Hello everyone it's been a while

[john_judge]

great hearing from you guys and glad to see everyone seems to be doing well...sorry bill no way I could make it right now but would of loved to perhaps next time around...senmen I hope your enjoying your instrument and ill try to spot you on skype my name cause i tied it to my phone is johnjudgedroid2   senmen so do a search cause Im not sure if I still have you as a contact...tony glad your doing ok which I was back up in VC or BC loved the summer up there im doing fine thanks

[rami]

Hi John,
 
I really  enjoyed the story of the doubleneck.  That doubleneck has become such an Alembic icon travelling the globe and passing through many different owners, always surrounded in mystery about its history and the original owner. I regret missing my chance to own it, but I would have kept it as a showpiece more than anything else.  I'd like to see it on display behind glass at the Alembic office for all visitors to admire.  I've long been considering a doubleneck but more along the lines of the short scale small standard body with a 4 string fretless upper and a fretted 4 lower. I'm a HUGE fan of Ebony and Purpleheart, so they would be the two woods used.  Do you have any design projects planned or in progress?
 
Best wishes,
 
Rami

[john_judge]

Its great hearing from you Rami as always... A few small ideas but not since the Raven but I have revamped some ideas about it, I thought about a short scale myself with also the fretted and fretless concept, I got to play one and really enjoyed it, A tobias it was. Yes I was truly thinking about a 6 string piccolo bass with the neck short scale shifted a little farther back into the body design and the bottom neck would be four string fretted/fretless split. the piccolo would have and octave circuit built in it so with a flip of a switch the octave would kick in, but you know its really hard to find one that tracks really well on bass but being this would be piccolo it might have good success in doing so. It be a fun soloing instrument , to jump up to the top neck and make the top neck or bottom switchable with a foot switch  so you can play almost continuously and switch to the other neck HA! ...I love those stage visual and playing dynamics when you bust out on the bass to a smaller piccolo neck and hear the distinction of higher frequencies under laced by them big fat Bag end sub woofer lows! and you bust out a riff from something like Cosmos Squad. Which is one of my favorite groups..Art loves them too. But first maybe before another doubleneck Im thinking short scale piccolo fretted and fretless mixed with the octave circuit. It's wild but thats what I do best. dream up this crazy stuff! take care Rami

[peoplechipper]

Once tried an original POG with bass and it tracked amazingly well...mind you, I don't play fast but it sounded like a big old Hammond...look into one of those, I'm tempted to get one myself but that would mean changing my pedalboard and I like it as is...Tony