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[rklisme]

Reid
 
Thanks for the compliment but your bass is pretty stunning as well. What a great idea I don't think I would have ever thought about doing something like that. What a beauty!
 
Rory

[kmh364]

Reid,
 
Very, very nice! Another surface mount logo as well, and with the Alembic script! What'll they think of next. I'm sure those pix don't even come close to doing this bad boy justice. Quilt tops are very hard to photograph without the figuring washing out (ask me how I know, LOL!).  
 
While I really enjoy Cali, including wine country, I'm not much of a wine drinker (I could tell you more about balsamic vinegar than I could wines, LOL!), but I am a stout fanatic (Guiness anyone? LOL!) so I am a little disappointed about it not being a tobacco sunburst (LOL! J/K).  
 
Never mind my authentic frontier gibberish, Good Luck with the thing: I can't wait to see it completed.
 
Cheers,
 
Kevin

[rraymond]

Kevin and Rory,  
 
Thanks for the compliments on Pinot, I'm stoked for sure! I love the natural quilted maple look too, and you guys have prime examples of that wood's eye-popping beauty. Kevin, I imagine it might be a bit frustrating trying to photograph that stunning top on your Orion. For what we spend of these basses, it isn't too silly to think of taking them to a professional photography studio to have them photo'd! Heck, they're members of the family!  
 
Another good/bad thing about living in Oregon is the fabulous micro-brewery scene out here. I like fine beer as much as fine wine and here there's dozens of locally brewed stouts, porters, bitters, amber ales, it goes on and on... I switched to wine as my preferred poison in part because of all the calories I was getting drinking the killer ales! Red wine is of course, a health drink, since it is good for your heart! Yeah, right! :-)  
 
Here's to ya,  
 
Reid  
 
P.S. I do drink beer when I'm out playing, since beer is the official lubricant of rock 'n roll!

[palembic]

Woooof!
 
I thought for a moment : Wine??wine? Wine? What happened to the good'ol beer??
I was ready to start some beertalk but ...well ...brother Reid beated me in the end run!
 
To your health!
 
Paul the bad one
 
 
DOH! Did I tell y'all that I like Irish whiskey too?!?!?!  Bass-beer-women and whiskey ...that must be PTBO.
 
Kiddin' ...well ..kindoff

[rraymond]

Brother Paul, educate me in the ways of Irish whiskey. Having grown up in Tennessee, I tended to stay close to home whiskey-wise. I like Jack Daniels, of course, and up in Kentucky, Makers Mark and Wild Turkey are good. As far as international whiskeys, well Canadian Club is about all I've sampled. After all that then, the question is, What Irish whiskey do you prefer?
 
Top of the mornin' to ya,
 
Reid

[kmh364]

Hot-rod Bourbons and/or Sour Mash whiskeys are good stuff...there's a growing market for boutique whiskeys in this country, much like the demand for domestic wineries and micro-breweries (albeit on a much smaller scale).
 
Even though I have a 100% Irish Catholic name... I'm actually 50/50 (Italian/Irish), I'm preferential to single-malt Scotch whiskey. I know, it's blasphemy I tells yah (say that with your best Brogue, LOL!).  
 
It's all good though....variety is the spice of life, no?  
 
With my life-long disposition towrd brutal migraines, however, my consumption of alcohol these days is minimal. Alcoholism runs in my family as well, but I seem to be about the only one on my Father's side that doesn't suffer from that malady (Thank God!).
 
For those that can drink freely, enjoy and drink responsibly!

[palembic]

Oh ...I am not really the Conoisseur. Jameson (of course), Tullamore Dew, Old Paddy, Bushmills' Malt, and there is 1 I really enjoyed but forgot the name.
Single malt scotches ...yep ...heerooo too ! You will not believe this but I am a Laphhroaig lover ...really.
OTOH I do like soft tasting whisky's too: Cutty Sark is my altime favourite and is not to expensive in Belgium.
Canadian Club, Tensessee's Jack Daniels, Four Roses and other Kentucky stuff but ...well ...I tried my parts but not enough to really know it.
 
Drunk?
Well ...I can handle a few but I am reluctant to alcohol these days. Alcohol sometimes after dinner, wine with a meal, beer for refreshment but ...well quantum est venenum.
So ...i try to be sober in all meanings of taht word.
 
 
Paut the bad one

[bracheen]

OK Reid since this thread's already trashed I may as well jump in.
Irish Whiskey: my favorite is Jameson with Tullamore Dew a close second.  Bushmill's from the northern part of the island is the oldest operating distillery being founded in 1608.
The word whiskey comes from the Irish Uisce Beatha meaning Water of Life
Unfortunately my consumtion has been severly curtailed.  The older I get the less prodigious quantities of whiskey agree with me.
 
Sam

[fmm]

Favorite Irish Whisky: Bushmills Millenium Malt (25 year old single malt, good luck finding any.  I still have 7 bottles).
 
Favorite Scotch: Cadenheads bottling of a 14 year old Lagavulin, cask strength.  I don't think this is available anymore.
 
Favorite widely available Scotch: Lagavulin.
 
Favorite American Whiskey: Wild Turkey Rare Breed

[kmh364]

You're in a LOT of trouble, Reid. Now you have to order TWO more custom Alembics: one finished in stout and one finished in whiskey. This will complete the triumvirate with Pinot, LOL!
 
Cheers!

[bracheen]

I like how you think Kevin. If it's worth doing, it's worth doing in excess!

[rraymond]

It's enough to make your liver quiver!  
 
I will need a bass finished in Champagne, maybe a blush wine, then there are all the ales, IPA, amber, etc. My head - and wallet - hurt just thinking about it! Man, what a beautiful collection that would be!!!

[kmh364]

Remember: You only live once, so make it count!
 
When I was whining about all the money I lost during my divorce, a wise man told me something I'll never forget: It's only money, and you'll make more!
 
Good words to live by Methinks, LOL!

[bsee]

You could even get an acrylic bass for those nights when you're in the mood for martinis or sambuca....
 
I strongly apologize for derailing this thread with a wine discussion and urge Mica to archive it soon so that we can get back to pictures of beautiful basses.
 
-Bob
 
PS - I will be hitting Chateau Ste. Michelle and the Yakima Valley during my free time in the Seattle vicinity.

[rraymond]

Bob, I just looked up Chateau Ste. Michelle on the web and noticed that they are in Woodinville, WA, also the home of Mackie. That could be a very interesting day, Days of wine and mixers!