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Alembic products => Showcase => Orion Basses and Guitars => Topic started by: mike1762 on January 23, 2010, 04:28:46 PM

Title: My Orion "Beater Bass"
Post by: mike1762 on January 23, 2010, 04:28:46 PM

It's a little rough, but I like it.  The Bird's Eye Maple top would actually be very nice with a refinish.  The Cone headstock is a little unusual (I think) for an Orion.  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/75762.jpg)

Title: My Orion "Beater Bass"
Post by: sonicus on January 23, 2010, 06:45:20 PM

I like it. Nice top.  Nice catch!  
 
  Congratulations!

Title: My Orion "Beater Bass"
Post by: 2400wattman on May 23, 2010, 12:37:52 PM

Very cool Mike, I mean the fact that you have central vacuum in your house.  
the bass is quite nice as well. ;)

Title: My Orion "Beater Bass"
Post by: mike1762 on May 23, 2010, 01:39:57 PM

LOL!!!  The central vac was roughed-in but not hooked-up.  When I was building my studio/finishing the basement, I wasn't paying any attention to those pipes that weren't hooked-up to anything.  A couple of years ago I decided to get the central vac going and... I had sheetrocked over all the downstairs pipes!!!  I found a cool use for the system though: a mouse crawled in one of the upstairs pipes (they terminated in the attic) and he slid down to one of the wall outlets.  See, you CAN build a better mouse trap.

Title: My Orion "Beater Bass"
Post by: allyourbass on February 18, 2011, 02:57:39 PM

Which electronics come in the Orion? I'm still new to the alembic world, and am trying to get my bearings. Does orion have the same electronics as the epic? Without the q-filter?

Title: My Orion "Beater Bass"
Post by: mike1762 on February 18, 2011, 04:54:45 PM

The controls are Volume, Pan, Bass and Treble. The bass and treble controls are asymmetrical, +6dB and -15dB, centered around 100Hz and 5KHz. The pickups are MXY.

Title: My Orion "Beater Bass"
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 18, 2011, 06:07:18 PM

Hi, Michael; if I haven't said so yet, welcome to the board.  If you go to the FAQ section, you'll find descriptioins of most (if not all) of the electronic packages - and lots of other cool stuff.  Cruise through the Showcase & Factory to Customer sections & Custom Archive (the last is not in the Club section, but rather off the homepage) and you'll learn lots.
 
Peter

Title: My Orion "Beater Bass"
Post by: that_sustain on August 15, 2013, 05:35:02 PM

The Orion is the baddest bass out there..and looks even better with a conestock.