YES!!! this is getting me sooooo hyped for when this beast is finished. Flip, I'M SO JEALOUS!!!
 
~Taylor

YES!!!2  
Jack is doing something wrong though... Superunknown, wearing a mask and still identified! :-)
 
Almost ready to get blackened I guess?
 
Cheerz & thanx!

Flip,
 
are you getting your initials inlaid on the fret board?
 
~Taylor

Quite possibly the last time you will see the bass unblackened:
 

 
With the sealer coat, you can see what a great piece of Flame Maple you've got.

Omg, burned right through my display :-)
 
Thanx!

Wow,what a beautiful wood

This one will have PUNCH with a CAPITAL P!  
 
I can't wait to see the knob lay out .
 
               Flame Maple for days !!!!! nice _________________

Punch, that's what I'm after :-)
 
I know Hal and Alembic can do a better job, but I think it's going to look something like this:
 

 
@ Mica: I bet you've noticed my request for the old style knobs?
 
Gonna be a killer bass :-)
 
BTW: I bet there must be some die hard Alembic geeks here  who see the hidden custom feature in Mica's picture...
 
(Message edited by fc_spoiler on December 30, 2009)

I love it !

Flip,
 
the 9 control objects on your bass, are perfectly arranged.  
 
I like the fact that your selector switch is similarly positioned where my switch is located -- on my Toma_Hawk .
 
For me, the design layout is, perfect and very intuitive.
 
Oh yeah, the 3rd pickup, makes this bass distinguishably a unique dream bass without question.  
 
(Message edited by the_jester on December 30, 2009)

i like the control layout because if someone somehow manages to not notice the third pickup, it just looks like a bass with Signature electronics with an added master volume and LED switch. this baby is going to be amazing to play. i have loved Jason's Elan since i saw his bass solo in Seattle '89, and now ,Flip, you have that bass and more, nothing could make this bass better, well getting blackened will ;-)
 
~Taylor

My little eye spots preparations for a rounded truss rod cover.

RE:  Mica's post #6522:  that surely can't be coincidence that the term unblackened was used for a bass that seems to be very highly inspired by the ...And Justice For All Newsted/Metallica era.  If it was, somehow, an intentional pun, then mucho kudos!

Good eye Adriaan,
 I didn't see that.

Just like Newsted's original
 
~Taylor