As the ever correcting/ever guiding clubmembers know, I've owned alot of Alembics and expressed some humblingly ignorant opinions which have been corrected faster than an incontinent poleman at the top of a 250K volt metal tower; however, I've seen at least 3 of these in the last 2 years and they're beautiful. My only Alembic, having sold the legendary Mandarin, is a 4 string Europa w/side LED's and I love it. It's a rock-and-roll dream! Plenty of punch. Plenty of thud. I can dial it all in! Muddy. Clear. It's all there............plus a light show! Europa's rule and I think we should welcome this seller to our fold and sing the praises of his bass. If I weren't selling my Surine Esprit S/N 001EX 5 string to fund my fretless 5 string Surine, I'd buy this thing. IMHO, it's absolutely beautiful!