Good grief Johnny, you could be telling my story with your initial posting here. I remember seeing a picture of Stanley with an Alembic, and getting a lump in my throat. I felt pretty sad, because I knew that I would never be able to own a bass like that. 30 short years on, and I have just bought my second one
I've only discovered the Alembic forum fairly recently, and I'm still a bit shocked that you can get to talk to people like Mica at Alembic, and also some seriously good bassists around the world. Also, remember that this community holds a wealth of knowledge from other walks of life which they're happy to bring with them when its appropriate. I was just reading a post about lowering the nut-height further than the adjustment allows, and one response came from experience learned from decreasing a particular shim size on a Jaguar engine
Anyhow, greetings also from this side of the pond!
