What a beauty!
Please don't take any of these comments to be the least bit negative - I just want you all to understand how overwhelmed I was by this instrument, in person.
- I generally don't like spalted wood, but all the little details in this are just exquisite, especially with the ebony accents. No pictures could possibly do this justice. I know we hear that a lot, but it's really true.
- For my own tastes (hard to explain), I'm just not as excited about Series pickups for a bass as many/most of you seem to be. But for a guitar, they strike me as perfect.
- I have a hard time even thinking about strings this small anymore, and swear I'll never go back to guitar, and for that matter I reeallly don't need another instrument of any sort. But seeing this thing in person, I spent several minutes seriously thinking I might have to order one very much like this (aside from the virtual impossibility of finding comparable pieces of wood).
One other note. I saw this on a vist to Alembic about two months ago. I think it was at least a couple weeks before that, when I mentioned in the FTC thread that I'd like to see a picture of the wood on the fretboard, because it was so special. Well, I walked into the shop, and this instrument was resting on the couch - Susan and/or Mica came out and said they knew I wanted to see the neck, so they pulled it out for me!
Sheesh, these people are just too much. Anyway, congratulations Paul (the quiet one???) on a beautiful instrument. I can't tell you just how much it wanted to be played (I resisted, barely), but hopefully you know that by now.
-Bob
