Pierre-Yves' African Blackwood Custom Series II

[cozmik_cowboy]

Pierre-Yves, when you first started talking about this bass, I thought it sounded like something that, visually, would either really work well, or really not work at all.  Now we know; it really works well!
 
Peter

[pierreyves]

Mica, I know all my pictures but I would say finished beveled head with logo inlay

[alembixxx]

Wow Pierres-Yves!!! Magnifique cette nouvelle basse! Sure it would be a thunder sound weapon!!! Congrats! Do you still own all your other Alembics??? I would be happy to have a little bit of help in french regarding the specs of Series II electronics!
Cheers and hope to hear from you soon!

[jacko]

pierreyves. So far you have 24 pictures of your build on this thread. Some poor folk get less than a quarter of that number on theirs. Don't forget that these FTC threads are a bonus that Mica creates as a favour and not something we're paying extra for (and presumably not somethng that's in Mica's job description either). At the stage your bass is in now, if it was mine, I'd prefer to wait to see the finished product unveiled in all it's glory.
 
Graeme

[briant]

To compare:
 
My last FTC thread had four pictures total.  That includes the picture of it finished hanging on the wall at the Mothership.  Five if you want to count the picture used for doing the electronics layout.
 
My current FTC thread has ten pictures.
 
I'm extremely grateful for every single picture that Mica is able to capture and share during the build process.  I also *completely* understand that this is a lot of work for her that is above and beyond her real work.  This is extra bonus stuff.
 
Would it be cool to have daily pictures during the entire build?  Sure, I guess.  But it also is never going to happen.  I'd encourage being thankful for the pictures/updates you do get.  In the end you're going to have a fabulous instrument that will last a lifetime (or two).

[pierreyves]

Briant, your first bass was done in three month. I take all this (mine include) with fun and a lot of patience.

[rjmsteel]

Take a good look. The first picture in the first thread is probably three to four months into the project... if not more. My current build was two months just in discussion and thats far from some of the posts we have seen.
 
Your bass looks really nice.

[mica]

Well, pictures do make everything better!  

 

 

 

  These last few weeks are always the hardest part of the wait. Your bass looks done, but there are many hands and hours left to complete the project.

[sonicus]

Pierreyves,  
                      Such a lucky man you are , the attention to detail on your Bass will make you so happy ______ And the Bass that you will own will be what your heart desires .

[ajdover]

Very nice bass indeed, Pierre-Yves.
 
as for the pictures, looking at the number of pictures for Pierre-Yves' bass and my custom, I had thirty total Photos over a nearly four year build period.  This includes the date I ordered it (December 5, 2005) to the date I received it (December 9, 2009).  I don't know when Pierre-Yves ordered his bass, but he has almost as many pictures in six months (27) as I saw in four years or so.
 
This being said ... My take is who cares?  I'm sure Pierre-Yves is as anxious as anyone here who orders a custom to see pictures of the work in progress.  As Mica noted, she gets pics when she can, where she can, based on where the instrument is in the build process, and if the photos will be good.  Obviously she's had opportunities to take pictures of Pierre-Yves' bass that she perhaps didn't have with mine or someone else's.  So be it - all I know is that I got the bass of my dreams, as I'm sure Pierre-Yves will too.  I think we should all, as Alembic owners be happy about that.
 
Alan

[pierreyves]

MY GOD......WAAAAWWWW..... THANKX

[ajdover]

We may disagree about Iraq, Pierre-Yves, but we can agree on Alembics!! ;-)
 
Congrats on your custom.
 
Alan

[pierreyves]

of course Alan, and thanks to write my name correctly

[briant]

Take a good look. The first picture in the first thread is probably three to four months into the project... if not more. My current build was two months just in discussion and thats far from some of the posts we have seen.
 
This is very extremely correct.
 
Pierre-Yves, your bass is beautiful.

[andbassforall]

I was so fortunate for my bass to come through in a very short time.  I  ordered it at the most down time of the economy etc. and the build went very smoothly.  If I thought it was going to take a few years, I'd still totally would have ordered it.  Mica had some very good luck catching my bass at good points to take photos. The FTC thread is an amazing part of the Alembic site and service in addition to phone calls and emails that makes the experience so personal and worth it.  In fact, looking forward to a session later with my Rogue 6-string fretless.  
 
Pierre-Yves, enjoying keeping track of the progress of your new bass!