BTW - a friend of mine, Robert Kramer, had his hand in building this instrument. He worked for Alembic back in 1990. It's definitely one-of-a-kind. I've seen a lot of beautiful basses - those with fancy wood grains, crazy carvings, wild neck-inlays, etc... but for me, personally, this bass is the most artistically attractive. But, as they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.