That blackwood top looks great Pierre and the contrast with the maple stripe is dramatic. I can really see this being another fantastic Alembic.
 
Jazzyve

Mica, please keep for me one nice leftover with the cream part. Thank's

I love the contrast.  This is shaping up to be a very special looking bass.

Mica,
 
Just curious. What do you do with the leftovers? There are some beautiful pieces there, but not being the artistic type, I have no idea what you could do with them!
 
Loch

Man, this is really going to be something special!

something special, I hope !!
Here a picture wich show the vermilion color I hope after polyesther gloss finish: it's dark and well married with ABW.
 

 
Picture from Bengt Nyman
 
(Message edited by pierreyves on August 11, 2010)

Pierre-Yves,
 
Rest assured, the vermilion will darken to a nice, deep shade of red over a period of a few months - and even faster if exposed frequently to direct sunlight.

There isn't much (if any) scrap with the Maple parts. They are glued up very close to the finished size. The rest gets turned to sawdust as the roundover.  
 
The other leftovers get put aside and used for other things. Maybe inlays, maybe tools, maybe wood samples.  
 
The Vermilion changes color over time. The image you show in your post #654 isn't really accurate since the Vermilion is nearly all in shadow. It will get darker over time, turning a rich brick red/brown. But it does take time. I'm sure you don't want me to hold on to your bass until the color has matured  Just know that it will get there.  
 
(BTW - where is that image from?)

Sorry, I ommited to mention the source,
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=stanley%20clarke&w=97469566%40N00
Pictures of Bengt Nyman
I don't know if I well understood... the vermilion will be darker with the age ? But my SC deluxe is from 2008 and the vermillon core is really dark. Do you want to said that in 2 years, this core will take a nice dark red/brown ?
I will be happy to wait. Redtiger core is really dark too.

Yeah! That looks great.  
 
Pierre, I have a vermillion core custom, about five years old now. I'll take a look at it and maybe snap a photo.

Ok, so, actually, this is pretty interesting. If you look at these photos, you'll see that the core is multi-colored -- I don't remember remarking upon this when I got the bass, so I assume what's happening is the wood is changing color.  

 

 

  And here's one of the top, you know, just because...  

nice bass Hugh! i love the stinger on that body
 
~Taylor

this is the vermilion core of my sc eluxe from 2008.
It's very dark and not brick colored:
 

Those pics of Stanley's alembic on flickr are great. Interesting that he has those sticky markers on his bass for quick tone change reference. Wonderful looking bass he has thought.  I think yours will be just as impressive Pierreyves.
 
Jazzyvee

sorry but what mean impressive ?