Whew, at least that's something.
Once again--USPS!

I am blessed with living just a 3 hour drive from Alembic, but I'm thinking that a multi-K$$ bass could surely benefit from a $400 plane ride for personal pick-up, and you'd get to thank the builders in person!
 
Larry

Knock on exotic hardwood, Ive yet to have a shipping nightmare.... Congrats on the new additions Jeff!!! I retired my EBO a couple of years ago, and my JerryJones longhorn VI is destined for Ebay shortly, along with some Guild & Ibanez stuff, in hopes that there'll be another workorder w/ my name on it in Santa Rosa soon...

What I don't get is why did we cut costs on shipping??? It has to be the busiest time of the year for the shipping industry, and the instruments will be moved by how many unknown cats?, in what time frame?, and don't forget that drastic temp change sitting in the truck over the weekend. Go pick it up yerself, or at least overnight it sooo the number of handlers is cut down. Hope I'm not sounding critical, but things to consider next time. FWIW. Better luck.

JUST GOES TO show...
my danelectrci hodad arrived ups today.....
not a dent a nick or a ding on the box
and without a doubt the best packing job i have seen
the bass was wrapped in a lot bubble wrap... there were 2, 1 inch thick slabs of styrofoam running the length of the box and the bass was sandwiched between and surrounded by peanuts....
thats how stuff dont get busted

Salud!

well this must be my lucky day
my thanks to ctjim!
there were/are several gibson eb-2d;s on ebay
each with its own + and -'s
ctjim found one at guitar rez and emailed me.
since guitar rez is an alembic dealer, and alembic said nice things about them,, and jim from there returned my call in 5 minutes- i am probably gonna pay  more for this one and buy it from them. at the least- they know how to pack- its in better cosmetic shape and they went over every electronic and cleaned adjusted etc.
i think for the extra bucks i am in better hands.

Hmmm...
jeff, did i mention my finder's fee
                              (yuck,yuck,yuck)
cereally, glad it worked out! enjoy.

what a great bunch of guys at guitar resurrection in texas
its already out the door on its way

how many basses does a bass player need?
 
ONE MORE..........

The guys at Guitar Resurrecion are great people.  My wife and I stopped off there when we were in Austin in July for the Willie Nelson/NORML benefit golf tournament.  I had a fine time playing the several Alembic guitars they had.  They also had some excellent things to say about Susan's rum cake.  Enjoy the new bass(es) Jeff.  You still have a ways to go to catch up!  I may in in NY later this month.  I'll let you know.
 
Bill, tgo

there is one more on my list bill,,,,
maybe 2
lol
will email you
cool beans  
let me know when and we'll jammalammadingdong in the city

Congrats Flax...nice piece! Same p/u's as an EB-3 (exc. no bezel around the neck p/u), but no Varitone?  
 
This one could be Alembicized a la the Godfodder, LOL!

sure.... alembicize it,.,,,
am seeing phil tonight kevo-
am bringing my direwolf to the stage door...
LOL

Good for you! Enjoy!