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Connecting => Introductions => Topic started by: piotr_c on July 29, 2012, 06:35:33 PM

Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: piotr_c on July 29, 2012, 06:35:33 PM: Hi Club Members,
I've registered at last, after receiving my third Alembic. The first was (and still is) a brown bass (Grand Master with the Maltese cross inlays), then its twin sister, the fretless templar secrets and finally a wonderful Alexandria themed 5-string series 2...
I play bass as a hobby, and certainly much worst than the vast majority of you, but I do count on catching up, as I recently moved from Switzerland to Uruguay and have plenty of time to practice... So yes, my Alembics had a one month cruise across the Atlantic, a moment of intense anguish until they found their new home...!
Anyway, I wanted to thank you already for the threads and discussions you post in this club, as they have often opened my eyes to new dimensions of the bass universe.
Looking forward to read, and this time chat some more...!
Greetings to all from Montevideo...
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: jacko on July 30, 2012, 03:54:18 AM: Welcome to the club Pierre. Can I be the first to ask for pictures please?

Graeme
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: pauldo on July 30, 2012, 06:51:08 AM: Pierre - welcome aboard from Milwaukee!
Ahhh the Templar Secrets bass - truly a work of art, even without being plugged in.
I can only imagine your anxiety as you awaited shipment of your babies to your new home.
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: dadabass2001 on July 30, 2012, 07:06:39 AM: Welcome to the forum, Pierre.
Please do post some new pix of your collection. We all love photos...

MIke
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: piotr_c on July 30, 2012, 09:35:59 AM: Well, pics from Grand Master are in the custom archive (http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_grandmaster.html (http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_grandmaster.html)), as those of Templar (http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_templarsecrets.html (http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_templarsecrets.html)), and for the 5-string, I'll do some pics tonight and post them up (with a blackberry cam... i'm afraid it's all i've got).
Like a certain Governor from a certain State would say: I'll be back...!
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: piotr_c on July 30, 2012, 03:29:54 PM: Sorry Guys, too dark to make pictures tonight... Came back from work too late (it's winter here in the southern hemisphere), so i'll try again tomorrow... Thanks for being patient...
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: piotr_c on July 30, 2012, 04:09:54 PM: here, i felt guilty, so that is the best i could do...
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/397/136829.jpg)
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: piotr_c on July 30, 2012, 04:19:20 PM: and here from behind...
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/397/136832.png)
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: funkyjazzjunky on July 31, 2012, 06:47:46 AM: Wow

More pictures please
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: pauldo on July 31, 2012, 07:59:07 AM: oh yes!
A close up shot of the behind would be nice!
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: piotr_c on July 31, 2012, 10:10:34 AM: a close up shot of the behind... Really...!
(sorry couldn't help myself...)
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: mario_farufyno on July 31, 2012, 11:49:31 AM: Wonderfull one-of-a-kind Alembic you have, neighbour (I'm from Brazil). Please send us more pics of it, specially a close up of inlays and this catchy 4 piece hole at the tail.
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: piotr_c on July 31, 2012, 01:54:52 PM: Again, sorry for the quality, but with a bbm, no could do better...! Good to have a Brazilian neighbour... I travel often to Sao Paulo and speak the language (although my written portuguese skill are catastrophic...!
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/397/136878.jpg)
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: piotr_c on July 31, 2012, 01:57:32 PM: As you understand, the theme is Alexandria, egypt, and all related to the alexandria library of course...
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/397/136881.jpg)
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: piotr_c on July 31, 2012, 01:59:15 PM: One more to come...
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/397/136884.jpg)
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: piotr_c on July 31, 2012, 02:01:39 PM: the last of inlays... (the arabic scripture reads Alexandria)
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/397/136887.jpg)
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: piotr_c on July 31, 2012, 02:06:57 PM: The catchy sculpted Maltese cross (yes, i know, kind of a mild obsession with me). I could feel Susan and MIca trembling when they drilled that one... but they really nailed it beautifully (pic doesn't do it justice)
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/397/136890.jpg)
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: piotr_c on July 31, 2012, 02:09:03 PM: The close up from behind, just for Paul...
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/397/136893.jpg)
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: piotr_c on July 31, 2012, 02:11:21 PM: and finally a body frontal with a bit more light than before
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/397/136896.jpg)
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: piotr_c on July 31, 2012, 02:23:47 PM: for a brief history, this was ordered at the end of 2008 if I'm not mistaken, and came in my hands mid-march 2012... so a long wait for an amazing work of art. I must say that collaborating with Susan and Mica was a dream, and the whole Alembic family really nailed it like I couldn't have imagined... Coco bolo top and back series II, with flame maple body... pretty heavy, but the sound is crazy... I love it... and still am in awe of the Alembic craft...!
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: sonicus on July 31, 2012, 05:12:11 PM: Nice Bass . like no other!
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: piotr_c on July 31, 2012, 06:21:19 PM: Thanks Sonicus... It had to tell a story, that's always how i planned them with Alembic,,,! I saw your name quite a bit in threads and posts, you must be quite the pro...?
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Post by: sonicus on July 31, 2012, 07:23:03 PM: Thanks, __me pro ? Well that depends on what pro means . I just have guided opinions, LOL ___
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on July 31, 2012, 09:27:27 PM: You have an amazing collection, Piotr.

Peter
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: afrobeat_fool on July 31, 2012, 10:13:47 PM: I got to see this one up close and personal.Over the last few years I would visit the factory and see this bass. The pic's do not do this one justice. I was quite taken with the inlays. You are a very lucky man. Congratulations!

Nick
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: pauldo on August 01, 2012, 06:43:58 AM: Pierre -
Thank YOU! :-D

Great gods that really is beautiful! From the front it looks like the top grain drapes over the cutout.
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: piotr_c on August 01, 2012, 08:15:21 AM: Thanks to all for your kind words...! Next one to come in is a 6-string (African Theme, just for you Afrobeat...!And you are right, the pics are incredibly bad... I don't have the photographic skills of pierreyves nor the camera for that matter), Delivery of the 6, certainly not before next year, and there could be a new kind of body inlay style... We'll all have to wait and see...!
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: artswork99 on August 01, 2012, 01:58:58 PM: WOW, very nice collection! Play em Healthy! Regards, Art
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Post by: David Houck on August 01, 2012, 04:38:06 PM: Welcome to the club Pierre!

The cross in the body is amazing! And the inlays, from concept to execution, are exceptional. Congrats!
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: piotr_c on August 01, 2012, 05:29:47 PM: Triple thanks Dave, but alas, after hearing you play on your video, I still have a lot (but a really lot) of practicing to do. In order to be worthy of...
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: mario_farufyno on August 01, 2012, 05:39:55 PM: A-ma-zing!!!!
Thanks for sharing, Pierre. It is incredible.
Title: Hello from Montevideo
Post by: piotr_c on August 01, 2012, 05:45:04 PM: You're welcome vizinho Brasileiro...! Thanks for the kind words. If you come by Montevideo, don't hesitate...!