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Title: Rorschach Test (again!)
Post by: mica on January 17, 2012, 10:07:44 PM
I showed  this bass (http://alembic.stores.yahoo.net/sistbu.html) to my husband last night, and he said, wow, that looks like a rottweiler coming right for you!
 
I was showing him how the grain radiated out of the pickups, and now all I can see is that dog - right down to the ear and the teeth (or is that a bridge?)
Title: Rorschach Test (again!)
Post by: mica on January 17, 2012, 10:08:38 PM
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/393/121347.jpg)
Title: Rorschach Test (again!)
Post by: bluplirst on January 17, 2012, 10:29:01 PM
LOL! So true!
Title: Rorschach Test (again!)
Post by: jazzyvee on January 17, 2012, 10:57:15 PM
haha yeah he has good vision. It probably  a good reflection on it's sound. Strong meaty with a powerfully crisp bite to the tone.   Chomp Chomp
 
Jazzyvee
Title: Rorschach Test (again!)
Post by: terryc on January 18, 2012, 03:18:23 AM
Yep, if you squint your eyes it is even more pronounced!
Title: Rorschach Test (again!)
Post by: 811952 on January 18, 2012, 05:55:57 AM
AAAAAHHH!
Title: Rorschach Test (again!)
Post by: hydrargyrum on January 18, 2012, 06:19:13 AM
Hmm, I see two serpents juxtaposed with fangs gripping the pickups.  But I'm more than a little weird. . .  
 
Okay, now I'm seeing it.
Title: Rorschach Test (again!)
Post by: smokinbear on January 18, 2012, 06:35:51 AM
Rottweiler for sure!!!!
Title: Rorschach Test (again!)
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on January 18, 2012, 06:58:55 AM
OK, I can see both of those - but my first thought was femurs & an under-developed pelvis.  Then, between the bridge & tailpiece (inside the Rott's mouth, so to speak), the neck covers the middle of a human mouth.  And of course, in the upper bouts, kneeling on the dark wood facing the fretboard, are (left) a guy in a striped suit and (right) a woman in a matching long dress.  All in all, an amazing piece of wood!
 
Peter
Title: Rorschach Test (again!)
Post by: sonicus on January 18, 2012, 08:42:28 AM
I can see Barkmore . ( once knew a Dog named Barkmore)
Title: Rorschach Test (again!)
Post by: cje on January 18, 2012, 09:50:16 AM
Looking down at myself as a skeleton - seated, crossing my legs.
Title: Rorschach Test (again!)
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Title: Rorschach Test (again!)
Post by: pauldo on January 18, 2012, 10:31:21 AM
That bass needs a set of Snarling Dogs put on it.
Title: Rorschach Test (again!)
Post by: hieronymous on January 18, 2012, 10:50:12 AM
Looking down at myself as a skeleton - seated, crossing my legs.
 
Wow, that sounds like an intense Tibetan Buddhist visualization-meditation!
Title: Rorschach Test (again!)
Post by: hammer on January 18, 2012, 08:48:01 PM
As a psychologist (who was once trained in administration and interpretation of the Rorschach) I could have a field day interpreting what everyone sees in this beautiful piece of Buckeye burl. Fortunately, many years ago back in graduate school I learned that there is no research basis at all for this type of personality assessment. It appears that what you see is nothing more than what you see and what I see is a gorgeous bass that I'll probably never be able to afford.
Title: Rorschach Test (again!)
Post by: dadabass2001 on January 19, 2012, 06:58:01 AM
What an incredible piece of wood!
I find myself ruminating on the conditions that caused those grain patterns to appear and grow. Miracles in Nature continue to appear....
 
Mike
 
P.S. I WANT that bass.
Title: Rorschach Test (again!)
Post by: mica on January 19, 2012, 10:24:05 AM
Frequently with Buckeye Burl, we find these amazing designs, then there's a huge bark pocket, which is not suitable for a top. It always happens on the more highly figured pieces. In cases like this, my uncle does an inlay in the top, like the serpents on this bass. He's so artistic.  
 
My mom is currently trying to find the perfect piece of Buckeye for a Darling guitar that she's been longing to get.
Title: Rorschach Test (again!)
Post by: hb3 on January 19, 2012, 10:36:57 AM
One of the aliens from Space Invaders.