You guys have a bunch of pics of stained basses, but not many painted ones. Look up the Chromalusion paint job. I think I've seen two or three of them and they are wonderful in person. If I were going to have a painted Alembic, it would be some Chromalusion color. I prefer my natural woods, or maybe a little stain on a piece of maple, but that paint is alive.
I know I saw a purple one, and I think there was a burgundy and a black. Not sure how many of these have been done.
-bob