that fretless was a real find. got it on Ebay, believe it or not. i've yet to see a 5-string fretless Alembic in any flavor pop up anywhere since. I've been playing it for about a year now. it's definitly got its quirks, the truss rods require more tweaking than any of the other alembics i've owned ever did. but i like my action nice and low so that probably doesn't make it any easier. nice small body, not as heavy as the Elan, tonally it's a complete 180 - a totally different creature entirely. But it's not window dressing, it gets a daily workout from the old guy...
