Reid: Congrats on your baby Pinot's promotion to Custom of the Month for Nov. '04. That thing is gorgeous and the accolades are absolutely deserved.
 
Cheers,
 
Kevin

Reid:
 
 Custom of the month! Now comes Miller Time (or maybe Sierra Navada Pale Ale time).  A beautiful instrument appropriately recognized for it's uniqueness!  Play it in good health.
 
Bill, tgo

congrats on the bass of the month...
its a beauty....

Thanks guys, I was appropriately stunned when I got an email from Mica stating that Pinot was up next for COTM, and asking for comments. Man, I am really enjoying this instrument.
 
Bill, your beer time comment amuses me, being that Pinot is all about the wine, and Wineburst influences. But, in true Southern fashion, it reminds me of a story. My ex and I took a beginners wine appreciation class a decade or so ago. The instructor always started the class with a few sips of beer - well Busch, a near beer, to be exact. Anyway, he would watch us with amusement when he did this, and finally someone posed the question, Why do you always start the class with a beer? This is a wine class. His answer was that beer is an excellent palate cleanser, and he could better gauge a wine after a sip of beer.  
 
Uh, OK...  
 
All I know is that the last time I tried mixing beer and wine, I was about 22, and I woke up in the front yard of my best friend's girl friend's house! I'll never forget the pleasing sensation of cool, dewey, morning grass in my face! At the same time, I hope I never experience it again!  
 
Alrighty then, I've totally derailed this thread!
 
Thanks again everybody, and have fun,
 
Reid

Reid, I'm always the last to every thread it appears, but that bass is absolutely stunning. Love the shape, and the peghead was always a personal fave. If I could afford another Alembic I think I'd go for one very similar to yours; beautiful! I propose a toast to Pinot and raise a glass of Baron St Jean (which is all of ?2.20-odd here in the UK - anybody familiar with Aldi? - but strangely is my favourite wine. Lucky as I can't afford much else!)