Down at the Hollywood, CA Guitar Center is an Orion 5-string with the most unusual finish. Anyone care to guess what / how it was done? No serial # in the cavity (kudos to GC for removing the cover) and the truss rod cover is finished in black so almost impossible to read it. Never seen it here before.
https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/ALEMBIC/Used-ALEMBIC-Orion-5-Natural-Electric-Bass-Guitar-121886028.gc?algoliaQueryID=79f936ca470b05ac9acb4deb3cfa116a&algoliaIndexName=guitarcenter
I believe that is this bass. Or possibly a twin?
https://reverb.com/item/60070111-alembic-orion-5-string-short-scale-lacewood-with-blackened-brass-hardware
If so, it's an overexposed picture of a lacewood top, and that bass is an unusual short-scale Orion. Look close and call it.
*interestingly still in Hollyweird.
Quote from: edwardofhuncote on May 03, 2026, 12:53:42 PMI believe that is this bass. Or possibly a twin?
https://reverb.com/item/60070111-alembic-orion-5-string-short-scale-lacewood-with-blackened-brass-hardware
If so, it's an overexposed picture of a lacewood top, and that bass is an unusual short-scale Orion. Look close and call it.
*interestingly still in Hollyweird.
Very Interesting! The original reverb also has the over-exposure of the bass in the case. The photos in the stand look like a different bass! I wonder if that is indeed how the finish reacts to light.
I was going to say lacewood. Overexposed and over priced! :o ;D
An overexposed finish often results in a distorted tone.
Nice looking lacewood.