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Alembic products => Owning an Alembic => Serial Number / History Requests => Topic started by: Neil29 on April 17, 2019, 03:45:14 PM

Title: (x) 960w9675 Orion 4
Post by: Neil29 on April 17, 2019, 03:45:14 PM

Bought at specialist bass store in London in 2015. Trying to find out a bit of history if you can help. Many thanks, Neil

Title: (x) 960w9675 Orion 4
Post by: mica on July 16, 2019, 07:58:11 PM

This one was talked about before a little here (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=5571.msg63461#msg63461).

For ease, I've pasted the details about the build below:
serial:  96OW9675
name: Orion
model: OLB4
top: Bird's-eye Maple
accent: Purpleheart
body: Mahogany
shape: Orion
neck: 3-piece maple
scale: 34 long
fingerboard: Ebony
inlays: none
side markers: bronze 
peghead: Cone
pickups: MXY
electronics: Epic/Orion volume, pan, bass, treble, mono output
finish: satin natural polyurethane (oil-look)
backplate: plastic
hardware: polished brass
originally made for: Kenman, Switzerland
birthday: February 21, 1996

Title: Re: (x) 960w9675 Orion 4
Post by: Neil29 on July 18, 2019, 02:11:25 AM

Thanks so much, Mica, it's really interesting to read it's make up and history.

It still plays and sounds great by the way.

Neil