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Alembic products => Factory to Customer => Topic started by: mica on September 21, 2007, 05:18:41 PM

Title: Pierre's Brown Bass
Post by: mica on September 21, 2007, 05:18:41 PM

Your bass has been routed and is ready for the rest of carving:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/44289.jpg)

Title: Re: Pierre's Brown Bass
Post by: tbrannon on September 21, 2007, 08:44:27 PM

Man....that is just sweet. That top is gonna be a looker when the finish hits.

Title: Re: Pierre's Brown Bass
Post by: ajdover on September 21, 2007, 08:51:31 PM

Wow, that is pretty.  What is the top wood?  Walnut?  Whatever it is, it's going to be a stunner, congrats.

Title: Re: Pierre's Brown Bass
Post by: bassman10096 on September 30, 2007, 07:32:12 AM

Beautiful figure.  Will it have an oiled or poly finish?

Title: Re: Pierre's Brown Bass
Post by: berniek on October 10, 2007, 02:04:44 PM

I like the way the wood is V'd. Looking forward to more pictures.

Title: Re: Pierre's Brown Bass
Post by: artswork99 on October 10, 2007, 02:15:25 PM

That is very nice.  Adding a finish to that will look marvelous!  Agreed, looking forward to further pictures for sure.  
 
Enjoy Pierre!  Play it healthy!

Title: Re: Pierre's Brown Bass
Post by: mica on February 25, 2008, 06:49:41 PM

With the inlays in place:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/48928.jpg)
  And now with frets back for final carving:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/48929.jpg)
  Next stop: finishing.

Title: Re: Pierre's Brown Bass
Post by: bassman10096 on February 26, 2008, 09:38:55 AM

Wow.  Can't wait to see this one with a finish.  Good luck!

Title: Re: Pierre's Brown Bass
Post by: georgie_boy on February 27, 2008, 11:09:55 AM

Geez!!
Amazing!!
BTW Can the front pup be moved closer to the neck??
 
G

Title: Re: Pierre's Brown Bass
Post by: mica on February 27, 2008, 11:21:36 AM

When you special order, you can specify your pickup placement, like on  Bill's Brown Bass (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=7513).

Title: Re: Pierre's Brown Bass
Post by: georgie_boy on February 28, 2008, 09:46:41 AM

Thanks for the response Mica!
I like the pup like Bill's bass, although I don't know how it would sound.
 
G

Title: Re: Pierre's Brown Bass
Post by: mica on February 28, 2008, 11:00:16 AM

It should sound similar to the pickup position in your own 1976 Series I bass. Obviously a Brown Bass will not have the same tone as your bass, considering the different materials, pickups and electronics, but there will be similarities based on the pickup position.  
 
As a general rule, the closer the neck pickup is to the center of the string (closer to the fingerboard), the bassier it will sound.  
 
So Bill's Brown Bass would sound more similar to your bass than Pierre's.

Title: Re: Pierre's Brown Bass
Post by: bassman10096 on February 29, 2008, 10:52:50 AM

I chose the neckward positioning for the neck pickup in order to make my bass sound a bit bassier and because I don't slap enough to justify moving the pickup away from the neck to give me extra room.  
 
Bill (the other one)

Title: Fingerboard inlays
Post by: mica on January 15, 2008, 02:24:37 PM

I've got two slightly different versions of the inlay for your bass:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/47688.jpg)
 Each position has a different sized cross.   The only difference here is one or two crosses at the 24th fret. I had toyed with the idea of three, but I thought it looked a little crowded.  The cross shape enlarged:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/47689.jpg)
 I incised it a little more than your sample so that the same shape could be used at all positions, and still look like the 8-point cross even way down at the 24th fret.   Please let me know if this design is what you had in mind and also if you prefer 1 or 2 crosses.