I'd like to thank enzo for warning me about the possibility of addiction...  
 
I had spent about 18 months looking for my first Alembic. I'm in Vancouver, Canada, and Alembics up here aren't very common, so I was glad to find one I wanted, even though it was in Florida, at the opposite end of the continent.
 
So after shipping my prize across the country, I had it about a week before I found its five string koa sister (93K7668 and 93K7699) on Craigslist, just a half hour drive from home. A bit of negotiation, and I now have a matched set... probably even from the same tree!
 

 
(Message edited by bungalowbill on August 14, 2009)

That's cool!  Enjoy both of your new beauties!
 
(Message edited by artswork99 on August 15, 2009)

That's a remarkable story!