Quote from: mica on March 24, 2020, 09:57:47 PM
We need to make a few instruments for our new showroom, I'd love to hear some feedback on what I'm thinking about ...

Hmmm; new shop, new showroom, new showroom instruments.  Just more enticements for a future cross-country road trip.

How about a Replica(minus the aluminum fingerboard) of John Mcvie"s Fretless Series one for the new showroom?

50th Anniversary Edition with Gold Inlays / Gold Hardware. 

Gold inlay Yin-Yang of Ron & Susan W. profile ?

Resin-filled dyed finish. 

Fretted - Warm Color spectrum.
Matching Fretless  - Cool Color Spectrum. 

There was a 25th Anniversary Edition.....Why not a 50th?

Phil replica should probably be medium sale as some people might be turned off by the lack of tension on a short scale B (although it sounds great to me!).

A spot on replica of McVie's first Alembic.

Interesting, the interest in John's Alembics here... 

A couple Club Members here, including myself, have had Customs built with features from his basses without necessarily being replicas. Jimy had a short-scale Series II built somewhat like #73-27, and a good bit of the DNA in my own Custom C14588 came from McVie's "continuously fretted" Custom Series I bass rather famously used to record "The Chain' solo. FWIW, that actual bass was hanging in the showroom at Wiljan Ct. for a while, perhaps home for some TLC at the Mothership.

Not sure if that's the best idea for the Alembic showroom, but I definitely applaud the idea for a John McVie Signature Bass. I doubt you'll ever get him to sign onto the idea though... that guy won't take a compliment if you tie him up and read it though a bullhorn. 

Quote from: David Houck on March 25, 2020, 04:48:54 PM

Quote from: mica on March 24, 2020, 09:57:47 PM
We need to make a few instruments for our new showroom, I'd love to hear some feedback on what I'm thinking about ...

Hmmm; new shop, new showroom, new showroom instruments.  Just more enticements for a future cross-country road trip.

If they would make that Brown Bass w Series electronics, I'll cheerfully volunteer to join you. I'm very close to I-80.

How about a good old fashioned Distillate Exploiter? Which today would be a Europa Exploiter I guess.  Solid koa wings, 32'' scale.

Quote from: gearhed289 on March 26, 2020, 10:32:47 AM
How about a good old fashioned Distillate Exploiter? Which today would be a Europa Exploiter I guess.  Solid koa wings, 32'' scale.

Please no... I had a zebrawood one and sold it many years ago.  It still hurts.   


Paul (if memory serves me the scale was 34" ?)

Definitely a Series or MK Sig with the Balanced K body, and (bias alert!) and Series bass with a Europa body.  My thinking is that the standard Series body is iconic - which means it's well-known, right?  I often meet bass players who are surprised that my Series Europa or Balance K basses are, in fact, Series basses because (in their words) the shape is wrong!  I think you need to show off the more modern (and ergonomically friendly) body style options.

How about something with personal meaning to just about everyone in the Alembic family...an updated version of Paul's Series II bass Bonnie.

How about creating something totally new for the 50th year celebration

A reasonable facsimile of 72-001 might seem fun , Sliding pickups and all and an internal superfilter perhaps  as well ?

That's what I'm thinking, sonicus.

For the Skylark, there was one posted here on the club (or maybe on the main site) a while back in a finish that I think was maybe called Wineburst; you couldn't go wrong with that - it was one of the most spectacularly yummy instruments I've seen.

The copper and/or rose gold sound wonderful.

A Phil replica?  Well, there's only one choice there;  Mission Control!

Peter