How is it insulting to the Wickershams to build something for yourself that's not commercially available? If anything, I would think it's an homage. All of these things are tools to make music, not sacred objects to render worship.
I can understand a problem if someone decides to try to manufacture it and sell it as an Alembic, that's a definite foul, but thinking about making one for myself shouldn't inspire negativity toward me.
