Author Topic: Featured Custom: Ripple (Read 883 times)

mica · « **on:** March 01, 2016, 08:55:19 AM »

It's March, that must mean it's Featured Custom time.

Hope you enjoy looking at and reading all about Ripple.

mica · « **Reply #1 on:** March 01, 2016, 08:58:29 AM »

Posted for Alembic Club members first - updated on the Alembic website a little later today. Membership has its privileges.

sonicus · « **Reply #2 on:** March 01, 2016, 09:09:06 AM »

I love it.
Mica ,
Thanks for sharing this with us .

Wolf

elwoodblue · « **Reply #3 on:** March 01, 2016, 09:30:15 AM »

Wow!
The guitar in the Father/Daughter inlay seems familiar. And the headstock is amazing!

jazzyvee · « **Reply #4 on:** March 01, 2016, 10:23:19 AM »

Superb and a great story behind its features.

the_mule · « **Reply #5 on:** March 01, 2016, 10:48:27 AM »

Wow, beautiful guitar & extraordinary family heirloom.

jazzyvee · « **Reply #6 on:** March 02, 2016, 01:45:10 AM »

Did anyone else notice the acoustic guitar has pointy bottom and an alembic logo on it too. Nice touch.

pauldo · « **Reply #7 on:** March 02, 2016, 02:02:13 AM »

Bravo!

jacko · « **Reply #8 on:** March 02, 2016, 05:09:18 AM »

Incredible!

Graeme

5a_quilt_top · « **Reply #9 on:** March 02, 2016, 07:27:58 AM »

And I thought the inlays on the previous FC Fantasy were intricate.

It now appears that those were just the warm-up exercises for this one...

Holy ****....!

Seriously, is there another group of artists anywhere on this planet who could A. envision this concept and B. execute it with such breathtaking precision?

And, by the way, I'm sure the MUSICAL INSTRUMENT that is the framework for all of those inlays plays and sounds as amazing as it looks.

edwardofhuncote · « **Reply #10 on:** March 02, 2016, 08:50:35 AM »

That inlaid logo is the most striking I've seen since Will Gunn's custom Essence! After some reflection, I think my favorite details are the unstrung harp inlay in the headstock, and the way the tailpiece mounted on an ebony(?) shim.

The whole thing is unimaginably clever. Just... amazing, really. Makes me think they might be bored by building my (purposefully) plain bass. =)

cje · « **Reply #11 on:** March 02, 2016, 11:52:26 AM »

This is an AMAZING piece in every respect. I know this has been a LONG time coming. Susan described some of this guitar to me years ago, when we were still designing mine!

Congratulations on this build - all good things in all good time.

StephenR · « **Reply #12 on:** March 02, 2016, 12:30:25 PM »

The inlaid logo is perhaps the nicest I have seen.

Number of instruments that will feature amazing inlays currently in production. If you dream it they can make it happen.

hifiguy · « **Reply #13 on:** March 02, 2016, 12:46:27 PM »

I am completely speechless.

StephenR · « **Reply #14 on:** March 02, 2016, 06:27:53 PM »

Just looking at Ripple again. There is just so much going on... and Mica deserves a big shout-out for the amazing pictures of all the details.