Oh, and that tree is a really special thing. It's thought to be one that was planted by Luther Burbank. It's going to be 2-3 years before we can build anything with it, but you can see some natural edge bowls that Bob turned in the drying room pictures. There's a bunch of White Walnut aka sapwood that is gorgeous in that stack - some even with heavy burl figuring. It's going to be a long coupe of years.

Thanks for elaborating on the tree story Mica! WOW! How cool would that be to have a bass or guitar made from a tree planted by Luther Burbank! I'll start saving now, maybe in 3 years I can find out! :-)

That guitar is spectacular.  Definitely one of the finest examples I've seen.

So I look at this thread, and I look at the FTC, and I look at this thread......OK, Mica, besides needing a company archivist, you need someone just for posting pictures of everything you're building - we're missing way too much cool stuff!  
 
Peter

Great idea Peter!

It was a pleasure having meet Rusty and his Wife . Our mutual interests in  Alembic products is self evident. Rusty;  I am pleased to have contributed to your enjoyment of these fine instruments . That was indeed a fun day .  
 
  Wolf

Thanks again for your hospitality Wolf! I look forward to seeing you again someday!

Are you sure that isn't Albus Dumbledore with you in the last pic, Rusty?  There is unquestionably a lot of wizardry going on at the Mothership!

I think Albus was trained by Ron!

Yeah, kinda scary to see them take a file to a 15K bass and start whittling away.

Yes, it IS! But these guys are brain surgeons who happen to work with wood!

Sorry... off topic, but hey - I see my guitar peeking out from behind the Omega bass, in the picture directly under the 12 string bass!