can't wait; my ears have been hearing eight string on at least half a dozen songs my band performs.  we are gearing up for the summer season here on the CT. shoreline. This baby's going off to work and I'm sure she's going to be perfectly happy to do so. My goal was to build a rugged stage safe instrument with the sound that only Alembic can produce, and of course Alembic has taken that, much further. much Thanks Alembic; I'll play it heartily.     Ray.  ps.  thanks again to all for all the good words.

What a beauty!  Play it Healthy Ray!
Best regards, Art

Oh, I'm speachless!

awesome!

good one Ray - she is beautiful
Play it loud!

Stunning!

Ray - She's a beautiful beast. I can hear the thunder already! Congrats.

I would to hear how she sounds.
Please post a link to a sample when you can
It looks absolutely amazing but looking is not enough.
The neck laminations are just right.
Congratulations on a truly unique instrument.
 
slawie

So, is this a Series 1 w/master volume or Anniversary electronics w/master vol.? I'm asking because I don't see the holes to acces the trim pots for the hum canceler.  
 
BTW, Fu*$!^g A man, it's gorgeous!

Amazing. Congrats!

Ho-lee moe!  Dude, you should be able to blow down buildings with that beautiful beast.

Congrats! I want to hear the sound of this beauty too.
 
Toshiaki

I've not been following things for a wile,  been spending time with the  bass. It is anniversary  electronics with a master volume ,and prep for   series upgrade. Having some problems  with the octave string spacings at first they were too close and would cancel out. Rather than mess  around with a  simple fix  alembic is making a new bridge assembly to correct the problem. In the mean time I've cut a grove to the side of the original cuts making the bass  playable , but     just  a little too wide. Aside from this correctable issue the bass is performing as I had hoped. the neck  recipe  has proved to be on the money the balance Of the instrument is perfect. It has proven to be far more versatile than I expected, the octave tones can be mellowed down to sound like a chunky four string or brought up to really sing bright, and ring like a bell and every thing in between. I have  found  that it sounds great for a far wider variety of songs than I had expected. I've used it two gigs using two separate amps but I have just put together a F2B and a Crown 602, and can't wait to hear it to it's full potential.once I get things all figured out Ill try to put together a sound clip. Thanks All.      Ray.