe some day.
Actually I looked through all the featured customs and the Alembic store, picked out 4 choices of what I liked in CB ( there were more) and emailed Val the links, Chip did the rest ( THANKs Chip !!)
I know every piece of wood will look different, so the end result was a total surprise,  it was easier for me to pick from the look of a finished instrument than just a slab of wood.
The Heart Omega is just standard, Tony's skilled hands are responsable for the beautiful carving.
I picked out all the options myself from the quote maker and let the Alembic Elves do their magic............
:o)
Bruce

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: beelee on March 21, 2005, 07:34:40 AM

Hey Kevin,
thanks for the input on the THG custom knobs
but I actually like the stock Alembic knobs, Its that classic look I guess............
 
Bruce

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: beelee on June 16, 2005, 06:36:30 PM

Hi Mica,
 
Mica thanks again for posting all the pictures, I really appreciate it.
 
What a bummer about  one LED not working properly and the fretboard having to be replaced and there was no way else to fix it  :o(
 
thanks for all the information in our phone conversation last week, lots of things I never knew before.
 
any updates or ETA on my baby ?
 
best wishes,
Bruce

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: beelee on November 23, 2005, 05:26:24 PM

Hi Susan, Mica, Val
 
any news on the current status of my bass,  or ETA ?
 
thanks............
 
Happy Turkey day
&
best wishes,
Bruce

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: marcky on November 23, 2005, 05:41:57 PM

SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pickup switch in the old spot looks cool

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: valvil on November 28, 2005, 01:09:54 PM

Hello Bruce,
 
Ron is working on your upgrade as we speak.
Hopefully he'll be done this week.
 
Valentino

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: beelee on November 29, 2005, 10:32:21 PM

Hi Marcky, thanks for the compliment....I thought putting the p/s there was a nice touch. I like that original Alembic / old school look
 
Hi Val thanks for the update/info........sounds like good news ;o)
 
woohoo !!
 
Bruce

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: bigbadbill on December 03, 2005, 10:21:21 AM

Good grief, is that a thing of beauty or is that a thing of beauty?????? *Sigh*.....
 
I too love the look of the pickup switch in that position. Unfortunately the couple of times I played Alembics with it there, it seemed to get in the way, which is why I didn't order it. Looking at yours I kind of wish I had.....

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: frank on December 15, 2005, 11:16:32 AM

hmmm...So thats how they make dreams come true. Congradulations, shes a looker.

Title: Custom 6-string for Bruce
Post by: beelee on December 15, 2005, 04:46:57 PM

Hey Frank thanks on the congrats,  She finally arrived last thursday..........TOTALLY AWESOME !! Her first public appearance will be this Saturday 12/17....I can't wait !!
As soon as I get some pics I'll post them in the showcase.
 
This is truely my dream bass of a lifetime !!  now its time to go make love to her ;o)