Author Topic: My oh my (Read 266 times)

David Houck · « **Reply #15 on:** August 30, 2010, 10:13:00 AM »

The Alembic shop does amazing things. For instance, Stormy.

Go back up and read the last paragraph in Mica's post. She's envisioning overlaying a color to take advantage of the Quilt and making use of the stain. Personally, I love the things they do with color overlaying a Quilt. They are amazing.

lowphatbass · « **Reply #16 on:** August 30, 2010, 08:23:57 PM »

I do like the deep stain look over a quilt as well, and I LOVE Stormy! For whatever reason I like the colored look better over a denser and/or more consistent quilt pattern, they seem to hold color well. My bass has a bit of free spirit going on, there's a lot of turbulence I guess which seems to lend itself more toward naturalism maybe. It's also possible that I'm not really a purple, blue or green bass type of guy. I'm taking a lot of inventory and that's what I'm needing to do here, this is really working for me and I thank you!
One of my reasons for considering a solid color is the possibility that the sanding inconsistencies could be built-up from where they're at and the process would be reversible in theory, although it's debatable whether this building-up process would be less labor intensive than sanding down.
At this point I think my best option is to set aside a bit of money every gig, when the coffee can is full I'll take a drive North and allow the right thing to happen from that point.

Thanks again to all of you for your warmth and concern!

Nat

David Houck · « **Reply #17 on:** August 31, 2010, 07:21:58 AM »

Sounds like a good plan. Keep up posted.

rockbassist · « **Reply #18 on:** September 08, 2010, 05:09:54 PM »

In the early 1980's I had a 1971 Fender Jazz bass that I loved playing. The bass sounded great and played beautifully. In 1984, the bass was stolen. My former drummer later admitted that he had stolen it and traded it for an Alembic. He paid me for the bass but I would have preferred it if he had given me the Alembic.

masterofmanystrings · « **Reply #19 on:** September 08, 2010, 07:49:41 PM »

... As someone who also had an Elan stolen -and by someone who WAS (emphasizing past tense) a trusted friend... my heart goes out to you. I feel your pain -especially what with it being mutilated and all. Just horrible.

I ended up getting a new and more awesome Alembic to deal with the pain/loss... and frankly as an alternative to dealing with that person in a harsh manner warranted by the situation... but one that at the least could've involved serious possible legal implications.

I wish you the best dealing with this; hopefully you can send it back to get fixed up, remember, Alembic began as a repair shop, and no one is better suited to repair/modify an electric instrument -especially one of their own- than Alembic.

Hopefully in the future your baby will be restored, probably (apparently certainly) not as it was, but as something you'll like. Maybe consider an upgrade to Europa or EMW electronics.

Best wishes, brother.