I've tried playing the game of- "The House Is On Fire, There's Only Time To Grab One Case And Run". It doesn't work. If it actually happens, I'm going to perish in flames trying to rescue them all because I simply can't pick just one. It's both a blessing and a curse every Saturday morning deciding which two go to the gig.
For the sake of Jonathan's Thread though, my own custom fretless Alembic will be The One today. She was fourteen months in the planning, followed by 23 months and 6 days in the making, and worth every minute of it.