Collecting these images from before of your African Blackwood you've seen before:

 

  and a couple of things you haven't seen yet:

 

 Your nice extra-thick accent laminates on the Vermilion core. Beautiful!

Yess!!! I can't wait for the following pictures...

This looks like it is going to be quite  exceptional !
 
(Message edited by sonicus on July 28, 2010)

I do like the thicker maple laminates like I've seen on stanley's bass. Does that mean you get a slimmer core of vermillion to keep the overall body thickness the same?
 
Jazzyvee

Jazzy, as Mica said to me: use the 1.80 thickness if you want to have the closest possible look to Stanley's bass.
 
If we use the thicker 1.80 body, we can put the electronics all on one
side, like the older basses if you like (so only 2 backplates) - and about
the same thickness of the Koa bass you just got
 
Yes my bass will be thicker with only 2 backplates !

tres bien!! i always loved those older alembics with the thicker body and one big accent laminate.
 
looking forward to the development of this bass. its gonna be exceptional.

I agree, you this bass is going to be something elegant.
 
Jazzyvee

Pierre,
 
My 1976 short body thickness is 1.70 and it has two plates, and my new 2010 bass, is exactly 1.80 with three plates...
 
I too, prefer a thicker bass.
 
Peace and Love,
 
Hal-
 
(Message edited by toma_hawk01 on July 30, 2010)

This will be quite nice Pierre, congrats!!!  
 
If I was to commission a new SI or SII, I'd probably request the vintage thickness, no accent laminates either.

Congratulations Pierre-Yves!!
It is finally taking shape!!  
I'm really happy for you  
Just don't let anxiety kill you...
 
Greg

This is a picture from today:

  And a little closer in:

  And some of the "leftovers":

  Next week I'll be able to show you even more pretties!

I really like the contrast of the woods!!  
I'll be watching this thread closely.
 
Greg

Thank's Mica, I hope my bass will be ready when I will go back home from Corsica in 4 days, wonderful french island in mediterranean see ! LOL !!
Thank's for all positive comments.
The contrast wanted is mainly realesed with the thicker maple accent.
The vermillon was choosen because Clarkee has the same (certainly for good reason other's than esthetics), because it's a dark wood AND because it's not to heavy wood. Initially, I wanted ABW for the body too but it was not possible. I hope the vermillon will be minus red than these pictures. I have one vermillon body at home and the vermillon is enough dark to married with ABW.
@ Greg: I'm not anxious, I observe, I read, I have a little experience with Alembic bass !  
This experience FTC will command or decide for my next project, a totally Clarke replica (the same he play actually) but it's another story.
 
(Message edited by pierreyves on July 31, 2010)

The Vermilion wood ages fairly quickly. It won't take long to get a nice rich brick red color. But it's a fairly dense wood (but not as dense as the African Blackwood of course!).   Some more things to see:

 

 

I hope the vermilion will be darker with polyesther finish because it's to red for me. My SC deluxe with vermilion core is really dark, not so red...
Thank's for the news  
BUT I'm coming back home from Corsica, I was waiting for my UPS tracking all the last thuesday LOL!