Hello i'm not an Alembic owner yet but I'm working on it (if I can covince my wife) I play a Jazz at this time but I'm saving for a Mark King Standard maybe in 5A quilt

Sorry I misspelled convince

Welcome; take your shoes off and sit a spell.

Welcome to the club and good luck on the MK.  BTW, if you need to change a post you can click on the pencil and paper icon at the upper right corner of your post and edit it.  
Rich
 
(Message edited by richbass939 on December 30, 2004)

Hi davr35,
 
Be sure to keep us informed of your progress...after your recovery, then you can let us know when you can order the MK.  Just a bit of humor.
 
Welcome,
Darrell

Hello David
Glad you could join us. The MK is a good choice. That's next on my wish list. Although my personal taste runs towards the darker woods or Zebrawood, the 5A quilted maple will be stunning. Are you thinking of the standard body shape or the new Balance K?
 
Sam

I'm thinking of the Balance K Omega with contours. I love that shape. I have always wanted an Alembic but that new body shape has pushed me over the edge I have got to have one.... maybe my wife will not notice a new bass around the house  
 
Dave
 
(Message edited by davr35 on December 31, 2004)

Hey Dave, welcome to the club.  
 
You might start hinting to senior management (the term for wives around here) about how you've always wanted a Porsche and you've reached the time of your life to seriously consider getting one.  Leave some brochures around, maybe a Road & Track opened to a Porsche ad.  After a few days of this, tell her how much you love her and you've decided to get youself an Alembic instead - much cheaper than the Porsche - and use some of the saved $ to buy her some jewelry.
 
Just a thought.
 
Bill, the guitar one

Brother Bill TGO ...THAT scheme has a fair chance to work out wrong. Most senior managements -depends how senior and how management they are- DO LIKE Porsches.  
Now if you change Porsche by Yamaha Z1200 (or whatever speedmacdhine suitable for men in middle age) it WILL work.
 
Paul the bad one
 
BTW ...don't try it with Harley ...Brother Paul the fake one (the artist formerly know as Dino) can witness THAT story!

Why not an Alembic AND a Harley? You'd still come out cheaper than a Porsche, though not by much.
 
Sam

Well senior management won't let me get the Harley either so I might push that angle.. the Porsche thing would not work as she has it picked out already
 
Dave

Dave,
 
Just be honest about your desire to own a lifelong dream, and how you've always wanted one, and how much of a better husband it would make you.  Eventually she'll break down and give in...maybe...God Speed...
 
Darrell

Good luck convincing your wife  
 
Buying an Alembic bass will make you happy so you should have one as you will feel better about everything everytime your play it and You cant put a price on that.
 
 try that it might work  
Andrew

davr35,
 
Here's another angle...get his and her's matching alembic basses.
 

Dave,
 
What I did about 2 years ago was I e-mailed my wife about 2 weeks before my birthday the link to the Starry Night Featured custom, as a sort of joke (Hint Hint in the title, etc.) Her response almost made me fall over: So, which model do you want? Six months later, we actually went up to Alembic to pick woods for the bass. It CAN happen...
 
Ken (TEO)