Alembic Orion 5 fretless -- $2,040 Reverb

tim · **Posted:** March 23rd, 2017, 9:10 am

https://reverb.com/item/4683285-alembic ... less-lefty

NoXX · **Posted:** March 23rd, 2017, 11:47 am

Very cool. I've never owned an Alembic- Can someone enlighten me on the neck attachment? Are the bolts under the black plate? Also, I wonder how much do you have to pay to get all eight of the pickup screws, rather than just four?

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Moses · **Joined:** January 30th, 2010, 9:46 am **Posts:** 431

DO WANT

AzWhoFan · **Joined:** March 14th, 2008, 10:57 am **Posts:** 2866

NoXX wrote:

Very cool. I've never owned an Alembic- Can someone enlighten me on the neck attachment? Are the bolts under the black plate? Also, I wonder how much do you have to pay to get all eight of the pickup screws, rather than just four?

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It's a set neck, no bolts required! lol
And IIRC, that's how Alembic pups are mounted. I do believe there are no holes drilled for additional screws in the body.

That's a real fine piece of "Superb Walnut"!! It's looks to be in outstanding shape for a 20 year old bass. And it's a good price. If I had the $$$ it'd already be gone

NoXX · **Posted:** March 23rd, 2017, 3:46 pm

AzWhoFan wrote:

NoXX wrote:

Very cool. I've never owned an Alembic- Can someone enlighten me on the neck attachment? Are the bolts under the black plate? Also, I wonder how much do you have to pay to get all eight of the pickup screws, rather than just four?

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It's a set neck, no bolts required! lol
And IIRC, that's how Alembic pups are mounted. I do believe there are no holes drilled for additional screws in the body.

That's a real fine piece of "Superb Walnut"!! It's looks to be in outstanding shape for a 20 year old bass. And it's a good price. If I had the $$$ it'd already be gone

Cool - thanks! Some more great knowledge that I was not aware of.

Moses · **Joined:** January 30th, 2010, 9:46 am **Posts:** 431

AzWhoFan wrote:

That's a real fine piece of "Superb Walnut"!!

I can't get over it. It is perfectly riding the line between flair and understated. I could look at it for days.

Walnut is my favorite wood

fivebass52 · **Posted:** March 25th, 2017, 4:09 am

NoXX wrote:

Also, I wonder how much do you have to pay to get all eight of the pickup screws, rather than just four?

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Those "extra" holes are actually where the pickup height adjustment screws are located....

gravesbass · **Posted:** March 25th, 2017, 7:14 am

^^^ fivebass52 is correct..... The extra holes I bet have a phillips screw underneath like Joe Zon does on his basses. You can adjust the height with the hidden screws (allen wrench inside the hole) and then top screws (seen) lock the height adjustment.

It's actually really good and no need for foam under the pickups.

fivebass52 · **Posted:** March 26th, 2017, 2:52 am

Sure is a good looking bass, and I'll bet that price is more than half of what it originally sold for...

fivebass52 · **Posted:** March 26th, 2017, 2:55 am

gravesbass wrote:

^^^ fivebass52 is correct..... The extra holes I bet have a phillips screw underneath like Joe Zon does on his basses. You can adjust the height with the hidden screws (allen wrench inside the hole) and then top screws (seen) lock the height adjustment.

It's actually really good and no need for foam under the pickups.

Just looked at the pickups on my Alembic Epic 5-string, and the adjustment screws inside the holes are phillips screws, so you just need a slim phillips screwdriver to adjust the heighth....

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Alembic Orion 5 fretless -- $2,040 Reverb

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