Alembic frames....!!!! now that sounds expensive... and you just know someone is gonna ask for side LED's  to ease viewing in low light.... :-)
 
Jazzyvee

I would also suggest an adjustable proximity switch for the LED's so that they automatically  appear on  when approached at close range.

Hmmm...since I made my own 'custom' backplate for my MK I may just have a go at a frame as suggested on here and the LED idea has got me thinking as well

Well, I got this month's VG with the 'Further' ad from above and there's a terrific interview with Leland Sklar, another great bassist that plays to the song.  My two favorite takeaways:  He's not a gear guy, and he says he's too much of a 'spaz' (!) to play with a pick, like Carol Kaye.  And the sidebar on his terrifying Gale Banks-motored T-Bucket is amazing.
 
I thought it was a terrific antidote for the last two months' worth of Gibson bass (surely my favorite oxymoron) articles.
 
J o e y

Hey Mica, any progress on getting the posters made of the ads?

Not really. I tried printing some on my 11x17 printer that can take a 12x18 sheet, but it was giving me some trouble.  
 
Right now I'm kinda piled up with end of the year work, and if I try to get posters going before I update the prices on the Custom Quote Generator, I might get in big trouble with mamma!

Thanks for the quick reply Mica! I'll try not to bug you about this, I framed the ad from one of the 10 magazines I bought, but would dearly love to have a 12x18 to hang on my wall! Funny story....I took the magazine to show a drummer friend & also gave him one of my business cards with a picture of my bass on it, & he said Wow, Alembic is really consistant on their wood grain patterns, aren't they?! He thought that my bass was just a similar bass as the one in the ad even though I had told him that the bass in the ad is my actual bass! He finally got it after looking at the business card side by side with the ad! Drummers!!! LOL!

Tip for framing magazine ads: back with a black mat or foam core, so any printing on the other side won't show through. In a previous life (B.A. (Before Alembic)) I was a custom picture framer.

Thanks for the tip Mica! I used the white background that came with the frame & the picture does have bleed through from the other side. I'll get a black background!

Um, not to be nosey, Mica, but just what part of your life was BA? Were you framing in utero?  Susan must have loved that!  
 
Peter

Well, before I worked here. And by worked here, I mean before I received my first paycheck!
 
Lots of sickies here, so I haven't made any progress on poster prints, but I do think the new issue of VG is on its merry way to subscribers now, so here's a preview of the next ad:
 

 
It's a super pretty Burl Redwood Signature bass. I'm hoping the ad sparks more interest in this wood, since it's a native California species and I've got some amazing stores of it.

Nice !

That wood is gorgeous! I finally got around to using the black backing on framing the ad with my SCSD, & it worked great! No bleed through from the back page! Thanks for the tip Mica! Can't wait for the poster prints!!

Ooh, that is a pretty Sig Deluxe!  The Burl Redwood is almost marble-like in its figuring.  

We were talking about a single-cut shape elsewhere.  Now to me (NOT that I'd want to go against Susan's wishes as far as not wanting single-cut Alembics), this shape on this redwood guitar has quickly become a signature Alembic shape to me, and I'd complete that curve of the upper horn on around to the neck.  I think I'd like that.
 
J o e y