Author Topic: "Almost Gone With The Wind" - a tale of Karma and renaming the "Rogue Rogue" (Read 1262 times)

coop · « **Reply #15 on:** July 02, 2014, 08:14:37 AM »

Congrats on picking up that in-progress bass! It's a real stunner and I should know - I'm the player it was being made for. It's twin should be under construction now. As another SCSD player, let me know how you like the neck. It's basically an SCSD neck in 32 scale. I loved the top and, hopefully, the top on the twin will be as lovely. That top was, however, the second selection - ask Susan about the Eye of Sauron...

5a_quilt_top · « **Reply #16 on:** July 02, 2014, 08:54:05 AM »

Kewl - thanks for the additional scoop, coop!

I thought there was something vaguely familiar about the neck - I also have a SCSD, so mystery solved!

I'm sure the twin will be just as stunning - as you know our hosts are incapable of making anything less.

I'll give a full report when I receive her and I'll be sure to ask about the Eye. I'm sure there's an interesting story waiting there.

hifiguy · « **Reply #17 on:** July 02, 2014, 09:21:31 AM »

What a sweetie of a bass.

coop · « **Reply #18 on:** July 08, 2014, 05:43:40 AM »

5a, I also have several pics taken of that bass under construction. If Mica didn't already send them to you, let me know and I'll post 'em for you.

5a_quilt_top · « **Reply #19 on:** July 11, 2014, 12:04:42 PM »

Thanks for the offer coop.

Mica did provide quite an impressive gallery of images, so I'm covered there.

However - if you have some progress pix of her beautiful twin sister...

;-)

Seeing these instruments evolve from the raw components never gets old!

coop · « **Reply #20 on:** July 28, 2014, 08:18:51 AM »

Funny you should ask... I received some pics of the work-in-progress from Mica this past week. Turning out to be as lovely as her sister.

Perhaps the most obvious difference is the "coopered" back - kind of like a Spector or Warwick Thumb body. Add in the Ruthenium hardware that will be added and it should be a real stunner!

5a_quilt_top · « **Reply #21 on:** July 28, 2014, 08:53:03 AM »

I think I'm seeing double...

;-)

dead_head · « **Reply #22 on:** July 28, 2014, 08:09:51 PM »

Wow...

bigredbass · « **Reply #23 on:** July 28, 2014, 10:25:58 PM »

So I've never been able to visualize it: HOW do they do the matching curve on the front and back of the body? It's a terrific feature I've long admired on Spectors, etc. Anybody know ?

J o e y

coop · « **Reply #24 on:** August 01, 2014, 07:50:39 AM »

Masterful carving and flawless wood selection.

It's a little-known option Alembic offers and it provides a high degree of playing comfort for those of us who are livin' large.

I fell in love with coopered back basses when I got my first Warwick Thumb bass. While researching the Alembic archive before I ordered this bass, I came across a coopered-back bass they made several years ago. In spec'ing out this bass, I discussed it with Susan and, sho' nuff, it's still an option today.

There really is very little they can't do as far as bass building is concerned.

growlypants · « **Reply #25 on:** August 01, 2014, 10:45:52 AM »

Forgive my asking, but is a coopered back a concavity generated by joining the top portion at a slight angle to the rest of the bass??

coop · « **Reply #26 on:** August 04, 2014, 07:21:51 PM »

I have to admit ignorance on this front. That's a question best answered by Alembic. On my Warwicks, it was the carved shape of the body wood itself - no top or bindings, and my Warwicks were bolt-on which radically simplifies the issue.

This bass is in a whole other realm of beauty and complexity.

bigredbass · « **Reply #27 on:** August 04, 2014, 09:47:21 PM »

But . . . . HOW do they parallel the curve on the front and back? I once saw a small, grainy pic of a fixture that Spector uses. I still wonder what the method is.

J o e y

sonicus · « **Reply #28 on:** August 04, 2014, 10:00:02 PM »

CNC woodworking ?

5a_quilt_top · « **Reply #29 on:** September 29, 2014, 11:54:31 AM »

Just received notification that she is finished and is on her way to me - scheduled for delivery TOMORROW - which just happens to be the day before my birthday.

Here's a couch pic to hold me over until I can see the real thing in person:

What a great birthday present!