Agree, that's a bit steep.

And I think it may be in Korea. (KR. ?)

I do like the extra purpleheart accent and maple pinstripe between the koa and ash... Classy, kinda' like your custom fretless.
(in the spirit of Alembic CSI) It looks like maybe they moved the jack to the side, and used the hole for the Filter pot. I guess just drilled one small hole for the Q-switch. FC managed to stuff all his upgrades into the existing control cavity without moving the jack.
http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=8798.0I'd been wondering for a while if it could be done thataway too.