Needless to say a bass such as this is half dressed without a proper Alembic strap. i need to thank Lyn over at moody straps for this one of a kind gold embossed strap that Val asked her to make for me. take a look at the embossing itself and notice how deep into the leather it goes. Val said he has seen many embossed alembic straps but nothing showing this level of detail-and
i am forever grateful to my friend Val for going the extra mile for me time and time again.  
 
 

many of you know this project took a long time to complete- almost 10 months- for those of you waiting for yours? i can only say 3 things
 
1- there is nothing like a grateful dead concert
2- there is only one alembic
3- it WAS worth every minute I waited- these are not just bass guitars we have made for us
 
           THEY ARE WORKS OF ART!!!!!!!!
 
MY THANKS TO ALL THE ARTISANS AT ALEMBIC FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO THEIR CRAFT
i will be visiting them in august

I can't recall if it's been mentioned; how is the 25th fret inlay done?

its cut out of mother of pearl, placed in the fret and filled with an ebony epoxy. the 25th fret was james' idea. it was targeted for the 24th and the usual additional on the 25th- james felt it looked better . i basically trusted in james' decisions at the end- he came up with the tailpiece design too. i agreed sight unseen-i like the look he came up with

Congratulations Jeff, what a great looking bass the Dire Wolf has become! The Coco Bolo is truly amazing, I love the darkness and the grain figure is particularly striking!
 
Enjoy,
Wilfred

This is one amazing looking Bass. You have to be very proud of this beauty. How long did you play it when you got it? Must have played all Day and night.
Howierd

play it?
i'm supposed to play it??
 
i was gonna drive a couple of nails through it and hang it on the wall...lmao
 
thank you...i am,,,,very
 
first day? 7 hours total-2 by myself for roadtesting and then 5 with my band-
friday was a good day,,,,,,,a very good day!

i left out the 1 hour of just looking at it..

 
 
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after some editing in my camedia program, i finally got what i was looking for. the grain baby! the grain!

Flippin' ridiculous. My sincerest congratulations.

Wow, I enjoyed watching the ftc thread on this one.  Glad to see you finally have it!  I shudder to think what the wolf inlay must have cost, it must have been at least 40 hours between all the cutting and inlaying and design.  But I know now that you have it in hand it is priceless.
 
Congrats, Karl

thanks guys....nothing this pretty comes cheaply...