Whew!!!  What a L O N G weekend!!!  And now the countdown continues!  Today is hopefully the day of reckoning, and hopefully, I will, by the time I've come home, gotton either a phone call and/or email confirming Elana has shipped, and gotton a tracking number!  We'll see!

So close yet...

The custom bridgeblock needed to be remade, and it didn't make it out of finish today. So we should be back on track for tomorrow. Will keep you posted of course.

WOW Mark, Look at the gorgeous baby of yours. Can I hold her?haha
 
Hang in there buddy, you are at that point. Like they said take deep breaths, I know what it's like. We're routing for ya.
 
GoGoGoGoGo Tomorrow!
 
Paul

HEY MICA, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL FOR AN IMPORTANT (but minor) CHANGE TO SHIPPING INFO!!!  We'll be sending it to the same PLACE... but I'm changing a name of one of the signers... as one fellow won't be there Thursday, and another one will...
 
It looks phenomenal, best picture yet!!!  The Coco Bolo looks incredibly gorgeous, and I thank you and Bob (and everyone else) once again.  Of course, the figuring is awesome... as is the disguised BTC.  But I'm also quite pleased with the color... it looks halfway between orange and red, and relatively light... which is important 'cause I know it'll darken up with time, so I'm glad it's not ALREADY dark, otherwise I might eventually not be able to see that awesome figuring.
 
Tom Z and I had a little jam several weeks ago... he's a very nice fellow, and he graciously let me play the Ghost Crow.  It had darkened quite a bit from the photo in the Custom Archives...  and it was noticably nicer than my Les Paul.  This comes as no surprise, of course... and my Les Paul is an awesome guitar... but Tom's Alembic smoked it.
 
Anyway (that was a digression, obviously) I'm grateful for everything, including the color of the Coco Bolo.  The electronics control configuration/layout also looks great, and I thank you and James for your efforts in carefully measuring it for my picky self!!!
 
The honey color of the Mahogany also looks great, as does the details (that I can see) of the pinstrips stopping when they hit the neck.
 
It just looks so incredible, I don't know what else to say.  I still feel the anger and heartbreak of my stolen Elan... but seeing this does make me feel better... and I've no doubt this bass will blow it away... especially with the customized string spacing.  My Elan, while awesome, had a very wide neck... I could play it fine -I tore it up- but it wasn't the spacing I would have chosen.  This bass has my ideal spacing.
 
I'm also really glad I ordered the Balance K Omega instead of another Europa, or a Rogue or (longshot) Scorpian (an old Alembic favorite of mine) body.  The Balance K... it is, to me the ultimate Alembic body... it has a screaming Alembic look to it, a look which evokes the classic Alembic basses, yet with a more modern aesthic and functional twist...
 
I can't wait to get my hands on this bass!!!  I'm expecting it to blow away my old Elan in every respect... the body is more awesome, the Coco (on both sides!) is more awesome (especially with the dual BTC!), the neck is MUCH more awesome, the electronics are MUCH more versatile and awesome, and there are a couple other awesome things too -like the custom pinstrips, the bird and the continuous wood backplates (you do realize you're sadistic for not posting a picture of them yet, don't you?)!!!
 
Am I psyched???  YOU BETCHA!!!
 
I'll be composing a short email to you shortly after submitting this post -with the additional information.  I'll almost certainly try to call you tomorrow from work to confirm that you got it, and have it on the box.
 
Thanks again for everything, Mark

I HOPE you have your baby very quickly !!! No clinic in your quarter ? Lol!!!
Sorry but I can't read all this thread who seems like a bible, lol !! But what for electronic is ... and what are 2 knobs more than signature ?

The electronics are Signature with two upgrades: the Q switches are 3-position (0/6/9 -like the Series I) and there is a master bass and a master treble control!  The upgraded Q switches and the addition of the EQ knobs should tremendously increase the tonal versatility of this instrument!
 
Okay, it sounds like today will be the day my bass is on the way! YAY!!!

The electronics are Signature with two upgrades: the Q switches are 3-position (0/6/9 -like the Series I) and there is a master bass and a master treble control!  The upgraded Q switches and the addition of the EQ knobs should tremendously increase the tonal versatility of this instrument!
 
Okay, it sounds like today will be the day! YAY!!!

I think it's a good sound/price alternative ... series I offer just stereo more...not really stereo but have an action on the sound for each pickup, wich will done expensive amplification and certainly not really best sound ?

The series pickups are a totally different beast to any of the 'lesser' models. there's an interesting discussion about them here
 
if 'stereo' was the only difference we wouldn't be looking at thousands of pounds / dollars / euros difference ;-)
 
Graeme
 
p.s. Apparently, the series preamp is also different.  
 
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Thank's, I don't understand all (what is a fatboy?), but effectively It would be some difference ...

Very interesting and helpful in understanding post jacko. Thanks very much for installing that.
 
P

Hey Mark,
 
I seem to remember you talking about instrument insurance and I thought it was on your thread but I can't seem to find it. Can you point me to it? This is something I've been meaning to do for a while.
 
Dave

Dave, the recent post you saw was on Pauls Series II Mele Aloha bass thread in FTC.
 
But here's a direct link to Heritage insurance: http://www.heritage-ins-services.com/
 
Pierre-Yves, a Fatboy is a different, non-Series pickup.  A lot of people are quite gung-ho on them (like them, American slang).  On the recommendation of Joey BigRedBass and other members, I've asked for my bridge pickup to be a Fatboy.

Even though you know it's done, it's nice to see a photo:

Should be arriving on Thursday, and you can track the progress with the number I emailed to you. It looks and plays and sounds great.

Lovely stuff.   Enjoy it Mark~