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Alembic products => Factory to Customer => Topic started by: mica on April 05, 2011, 07:42:12 PM

Title: Alan's Custom Ash Rogue
Post by: mica on April 05, 2011, 07:42:12 PM: Top:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/101290.jpg)
And cut:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/101291.jpg)
Sandwich:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/101292.jpg)
Will look very nice with finish I think.
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Post by: jacko on April 06, 2011, 04:21:17 AM: looks Very nice already Mica. I love Ash. Replaced all my internal door mahogany threshold plates with ash a few years ago.

Graeme
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Post by: amelnick on April 06, 2011, 02:22:39 PM: Hope it sounds better than a door threshold!!
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Post by: mica on April 15, 2011, 05:23:23 PM: Coming together rather nicely...
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/102081.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/102082.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/102083.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/102084.jpg)
Love the vibrant Purpleheart fingerboard with the starkness of the Ash.
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Post by: tbrannon on April 15, 2011, 05:39:17 PM: Killer!!! Love the headstock choice with the body style and the body/fretboard wood selection is sweet.
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Post by: rustyg61 on April 15, 2011, 06:57:44 PM: I can't wait to see this with finish on it, it's going to be gorgeous!
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Post by: rustyg61 on April 15, 2011, 07:58:04 PM: I can't wait to see this with finish on it, it's going to be gorgeous!
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Post by: amelnick on April 16, 2011, 10:46:32 AM: Thanks for the kind words Mica was a huge help in the design. The headstock is modified from the dragon wing claw headstock. Can't wait to see it when the elbow contour is made. There should be a very nice reveal of mahogany and purpleheart! This bass is the unAlembic Alembic
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Post by: rustyg61 on April 16, 2011, 06:04:54 PM: Is the fretboard purpleherat, or is that just the lighting?
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Post by: amelnick on April 16, 2011, 06:20:33 PM: Fretboard,2 neck laminates and center of the body are all Purpleheart! The bass is going to sound purplish
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Post by: rjmsteel on April 16, 2011, 06:37:09 PM: Sweet!!

Great choice on the Purpleheart fingerboard. Do I see a single Ebony laminate in the neck recipe? If so .... just wait.
-Rich
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Post by: amelnick on April 16, 2011, 07:15:01 PM: Yes ebony lam in the neck. Same neck as on my custom balance k. Once I heard the sound with the ebony I had to add it to this one!
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Post by: rustyg61 on April 16, 2011, 07:33:56 PM: COOL! That is an awesome wood combination! You'll have to name her Deep Purple!
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Post by: rustyg61 on April 16, 2011, 07:35:49 PM: Has anyone ever done a purpleheart fretboard before?
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Post by: amelnick on April 16, 2011, 07:36:39 PM
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Post by: rustyg61 on April 16, 2011, 07:37:42 PM: Hey, I just saw that I moved up to an Intermediate Member! That's cooler that getting your name in the phone book!
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Post by: amelnick on April 16, 2011, 07:47:58 PM: Mica said they have done purpleheart fretboards before. They have a sample on the website. More purple to come!!
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Post by: tbrannon on April 16, 2011, 08:47:37 PM: Alan,

Is this going to get standard Rogue/Europa electronics? Clear finish or is there going to be a tint happening?

I love it so far.
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Post by: amelnick on April 17, 2011, 06:00:19 AM: Standard Rogue electronics......MXY in the neck position and a Fatboy in the bridge position. natural finish on the body. I spent alot of time looking at pics on the web to show Mica the Grain I was looking for. I think the natural ash with the purpleheart will make a unique and cool looking combo. Any thoughts or comments welcome!!!

Alan
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Post by: oddmetersam on April 17, 2011, 10:45:49 AM: Alan, she's already very beautiful and will only get better and better as the construction progresses. The feeling of seeing your baby gradually grow under the creative minds and skillful hands at Alembic is really hard to describe, but it's totally, completely, utterly COOL!
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Post by: artswork99 on April 17, 2011, 11:03:12 AM: Hi Alan, Coming along very nicely. What a great looking bass! Regards, Art
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Post by: amelnick on April 18, 2011, 12:53:54 PM: Hi Art, wait until you see the purple side LEDs!!
Need to have a south Florida Alembic get together !
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Post by: David Houck on April 24, 2011, 04:45:34 PM: Cool bass! Purpleheart and Ash!
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Post by: hydrargyrum on April 25, 2011, 07:28:57 AM: Whoa baby!!! The ash body/purple heart fretboard looks killer!
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Post by: amelnick on April 25, 2011, 11:30:40 AM: Maybe it will start a new trend!!
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Post by: deburgh on April 26, 2011, 08:25:31 AM: This is going to be really gorgeous Enjoy the process Alan!
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Post by: briant on April 26, 2011, 10:02:42 AM: Maybe it will start a new trend!!

I wouldn't be ashamed to jump on that bandwagon. You're doing something else that I'd previously considered - a Dragon Wing style headstock on a non-Dragon Wing bass.

I'm looking forward to watching the progress on this one.
Title: Archive through May 06, 2011
Post by: mica on May 06, 2011, 01:43:58 PM: I have just really bad timing lately - your bass is in finish, but I only catch it when it's already getting prepped for the next coat:

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/103832.jpg)

So, it's looking great, but you can't really tell just how great yet.

