According to a post on Stephen T Wishnevsky's Facebook page, the Wishbass workshop was totally destroyed in a fire over the weekend.  Some prototypes were saved.
 
Wishnevsky plans to rebuild, perhaps using a Kickstarter campaign for funding.
 
 
http://m.journalnow.com/news/local/winston-salem-musician-loses-workshop-to-fire-tuesday-morning/article_211d5018-b6c1-11e4-87ea-17e5efaaa34d.html?mode=jqm

That's really sad news.  Luckily it was not attached to their house and no one was hurt!
 
Stephen

Thanks for posting this.  From the article:
 
If you?ve never seen something that you own ? a house or a building ? you can?t fully fathom what that feels like to see it engulfed in flames.
 
Stephen and Teresa ... mean a lot, to a lot of people.
 
I hope they are able to get going again.

Best wishes for the Whishnevsky's.
Thankfully their dogs alerted them, even though their home was 50 feet away, an uncontrolled blaze can do terrible things.
 
Very glad to know they are ok.
Very, very sad to hear about this being a total loss (uninsured business).

I've never played his instruments, but I've always admired his vision to realize his unique vision. I'm sorry to hear about this, but it sounds like he's got a good perspective. I wish him luck in rebuilding.

I've owned several of his instruments and have picked all of them up in person, people like to give him crap about his finishes and stuff but he really makes a fine instrument.
 
I've owned several basses and currently have an electric mandocello he made(pretty crazy).
 
They're having a fundraiser show for him at a club in Winston to help him rebuild.
 
~Taylor

I read in a Facebook post that Alembic shipped several fingerboards and clamps to Wishbass to assist in their rebuilding.
 
How classy is that?!?!?

That was extremely nice, way to go Mica&Co!

Total class! Exactly what you would expect from Alembic, the finest instruments on the planet are built by the finest people on the planet!

I've just seen that facebook post. One of the most heartwarming things I've read.  
 
Graeme

That's the spirit!
We are all supposed to harvest love and respect .... If you don't plant it you can't harvest it.

Pauldo ( Paul) YES !  If you don't plant it you can't harvest it  
The Universal Law of Cause and Effect____  
 
Alembic Inc. through this exemplary act of showing love and compassion is showing humanity at the global level how to facilitate and serve all our Brothers and Sisters in respect and peace.  If the  rest of the World lived like this we would all be in a better place and always be getting better.  Hopefully it will rub off to the rest of Humanity !   Thank you Alembic !

The finest instruments on the planet are built by the finest people on the planet. I certainly couldn't have come with a better line than this. Certainly it is!. Instruments (And acts) speak for themselves. Hooray the Alembic Family!

Alembic - You da man!!
 
Bill, tgo

*That* was a very, very cool thing to do. Makes me even more proud to own an instrument made by that calibre of folks.