Sean's Custom Rogue

[mica]

Here's the Coco Bolo top with the Rogue body shape inked in:
 

Love that little knot caught on the upper horn, most of it will show after the roundover.

[bassman10096]

Grrrrreat looking piece of wood!!  Can't wait to see this bass get built!
 
Bill

[mica]

Susan's finished the mock up of the peghead inlays:  
 
 
   
The materials are mother of pearl for the cross, and silver for the outline and rays. I just dropped a random piece of Coco Bolo in for the front veneer, yours will be different from the one in the mock up.

[palembic]

Although close to the pointed peghead this peghead design is IMHO the most dynamic + classy one of the Alembic range. For me It is -together with the knobby one THE ultimate peghead design for a Rogue.
Again ....IMHO
 
 
Paul the bad one

[dnburgess]

Sean, this looks kind of busy - and both logo and cross will be obscured by the strings.
 
Either a cone or crown peghead would leave the cross unobscured and better achieve the effect you are looking for.
 
Would it be possible to move the Alembic logo to the body - to leave the peghead uncluttered. I think I recall seeing examples of the logo on the body.

[adriaan]

About the peghead designs, the Quietly Custom FC (http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_kb.html) had a nice one too. A bit like a Hanewinckel peghead, to be honest.

[palembic]

Brother Adriaan,
 
Yeah true! Hanewinckel?? Maybe but definitely aslo highly insipired (copy) of a Yamaha TRB type bass
 
Paul TBO

[dnburgess]

Adriaan's Quietly Custom sugestion would complement the contemporary cross design.
 
Hmm...I can feel a custom body shape coming on...
 
BTW, the rays from the cross remind me of Arthur Crumb style sweat - kind of in keeping with the Passion.

[adriaan]

Arthur Crumb? So where would you draw the glasses?

[dnburgess]

Glasses would imply imperfection.

[adriaan]

Imperfection is my middle name, and it has hit me right on the nose in a big way. Yes, I'm proud to say I wear glasses. Some of them contain beer or wine, no doubt adding to the imperfections.
 
But returning to topic ... What's with the round shape of the lower horn? Personally I would have liked to see more of the special cocobolo grain preserved, like with a wider body shape and/or a bookmatch-to-center.

[susan]

Adriaan,
 
The pen lines on the wood are tracings from the template and are not indicative of the final shape. This piece of wood was picked in particular for the lovely swirl patterns and the  burls that were a particular request by the customer and to enhance the Rogue shape. BTW-we never go for the maximum yield on any particular board but rather how it will look in the final form with all the trimmings of pickups, hardware and knobs.  
 
So although it may appear to be  wasting coco bolo, the left over pieces go for peghead fronts, some personal projects and we have the coolest handles on some of the hand tools.  
 
-Susan

[mica]

I'm working on the original Crown peghead mock up with some other ideas for the corss and logo placement. Those will be posted later.  
 
In the meantime, my mom finished the dove with the olive branch. Here's the mock up:  
 
 
 
The main material is to be mother of pearl, with a silver beak, silver branch and abalone leaves. We thought a blue topaz would make a nice eye. Size is approximate.  
 
(Message edited by mica on April 08, 2004)

[mica]

Okay, how about some more food for thought. Originally, this bass was goign to have the Crown peghead shape, here's a mockup with that idea:  

  If you still didn't want the logo on the peghead, it will fit nicely between the pickups, something similar to this:  

  On the Rogue, there's no room below the tailpiece like on some others you may have seen.

[dnburgess]

IMHO the cone peghead might work better as it naturally leads the eye to the point.
 
You could lose the Alembic logo completely (Shock, horror!).