Author Topic: Lefty series II cocobolo  (Read 470 times)

jlpicard

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« Reply #15 on: March 12, 2005, 09:47:29 PM »
Oh I totally understand and I'm not getting  getting impatient. I would just like to know as much as I can about the whole process. I remembered reading somewhere that you have to request an FTC, so I though I would do the polite thing and ask nicely by saying to post when it's appropriate. I figure when the the time is right I'll be hearing from them and sure enough, a few days later I was contacted! I have total faith in Alembic and their ability to deliver above and beyond expectations.
  This is so exciting! Not only do you get the ultimate instrument but you get to be so involved with the creation process! As someone who has built a few basses I am extremely interested in how Alembic performs it's magic! I loved it when they posted that series of photos showing the various steps in their process of building a several basses and I have been to the factory twice over the years. This is the first time I've ordered a custom, however.
 I also would like to say thanks for the emotional support and guidance that everyone so freely gives in this club. It makes the wait that much easier to bear.

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« Reply #16 on: April 01, 2005, 09:50:02 AM »
Mica/Val/Chip, How about something like this? The middle board is what I'm after. MikeD

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« Reply #17 on: April 01, 2005, 10:33:17 AM »
That middle piece of wood looks fabulous!  

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« Reply #18 on: April 01, 2005, 03:43:54 PM »
Wow. An undulating slag of molten inferno. Can you say magma? Wood like that could change my opinion of cocobolo.
 
Mike, congrats on the build, sounds like a wonderful project. Your enthusiasim is infectious.
 
Mike

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« Reply #19 on: April 02, 2005, 03:35:12 PM »
I'm really excited, yet I'm trying to be controlled about it so I don't make myself a nuisance ( OK not TOO big of a nuisance! ) to any body at the factory. Maybey too late for that? Mike

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« Reply #20 on: April 21, 2005, 02:50:18 PM »
Here's the acetone swipe on 3764:
 

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« Reply #21 on: April 21, 2005, 05:22:30 PM »
and 3752 with fumes, I mean acetone:
 

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« Reply #22 on: April 22, 2005, 04:48:09 AM »
3752 looks like it could turn out the same colour as my rogue.
 
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« Reply #23 on: May 18, 2005, 12:15:26 AM »
Oh my God!! VAl/Mica/Chip, Found a new favorite!  Johnathan's Custom Guitar. THIS is what I have in my head. This is the kind of Cocobolo I envision for my bass. RED!!!with just enough highly contrasting grain, ( It is very critical to me that the instrument not appear too dark overall )that swirls around and complements the body shape and very little straight grain anywhere on the bass except at the bottom where it frames the bridge and the omega splendidly! Graemes Rouge runs a close second. I love the various colors in his wood too!  Michael