Author Topic: A Featured Custom! (Read 633 times)

flaxattack · « **Reply #15 on:** January 01, 2010, 02:26:54 AM »

its nice to see that slab of wood finally get to be a featured custom,especially since i have some of it on scarlet. Looks just like val's bird of prey
but the wood is so much finer.
dave- aint it cool the way the wood looks bubbly?

there ought to be a thread for those of us who got to own a piece of the crappy no one will like it piece of junk.
maybe i will start one tmrw

smokinbear · « **Reply #16 on:** January 01, 2010, 08:23:23 AM »

WOW!!! SHE is Stunning, a beautiful masterpiece. If i had the resources to order a custom. She is so close to what I'm looking for in a woman/bass these days. Sorry my list of descriptive adjectives is so utterly lacking, so i'll just leave it at that. Now excuse me whilst I clean the drool off my mac book now. ....Bear

ajdover · « **Reply #17 on:** January 01, 2010, 09:02:38 AM »

It's a beautiful instrument, even though I'm not overly fond of the shape. Love the continuous backplates - absolutely gorgeous. Congrats.

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krystoof · « **Reply #18 on:** January 01, 2010, 11:10:24 AM »

Waouuuuuuu!!!!! I saw this beaut? in the factory to customer section and was amazed and kind of stuck in front of the screen.... Couldn't believe it... But it exists, man!!!! Thanks to Alembic!
Happy new year, everybody!!!
Xtof

eastcoastepic · « **Reply #19 on:** January 01, 2010, 12:16:36 PM »

'She' is drop-dead stunning! Congratulations, David, best of luck with her.......

rjmsteel · « **Reply #20 on:** January 01, 2010, 04:21:08 PM »

Thanks for sharing her at the Chicago gathering of \09... phenonemal bass, also looking forward to the next gathering.

pace · « **Reply #21 on:** January 01, 2010, 05:13:10 PM »

I was always wondering where this bass went since it first showed up in the background of someone else's FTC photos.... When it made the group shot at Chicago, that set my mind at ease (it wasn't stashed away or behind some glass display).... Next up, a Bird of Prey 8-string?!?!!?

The other bass I wonder about I saw at the factory in '05. It was an Omega Balance K Buckeye Burl body w/ an Ebony/Purpleheart neck. I want to say it was a 5-string... Absolutely stunning. Anyone else see it (or own it)?

slawie · « **Reply #22 on:** January 01, 2010, 05:20:54 PM »

Beautiful.
Alembic instruments never cease to amaze me.

slawie

Enzo · « **Reply #23 on:** January 01, 2010, 09:33:15 PM »

Here's Mica describing her at the Chicago Gathering to a few speechless Alembicians ( me included

).

David Houck · « **Reply #24 on:** January 02, 2010, 06:12:20 PM »

Congrats on the Featured Custom DW! Mica put together a very nice layout!

David Houck · « **Reply #25 on:** January 02, 2010, 06:19:09 PM »

Enzo; that's a great pic of Mica with the bass!

LMiwa · « **Reply #26 on:** January 02, 2010, 08:19:19 PM »

David,

Congrats on the Featured Custom!

It's a beautiful instrument. All the little detail touches add up to a stunning instrument. I certainly enjoyed seeing, touching, and playing it at the Chicago gathering.

Loch

mario_farufyno · « **Reply #27 on:** January 03, 2010, 05:47:08 AM »

So let's sing:

Isn't she loooovely?

dwmark · « **Reply #28 on:** January 04, 2010, 08:45:58 AM »

Thanks, everyone. I'm also glad to see the picture with Mica as it underscores the fact that She (that's what I always call her, but I'm just getting used to capitalizing the s) is not a stay-at-home bass.

So, everyone, don't be afraid to take yours out of the house. Check your insurance and be extra careful when the temps are extreme (as they are here now).

By the way, I've been playing a slow game of custom knobs with THG. I have almost all of them now, and will post pictures when the whole set is here. I think Quilted Coco knobs with LEDs will make Her even better.

dw

chalieholmes · « **Reply #29 on:** January 08, 2010, 07:24:45 PM »

Yeah man, That temperature thing is a killer, I had a gig on the 23rd of last month and it was very cold....I could see the strings pulling away from the fingerboard. I did not play it that night intsead I used my doublebass and Wittman custom stereo 5 string. My Wittman luckily was converted to accept the 5pin jack that the Alembic uses.Do you have an edress for the custom knob maker?