This goes out to OAKLAND CALIFORNIA - THE OAKLAND RAIDERS!!!
 
Wow, that Darth Vader is one evil dude... I think I like Pinocchio's art and colors better...  
 

 
 
 
(Message edited by toma_hawk01 on December 02, 2009)

Hal,
I'm so excited... I guess the Toma_Hawk would look wonderful under a Christmas Tree... Actually, under yours...!  
 
And don't worry about the Gathering. I'll let you know when we decide something.
 
But now, all focus on the Toma_Hawk!!!!
Here it comes!!!!
 
Greg

Garth,
 
The Alembic Featured Custom spot is the cat's meow, or the lions roar depending on your perspective on this bass.  
 
I can't help but laugh because I bet there are some people out there, who can't wait for this FTC to close. I understand this too.  
 
My Father always said:  
 
Friends you loose, but enemies you keep...  
 
Maybe someday, I'll understand what he means.

Hey Greg, I'll probably hooking on Frank's side of the map in Ohio then DC before heading up your way. This Summer should be insane for music and hopefully I can crash some Alembic gathering parties. What a wonderful family of Alembicans we have here!
 
After this bass is in my hands, I may have to decompress, and go underground for a few months or years in exile to study this bass  
 
 
 
(Message edited by toma_hawk01 on December 02, 2009)

I was able to hold my breath and get you the back view you requested:
 

 
The color is slightly intensified by the flash. I don't usually use a flash, but it's usually needed in the drying room.

A rare GEM!

First...
 
Mica, please don't put yourself in danger of the fumes. NOTHING IS WORTH YOUR HEALTH!
 
I am going to tell your mother if you do that again  
 
Second...
 
Mica, the work is magnificent. This bass looks like a huge smile with rosy cheeks (on a face)!
 
Reality is really setting in, and I am feeling a connection to this bass like nothing I every owned before. Speaking to you was very encouraging and I hope things go well enough to get a call from you before Christmas to pickup this beast that's been sucking my soul; attacking my patience's; toying with my psyche; and placing my future on hold. Soon, I will have my life back from this toil of being so close, but yet still so far. But to be honest, this is fun as heck!
 
I completely get it when Willy Wonka said:
This suspense is killing me, I hope it lasts.
 
Alembic.com is already addicting, but nobody told me ordering a bass, intensifies the addiction 10-folds.  
 
Anyway, sorry for the joke of selling my Toma_Hawk. It was a pure hoax. The Toma_Hawk will never be sold, it can only be given away freely to a child. (That's in my Will...)
 
Mica, I will wait for your call in advance to pay my bill free and clear. So, until that time, this is my last post on this FTC. I look forward to the next pictures when this bass is fully assembled and ready for loading in my Chuck Wagon Express.
 
May God bless everybody wherever you are.
 
Peace and Love is the greatest gift of all.
 
Thank you Mica, and many thanks to the Alembic Team, who has done an outstanding job in making a dream turn real!
 
P.S. Wolf,
 
You are one very sharp guy. Man, it's a honor to read your approach on very difficult topics. You, my friend have a beautiful mind with ideas, ways I had never conceived. This FTC with your comments will be read for many enjoyable years ahead. Thank you, and Greg for making this FTC fun.
 
Now, the hour has come for me to sing a standard...
 
A one-ana-two...
 
Fly me to the moon
Let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On a-Jupiter and Mars...
 
Ok, that's enough...
 
Kirk out,
 
Hal-
 
Star Date: (posted below...)
 
 
 
(Message edited by toma_hawk01 on December 03, 2009)

last post?
there is a god afterall...........

Here's the "whole thing" shots that you requested earlier this week:  

 

  It's still not quite ready to rub out, but it's getting close!

Absolutely magnificent !

Thanks Hal !   With out you there could not have been an Alembic Bass like the TOMA HAWK !    And with out Alembic Hal would not have the TOMA HAWK!   The wheel keeps turning _____________!

Earthquake coming!!!
 
Greg

Very cool.  No offense, but your renderings can't compare to the reality.  I would be curious to hear what the skeptics of your original design would have to say now.

This bass exalts Alembic and their excellence on all aspects of building quality basses and guitars.  
 
Memories of me shall surly fade in a days ahead as with other projects I'd become emotionally, spiritually, and financially involved. That's just how projects works out, and I am at complete loving peace with this normal outcome.
 
The only action I take value; is personally working with such wonderful individuals: Susan, Mica, and Ron. The Alembic organization are absolutely phenomenal, and there couldn't be a Toma_Hawk period, without their consulting and engineering.  
 
Soon, it will all comes down to letting this bass have a say, on the matter...  
 
Peace and Love!
 
(Message edited by the_jester on December 17, 2009)

Hal,
 
So simple, elegant and unique.