Author Topic: (x) 03OW13136 (Read 112 times)

pietzouille · « **on:** August 11, 2007, 08:41:26 AM »

hey dudes at alembic,
i got this orion bass,would like to know when it was built.. It's a zebrawood one.. Shoud be quite recent...looks very new.
not very sure of the serial number..first 0 might be a o..
cheers

keith_h · « **Reply #1 on:** August 11, 2007, 09:35:29 AM »

Pierre,
Your bass was made in 2003. The serial is a 2 digit year, an alphabetic OW for an Orion and a 5 digit number.

Keith

David Houck · « **Reply #2 on:** August 11, 2007, 02:28:01 PM »

And looking at the picture here, it looks like it has a Mahogany body with Purpleheart and Maple accents, and Epic/Orion electronics. Very nice!

pietzouille · « **Reply #3 on:** August 11, 2007, 04:24:59 PM »

thx to all of you,should i register it with alembic??

cheers

jacko · « **Reply #4 on:** August 12, 2007, 02:49:17 AM »

Yes!!!!

Graeme

mica · « **Reply #5 on:** August 22, 2007, 01:09:34 PM »

Hi Pierre,

Here's the details from the file about your Orion bass:

top: Zebrawood
accents: Purpleheart laminate, Maple pinstripe
body: Mahogany
set neck: 5-piece Maple with 4 Walnut veneers, 34 long scale
fingerboard: Ebony
finish: polyester
birthday: November 6, 2003
originally made for: Steve's Music, Canada

There is a previous registered owner from Belgium.