I must convince senior management that a new Alembic wouldn't be too bad of an idea.. that bass is just jaw dropping
 
Dave

thanks dave
very much appreciated

 
 
(Message edited by flaxattack on January 13, 2005)

val
i dont know whats going on. i see wolves everywhere. Damn this is good acid.,.....

i am not a wolf
i am a pookie

Patiently waiting for Alembic to finish her deluxe scratching post...
 
LOL!
 
Wilfred

600 pounds of sin was grinning at my window all I said was come on in......
 
This is turning into a really amazing bass.
 
The wood is awesome!

Jeff,
 
(off topic mode)
How many cats do you have?? We've become the animal shelter annex with 4 ourselves, so I'm just curious.
 
(back on topic)
 
Cool looking bass so far, can't wait to see what Susan comes up with...although I'm sure it will be incredible!
 
Ken (TEO)

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Jeff,
The bass is beautful, I love the purple heart and ebony neck lams.
I think we need a thread ALEMBICS cats.
Lots of luck
Doug

great idea- how bout alemicats?
my second choice for an inlay was cats inder the stars

ken-the inlay will be the wolf from jerry's guitar. the tribute wolf guitar for sale in the store was the prototype. mine will be made out of different materials. the wolf inlay was honestly an afterthought to make the bass more mine. i picked up the phone and called susan. We discussed some ideas and then susan made me poop my pants when she said, you know jeff, a lot of people have been asking for that wolf for years,and i have resisted, but yes i will make it for you. her alternative was a wolf head backlit with yellow eyes. of course i couldnt afford that one. wish i could have sometimes- i happen to love wolves, just so happened jerry did too.
 
One of my most wonderful experiences was being invited on a hells angels ferry ride party here in ny. bo didley's band played as did jerry and merl. i sat 3 feet away from that wolf guitar while jerry noodled unplugged up in the bow. had a great discussion on sci-fi movies with him(true story) And being the bass player that i am- i went looking to see if i could throw john kahn overboard and come to the rescue of the band lol
here's the materials for the inlay
Ebony
Silver
red pearloid
Black Tahitian Mother of Pearl
White Mother of Pearl
Golden Agoya shell
Pink Ivory wood
just waiting on susan for some slight tweakings of her initial drawing
 

last thing i did was add/change the intials on the 24th fret from mine (JF) to DW
2 reasons
1- JF might have an advverse affect on resale(yea like i might sell it) value
2-its the bass's name
am toying with spelling out direwolf on the 24th fret but it might be $$$ prohibitive

Jeff,
 
I put my initials on my two Alembics, but they're not going to be resale prohibitive...they're elf-runes.
 
Since our digital camera is mostly used by my wife and daughter, I've probably got a half-million cat pictures that I could contribute to an Alembicat thread. (Sounds like a swing band name...)
 
Ken (TEO)

what are elf-runes?
i figure if bb king has lucille on his guitar and not bb king- then who am i to put my intials on-lol
or not like those country singers that cant remember their names so the put them on the entire fretboard