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Alembic products => Factory to Customer => Topic started by: mica on December 05, 2005, 05:28:31 PM

Title: George's Custom 5-string
Post by: mica on December 05, 2005, 05:28:31 PM

First on the drawing table, your request for 5-string straight pull cone peghead:
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/22999.jpg)
(the logo outline is reversed for tracing, but is good enough to illustrate)
 
Let us know if it's a go-ahead.

Title: George's Custom 5-string
Post by: george_wright on December 06, 2005, 06:48:33 AM

Fine by me.  Go ahead.

Title: George's Custom 5-string
Post by: mica on December 06, 2005, 02:38:21 PM

I gave Chip the go-ahead, so pictures with actual wood will start appearing shortly.

Title: George's Custom 5-string
Post by: mica on December 15, 2005, 04:24:33 PM

Now in carving:  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/23376.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/23377.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/23378.jpg)

Title: George's Custom 5-string
Post by: george_wright on December 15, 2005, 05:43:22 PM

Wow, once things start, they move fast!  I like the choice of top, back, and headstock woods.
 
Edit: I just opened the pictures in Photoshop.  Looks like the twelfth fret has a standard oval.  What about the custom inlay?
 
(Message edited by george_wright on December 15, 2005)

Title: George's Custom 5-string
Post by: mica on January 03, 2006, 01:01:05 PM

Here Peter is fitting the continuous wood truss rod cover:  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/23841.jpg)
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/23842.jpg)
  Bright lights in this work area mess with the color some!

Title: George's Custom 5-string
Post by: george_wright on January 05, 2006, 07:42:49 AM

Thanks for the update.  I'm sure the colors will darken and the grain will appear when the finish hits.

Title: George's Custom 5-string
Post by: 811952 on January 05, 2006, 08:08:20 AM

Nice.  I have to keep reminding myself that 811952 was pretty custom for the day.  All of the basses and guitars in the Factory to Customer threads are awesome.  It's neat to see how the Internet has made it possible to order such highly-personalized instruments via the sharing of drawings, photos and ideas with the bunch.  Very, very cool indeed...
 
John

Title: George's Custom 5-string
Post by: mica on January 12, 2006, 10:57:00 AM

Yeah, in that last picture, George, the lighting in the carving area really washes things out. Your bass just got fretted yesterday:  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/24049.jpg)
  And today the hardware will get mounted and prepared for chrome plating.   Thought you'd also like to see how nice the Flame Maple in the neck was turning out:  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/24050.jpg)

Title: George's Custom 5-string
Post by: David Houck on January 12, 2006, 05:02:42 PM

The Flame Maple in the neck looks nice!  And it looks like a Flame Maple body as well.

Title: George's Custom 5-string
Post by: george_wright on January 13, 2006, 06:46:38 AM

Yes, Dave; I was hoping for a Tribute look.  And once the finish is on, there it is :-).
 
Mica, thanks for the pics update.  One thing occurred to me....  Shouldn't there be a fourth large hole for the LED dimmer?

Title: George's Custom 5-string
Post by: valvil on January 13, 2006, 03:57:16 PM

No worries, George, the hole will be there.  
James drills that out when he's installing the electronics. The holes for the main electronics are drilled according to their pattern (Signature, Europa, etc), then later we drill any extra holes that are needed.
 
Valentino

Title: George's Custom 5-string
Post by: mica on February 08, 2006, 02:24:27 PM

The GEO inlay before it was set in place:
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/631/24953.jpg)
 
The bass is done now, just needs final inspection, so it should ship in the next couple of days.

Title: George's Custom 5-string
Post by: george_wright on February 08, 2006, 03:14:30 PM

Nice rendering of the uncial hand.  I presume thanks goes to James for that!
 
I called Paul Schein at Washington Music, so he's expecting it.  That means that one day in the next few weeks, I'll blow off work (which isn't all that tough to do, given that I'm a college prof :-)!), drive from Baltimore to Wheaton and back, and bring home a new household member.  Life is good!