The peghead is a new shape that we started off with the Dragon Claw, but went through a few revisions to get the look that Alan was after.
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Post by: tbrannon on May 06, 2011, 01:54:53 PM: That is just plain awesome.

Is the color difference between the top of the bass and the contour a shadow thing or is there some finish applied? It almost looks whitewashed. I thought that was the mahogany laminate I was seeing, but the Ash pattern is visible.

Slightly confused, but liking what I see!
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Post by: mica on May 06, 2011, 02:07:09 PM: It's just the first round of sanding to prep for the next layer. After Bob sands the flat parts, he goes back and sands the rounded parts.

The guitar behind it is Burl Myrtle, and it's fully prepped, and it takes on a sort of chalky appearance.
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Post by: amelnick on May 07, 2011, 11:54:49 AM: Tell Bob to get busy!! ;)
Thanks for the update Mica. Would love to see it with finish on it! Looks like I might get my b'day present on time!
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Post by: jay_r on May 11, 2011, 10:57:31 AM: Beautiful bass! Purplicious !!
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Post by: hydrargyrum on May 11, 2011, 06:49:38 PM: Very pretty. I bet it will have a very punchy sound.
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Post by: mario_farufyno on May 11, 2011, 08:17:24 PM: It is always amazing how woods can blossom when finished...
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Post by: amelnick on May 27, 2011, 12:18:41 PM: Rumor is it is in rub out????? Pic..... Please
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Post by: hydrargyrum on May 27, 2011, 04:16:09 PM: This is going to be a superb instrument. Elegance in simplicity. Play it in good health for as long as nature allows.
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Post by: mica on June 02, 2011, 12:55:25 PM: Just in the final cure now:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/105985.jpg)
Light is weird in this room, but hopefully you can see this is a pretty bass.
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Post by: amelnick on June 09, 2011, 10:04:25 AM: Has it been cured !!!?
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Post by: mica on June 09, 2011, 08:16:28 PM: Pretty near it - though we had a freak bunch of rain (in JUNE!!), so we're leaving things a little longer in the cure. There's still a little bit of a queue before yours is up for James to setup, I think there may be 5 or 6 things ahead of it.

Here's a nice look at how the accent laminates turned out:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/106694.jpg)
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Post by: tbrannon on June 09, 2011, 08:52:37 PM: Wow- that accent lam is fantastic.
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Post by: jacko on June 10, 2011, 01:10:40 AM: cool. I love how warm the mahogany looks against the ash. The 'Top' shot of june 2nd looks fantastic!

Graeme
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Post by: rustyg61 on June 10, 2011, 04:53:20 AM: Hopefully I'll be able to see this beauty when I tour the factory on the 22nd!
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Post by: amelnick on June 10, 2011, 09:31:11 AM: If you see it on the 22nd take a bunch of pics!
I was hoping to have it by then. Let me know!!
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Post by: rustyg61 on June 11, 2011, 08:20:33 AM: Will do Alan!
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Post by: s_wood on June 12, 2011, 08:06:13 AM: Beautiful!
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Post by: amelnick on June 18, 2011, 01:38:03 PM: Any update????????????
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Post by: serialnumber12 on June 20, 2011, 09:29:44 AM: Nice Rogue!!!...serialnumber fourteen thousand eight hunderd and 12.........(my alembic)is a true Great Great Grandpa!
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Post by: rustyg61 on July 01, 2011, 08:33:42 PM: Alan, I got to see your beautiful bass when I toured the factory! You are going to love it! Here's some pics I took. Mine are not as good as Mica's, & none of them do it justice!
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/108319.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/108320.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/108321.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/108322.jpg)
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Post by: amelnick on July 02, 2011, 09:32:56 AM: Very cool!! Thanks for the pics! Would love to tour the factory some day. It is looking like it might ship in about 1 week.

Thanks again'

Alan
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Post by: rustyg61 on July 02, 2011, 09:44:41 AM: You're welcome! If you ever get a chance to tour the factory, I highly recommend it! I'm even more impressed with my Alembic now that I have seen what it takes to make them!
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Post by: amelnick on July 19, 2011, 10:21:14 AM: Hoping to see pics of it set up and heading for the door!
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Post by: mario_farufyno on July 20, 2011, 07:48:33 AM: Whenever I came to conclusion that I don't like how some wood may looks, Alembic come to show me how beautiful can any wood be... This Bass is gorgeous.

(Message edited by mario farufyno on July 20, 2011)
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Post by: mica on July 28, 2011, 05:56:31 PM: Alan already knows, but here's a picture showing the completed bass:

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/110078.jpg)

Looks really great! Mary will be finishing her final inspection tomorrow, so if all goes well, it's a Monday ship date.
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Post by: rustyg61 on July 28, 2011, 08:31:04 PM: That is one gorgeous bass! I love the purpleheart fretboard!
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Post by: amelnick on July 29, 2011, 01:37:40 PM: Looks like that is the rogue room!
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Post by: David Houck on July 31, 2011, 08:42:18 PM: Very cool bass! Congrats!
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Post by: elwoodblue on July 31, 2011, 11:40:24 PM: I'd nominate that for one of the sexiest Alembics,
congrats!
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Post by: amelnick on August 01, 2011, 07:01:30 PM: It shipped! Will be in my hands on Thursday !!
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Post by: rustyg61 on August 02, 2011, 01:49:33 AM: AWESOME!!! Congratulations!