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Alembic products => Showcase => Orion Basses and Guitars => Topic started by: jschom on January 31, 2009, 11:57:34 AM

Title: '02 Wineburst 5-string
Post by: jschom on January 31, 2009, 11:57:34 AM

If anyone was wondering what happened to this little baby...I got it!  Baby makes three...  
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/60702.jpg)
 
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  (Message edited by mica on January 31, 2009)

Title: '02 Wineburst 5-string
Post by: dadabass2001 on January 31, 2009, 12:28:30 PM

Quite a beauty. I love the finish. I'm guessing volume, pan, & filter (Essence electronics)?
Mike

Title: '02 Wineburst 5-string
Post by: jschom on January 31, 2009, 02:12:48 PM

Hey Mike, Thanks for the compliment.  The birdseye is really something to behold.  The Essence electronics were what sold me on this bass.  I've been tempted to add a Q-switch to her, but I am hesitant since this was the first wineburst produced.  I'm afraid if a hole was drilled, it might actually bleed. ...Joel

Title: '02 Wineburst 5-string
Post by: rraymond on January 31, 2009, 02:12:56 PM

Congratulations! That's the bass that triggered my jones for Wineburst finishes. I bought a used Elan and had it refinished, then had a custom Mark King Deluxe built with the Wineburst finish. Enjoy that bass, it's got to be a keeper!
 
Reid

Title: '02 Wineburst 5-string
Post by: 3rd_ray on January 31, 2009, 03:01:30 PM

Beautiful birdseye! Congrats!
 
Mike

Title: '02 Wineburst 5-string
Post by: David Houck on February 01, 2009, 04:04:29 PM

An Orion with Essence controls, with a Wineburst finish on Birds Eye Maple.  Great bass!!

Title: '02 Wineburst 5-string
Post by: alemboid on July 09, 2013, 11:11:44 AM

Wow....I bought that bass out of Canada brand new. I sold it and bought a Mark King Deluxe 5 in cocobolo, only to have it stolen five years later. Wish I would have kept that Orion. They are hard to come by.