Yeah, I must have spent half my waking hours in the Showcase section this past year!  
 
My small related confession is, for a while I've had a shop project on the back-burner. It's a huge old double-bass, (a true 4/4 size) from the late-1800's, with a nice big wide neck. The poor old thing is in such badly preserved condition that no decent repair shop would touch it with a ten-foot pole. Since it has little to no value for antiquity my plan is to convert it to a 5-string. Interestingly, it began life as a 3-string, and was apparently converted to 4-string in the 1920's.    
 
With my two Alembic 5-strings, that would kinda' complete the circle. =)

Jimmy's 5er (76-418) was likely made mid year in 1976.  I have 76-476, a medium scale guitar, born on August 19, 1976.
 
Bill, tgo

My '76 may not have been the first 5-string Alembic made.  I wonder if Susan can recall building any high-C models way back when.  Hard to believe we're talking about 40 years ago...
 
Steve, I played some bass clarinet as a kid too.  Maybe it rattled our brains!
 
Jimmy J

Clarinet was my very first instrument, but I had to stop playing because I couldn't afford all the reeds I broke!!

Still have my clarinet - dig it out once in a wile to scare the cats :-)
 
Graeme