Adriaan's 6-string Custom

Started by adriaan, January 07, 2015, 02:54:33 PM

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rustyg61

Rusty
2011 SCSD
2014 "Blue Orca" Series II Europa
http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_blueorca.html

edwardofhuncote

I never noticed before how the Bal-K Point body sorta' mirrors the crown headstock. Nice touch!

David Houck

Yes; the lines on this body are quite beautiful.

adriaan

There were a couple of considerations getting the body shape right, and the elves came through every step of the way.
 
Sometimes on the 5 and 6 strings the point ends up a bit bulky, even if in proportion to the added width, like on Left is Right - but perhaps it wouldn't need to be quite as scaled down as on Dragonfly. Just a word in Mica's ear, and the vestigial tail got reduced to this beautiful confluence of curves and straight lines, in contrasting colours - all in one go (as far as I'm aware).
 
I didn't realize at first, but the original Balance K doesn't have the elbow contour either, and itkind of accentuates the symmetry, I guess.
 
Now is everyone aware of the pinch?

adriaan

Getting ever closer to the finish line - rubbed out ...

sonicus


moongerm

Looking incredible! I too opted away from from both the elbow and tummy contours. Great choice!

adriaan


rustyg61

Rusty
2011 SCSD
2014 "Blue Orca" Series II Europa
http://www.alembic.com/info/fc_blueorca.html

jacko


moongerm


edwardofhuncote

Looks like this one is on the home stretch... won't be long now!  
 
Anyone but me ever wish these pictures from that particular room had just a *little* wider angle? =)

elwoodblue

@edward...Totally!
 
What a spectacular bass...thanks Adriaan for sharing the FTC stuff, enjoy!
elwood

adriaan

The latest I've heard Ron started the calibration, which he does on Series instruments two at a time, yesterday.  So home stretch indeed!
 
Fun fact: after the calibration, the hum canceller gets affixed permanently, and only after that they install the straplock studs. Not sure if otherwise those would interfere with the Series calibration - there's bound to be a rational explanation.
 
Gregory, I'm with you on those pictures - though not every person who orders a custom actually wants to see pictures, or have a Factory to Customer thread, so it's easy to see why Mica would want to limit the scope ...

rv_bass

Wow, very nice, that thing is gonna shake some earth!