Brent's Custom Tribute

[Brent Forman (brentf)]

Great, thanks! Looks like I was pretty close.  
 
A couple quick questions for you though:  
 
What is the outlined area that I have a pointer on?  
 
Also, the oval looks a little large. I would hate to cover up so much of that beautiful wood. Maybe something a little less dominant would be better. What do you think? It does look very balanced though.

[mica]

Here's the guitar, just waiting for the inlays:  

 

  James will be ready to do your inlays perhaps as early as November 25th.

[brentf]

Hello all,
 
How are the inlays looking on my guitar?  Just chompin' at the bit .
 
thanks,
Brent

[mica]

Jon is just about finished with them. I just went out and encouraged him to get them completed, since your guitar is so close to being done. The red/blue pearloid turned out just great, I'm sure it's exactly the look your after.

[sdewalle]

Brent,
 
Great looking guitar.  Love the curves.  I have no idea why, but that guitar makes me think of one of those cartoon cars that rears back and then takes off.  I love it.  You will too I'm sure.

[palembic]

Yes,
 
this design gives the Tribute model some speed!
Very nicely styled!!
 
Paul the bad one

[brentf]

Yes, adding speed to the Tribute is a good way to put it.  I thought about the design quite a bit but I knew it was up to Alembic to make it work. I think it came out better than my mind could possibly of procured.  Wait until you see the whole body shape (it has a Spectrum head).
 
Brent

[brentf]

 
Hi all,
 
What is the consensus?  Is this as exciting a concept as I hope?  Or am I just biased? I feel like I am swimming up stream on this one.  Love to hear from you.
 
Thanks,
Brent

[palembic]

Brent ...as I said before ...it definitely is.
It has some speed ...great.
There is 1 thing although that I see now I would change: the lower horn is a tiny bit to large. In a way I would like it ... I dunno ...smaller/shorter/..... ...keeping the same shape of course.
Why I make this remark now?
Because of the shape of the Spectrum head I think. It has a downpointing effect that make me think of a smaller lower horn on the body. Of course I am biased by the Strat-design.
Brent ...I hope you don't take this as an offence or a dislike of the concept. It's a detail une tache de beaut?.
 
Paul the bad one

[zappahead]

I like it a lot myself. Id say that I think you improved upon the Tribute and its easily one of my all time favorite guitar shapes. The idea of blending the Tribute and the Spectrum was a great one. As far as them making it better than you thought they would have, that seems to be the case everytime with Alembic. They seem to be uncanny in their ability to take peoples ideas and take their own and mesh them together to create something that improves upon the original idea. Very cool, especially when you keep in mind that most places cant or wont even give you what you want. These guys give you what you want and then some.
 
I like the inlay in this guy as well.

[bassman10096]

I really like the variation on the Tribute shape.  It just looks a little sharper and more stylish.  I kind of like the size and posture of the horns together.  The horns form a sort of agressive gesture of their own - apart from the lines of the rest of the body.  
I'd really like to see a detail shot of the inlay - looks very interesting.  Good colors too.
Looking forward to seeing your guitar through its completion.  I bet you can't wait to play it.
 
Bill

[brentf]

Thanks for the feedback everyone.
 
Yea, I can't wait to play it.  However, one thing at a time...  I am looking forward to seeing a mockup of the inlay as well.  There is already an incredible piece of art on the 12th fret under the tape.  Maybe with enough popular demand, Mica Will pull the tape off and show us all of the completed inlays on the neck .
 
Brent

[mica]

Brent,  Here's the mockup with proposed materials:  

  The red is a pearloid material that matches the red in the 12th fret inlay. For the globe, I tried several combinations, and found the paua shell sea and mop continents to give enough contrast to be useful. We could go all pearloid if you want to keep the blue/green style.   Bob says I can't pull the tape off yet, but here's the mock up of the 12th fret inlay:  

  The actual inlay wound up having slightly less detail, after all, it is pretty small!  Let me know what you think about the oval inlay and we'll get crackin' on it.

[mica]

Oh hey! I found this pic I emailed you before the board was all taped up:
 

[palembic]

Nice ... it has an Indian/military feel over it. Must be the lightning/wings combination.
I bet this guitar will lift up your playing!!!
 
Paul the bad one