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Title: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: mica on November 09, 2010, 06:55:25 PM

It all starts with a neck:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/89132.jpg)
  Close up on the peghead:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/89133.jpg)
   (Message edited by mica on November 09, 2010)

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: mica on November 09, 2010, 06:57:19 PM

Well, and for good measure, the top you selected:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/89137.jpg)

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: mica on November 09, 2010, 07:18:36 PM

I've been collecting these pictures for a couple of weeks, so you're getting them all in a clump!  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/89146.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/89147.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/89148.jpg)

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: David Houck on November 09, 2010, 07:23:11 PM

Nice grain pattern!

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: amelnick on November 09, 2010, 07:25:15 PM

Woohoo.....part of the club now!! Can't wait to see this guy hanging next to my Dragon Wing.

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: edwin on November 09, 2010, 07:30:42 PM

And so, it begins...

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: amelnick on November 15, 2010, 01:57:31 PM

May I have some more please?(done in a British accent of course)  !!

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: mica on November 23, 2010, 05:22:59 PM

In carving:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/90141.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/90142.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/90143.jpg)
  Zooming through here!

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: David Houck on November 23, 2010, 06:07:43 PM

This is going to be a beautiful bass!

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: amelnick on December 03, 2010, 12:06:56 PM

Pics?????

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: skyboltone on December 03, 2010, 12:32:55 PM

Mica:
I think you need a Yacht. I have one on the Bay. We should talk.......just kidding. Sorta  ;o)

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: mica on December 03, 2010, 06:01:23 PM

Pics!  Now with finish:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/90803.jpg)
  Full body shot:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/90804.jpg)
  Here's the back:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/90805.jpg)
  Bevel on the peghead:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/90806.jpg)
  The whole show looks really great.

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: amelnick on December 04, 2010, 07:35:47 AM

Mica, very cool! Looks like it might be done soon??????
 
Thank Mary for her help this week too!!
 
Alan

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: crobbins on December 05, 2010, 12:00:55 PM

Another beautiful bass.

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: pierreyves on December 05, 2010, 12:33:35 PM

Nice bass... why certain bass/order are full of pictures / short time and other not so much ?

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: David Houck on December 05, 2010, 09:20:57 PM

Beautiful!

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: jacko on December 06, 2010, 03:55:35 AM

That's a nice top. What are the electronics?
 
Graeme

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: amelnick on December 06, 2010, 07:36:28 AM

Signature electronics with blue front and side LEDs . Bass has been on order since August pics just came later. When ordered I was told 4-5 months.

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: briant on December 06, 2010, 12:36:02 PM

That's a nice looking bass!  34 scale?  What other electronics options did you add to the Signature package?  There are a few additional holes on that bass.
 
why certain bass/order are full of pictures / short time and other not so much ?
 
What I've read in the past about lots of pictures in some FTC threads and hardly any in others is timing.  Mica is the one who takes all the pictures (typically) and she can only be in one place at a time.  So sometimes she happens to catch some instruments in better photo ready condition than others.

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: amelnick on December 06, 2010, 05:45:01 PM

34 inch scale. 1 1/2 at the nut like a Jazz bass. Other holes are for dimmers for the front and side LED's. Will make a nice addition to my Dragon wing and Orion.

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: andbassforall on December 15, 2010, 02:26:13 PM

So digging this thread!

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: amelnick on December 15, 2010, 06:24:17 PM

not as much as me!  Needs to join its brother!

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: amelnick on December 28, 2010, 04:21:27 PM

any update Mica?  
 
thanks,
 
Alan

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: amelnick on January 11, 2011, 06:01:00 PM

??????

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: mica on January 14, 2011, 07:08:26 PM

Super close now...
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/94024.jpg)
 
Just working through setup.

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: amelnick on January 18, 2011, 05:16:20 PM

rumor is it is shipping today?

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: mica on January 21, 2011, 06:38:50 PM

I know you already got the update from Will Gunn, but your bass is completed and slated to ship on Monday:
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/94764.jpg)

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: edwin on January 21, 2011, 07:46:51 PM

Yay! That was pretty quick!

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: David Houck on January 21, 2011, 08:01:20 PM

Absolutely beautiful bass!!  One of the nicest tops yet!

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: sonicus on January 21, 2011, 08:51:55 PM

NICE!

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: dlbydgtl on January 21, 2011, 09:16:35 PM

That woodgrain is amazing! Enjoy, i know you will.

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: amelnick on January 22, 2011, 07:48:24 AM

Mica and the entire team worked their magic! Just placed the order for custom number 2.... A modified Rogue in ASH! Wait until you guys see this one. Not like any other one I have seen. Stay tuned to this channel!!!
 
Alan

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: briant on January 22, 2011, 01:59:34 PM

HOT-NESS.
 
Congratulations on a beautiful instrument.  Signature electronics + that neck recipe just kills.

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: amelnick on January 26, 2011, 12:42:36 PM

Out for delivery !!!!!!!

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: briant on January 26, 2011, 02:23:47 PM

I'm eagerly awaiting that phone call as well.

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: amelnick on January 27, 2011, 02:23:41 PM

Just a couple of quick iphone photos. Replaced the knobs with q-parts abalone knobs. Thanks to all of the Alembic family for such great work.  Alan  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/95290.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/95291.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/95292.jpg)
  [moderator's edit: aligned images to vertical]   (Message edited by artswork99 on January 28, 2011)

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: jacko on January 28, 2011, 01:19:03 AM

Those knobs look fantastic Alan. Did you have any issues fitting them? We discussed these knobs last year (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=17890) but no-one had tried them at that point. I was looking at the same ones you have and I must say they really do finish the instrument off nicely.
 
Graeme

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: tbrannon on January 28, 2011, 06:41:53 AM

I love the cocobolo on this one- looks like melting chocolate!  
 
I scrolled through to find the description of the electronics.  Earlier in the thread I see it described as Signature electronics + side and front LEDs.  The LED's explain the extra switch, but care to explain the 2 extra knobs?

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: amelnick on January 28, 2011, 08:25:59 AM

Jacko, knobs fit no problem. They come with a sleve inset that has to be removed. I have them on my Dragon wing, Orion, and not the MK. I think it makes a big difference. Best is they are only about 10.00 ea.
Tbrannon, the extra knobs are dimmers for the front and side Led's. Not sure I needed them but the extra knobs look cool!!!

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: tbrannon on January 28, 2011, 09:00:33 AM

Very cool- I knew there were people who had dimmers installed, but I think this is the first time I've seen separate dimmers for each of the LED groups.

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: artswork99 on January 28, 2011, 09:07:44 AM

Alan, What a beautiful bass! Congratulations and Play it Healthy!  Do you have any pictures of the front LED's on yet?  It's got to be something.   I noticed in another thread you mentioned WPB.  I lived in Boynton for 15 yrs and still travel there once in a while, I'd like to write you the next time we're headed south if okay with you.  Back to the beautiful Balance K thread!

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: amelnick on January 28, 2011, 11:01:13 AM

artswork99, come visit anytime! I am in Wellington and Dad lives in Boynton Beach. I will post a pic or 2 of the LED's when I can. Thanks to all for the compliments. Cant wait to get the next build started.

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: sgiacomo on June 28, 2014, 04:21:44 PM

I purchased this bass from Alan and absolutely love it. This build record is really cool. Thanks!

Title: Re: Alan's Custom Balance K
Post by: growlypants on June 29, 2014, 06:23:12 AM

Congratulations!  She's a beauty!