Ahem. Well, technically, the bass was modified by Alembic, but a couple years before they became known, if known is the word for the first few years, for building basses and guitars. I think the history goes: Jack's brown Guild (which wasn't originally brown); then they became kind of formally Alembic and did my fretless; then it must have been Phil's EBO (because he used that for a couple years while they worked oh-so-fast on his Starfire); and then Jack's 2nd Guild which just got a quick electronic mod. And then they built a bass for Jack, and again took their time with a bass for Phil. And ran a recording studio and the PA, too.