@fc spoiler: Thanks for posting pics!
Speaking of the neck, maybe it could be considered wide related to other Alembics but it's a very comfortable neck! I guess it's the Comfort Alembic profile... the spacing at bridge is 17mm which makes it the narrowest and most comfortable I've ever had.
The stiffness and straightness of this neck is UNBELIEVABLE. Let me explain...
I'm a setup fanatic, totally. I setup my own instruments and I'm very picky about it. Well, I give you some numbers...
The Foderas I previously owned were the instruments that took the best setup in terms of neck straightness, low action and ease of playing. Well, that was before Alembic :-D
That's what I do:
Capo at first fret, press the B string at 24th frets. This makes the string a straightedge.
Measure the gap between bottom of the string and top of 8th fret: this is your neck relief and here for an extremely low action (a la Victor Wooten) Fodera suggest 0.010. That way you could obtain (if that's what you want) a string action of 1 mm (measured at 12th fret) and around 1.5 mm (measured at 24th fret). That's to say that a gap of 0.010 measured this way translate to a pretty straight neck with minimal relief. Under that value the Fodera was string buzz fest.
Now, wonder what neck relief value I found on the Essence? I had to double check because I didn't believe my eyes ... 0.002. And I didn't even had to work on it myself ... it came in this way!
Not buzz anywhere on the neck and a FANTASTIC feeling on the left hand.
(Message edited by michele on April 14, 2016)
(Message edited by michele on April 14, 2016)
