Andy's Custom Europa/Series

[David Houck]

Great bass!!

[mica]

Ooooh look - here it is all shiny and stuff:

[ampeglb100]

Sweet!  Looks great Mica.  Are you still thinking end of this month?  Doesn't wiring, setup, calibration, & inspection take a while?  Are the electronics already built and ready to be dropped in, or do they still need to be put together?
 
Thanks,
 
Andy

[mica]

We make the electronics while the instrument is being built. They should get dropped in by the end of the week. Your bass is next on dad's schedule for calibration. I told Chad on the 21st that I thought your bass would be ready to ship in the next week or two, and I'm still feeling good about that estimate.

[georgie_boy]

What actually does calibration of the electronics involve???

[mica]

It involves Ron putting the bass in a harsh environment (a large coil we made) that is far worse than any place on earth for noise. Then he uses a spectrum analyzer to observe each channel. He then has to engineer some subtle changes that differ for each bass to eliminate high frequency noise.

[altgrendel]

Wow.
 
That's seriously impressive.
 
I really mean that, too.

[ludwig]

It's a so wonderful one...  
I'm waiting for the picture when the bass will be finalize !

[ampeglb100]

Mica-
 
Any updates on the status of completing this bass?
 
Thanks,
 
Andy

[rushfan]

sweet bass! i want one!

[mica]

It's almost off dad's bench. Been a little harder to calibrate than some others, but we're thinking he'll be finished in a couple of days, and should ship next week. Here's a shot from last week when the first humcanceller was rejected:

Looks funky, but it's just taped in place in case of just such an event.

[jakebass]

I have been through the custom quote generator about a thousand times with exactly that spec but fretless.
It is absolutely beautiful I am sooooooooooo jealous.
But in a nice way.
Enjoy.
Jake

[mica]

No pic today, but your bass is finished and should be leaving us on Monday or Tuesday.

[ampeglb100]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Awesome... thanks so much Mica.  A final pic or two (front and back?) would be great to tide me over the weekend.  Man, I am so stoked - it looks exactly how I envisioned it to be from the day I placed the order.  Awesome, awesome, awesome...
 
Thanks Alembic!!!
 
Andy
 
(Message edited by ampeglb100 on October 02, 2008)

[David Houck]

As I said above, great bass!!!