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wvbass
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Username: wvbass

Post Number: 1
Registered: 6-2014
Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2014 - 9:01 pm:   Edit Post

I would like to add a history request for this one to the list...

orion
zomnius
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Username: zomnius

Post Number: 4
Registered: 9-2013
Posted on Friday, July 04, 2014 - 1:33 am:   Edit Post

that grain!!! wow
mtjam
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Username: mtjam

Post Number: 171
Registered: 11-2011
Posted on Friday, July 04, 2014 - 7:18 am:   Edit Post

Nice! Is that the one that was on Ebay?
wvbass
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Username: wvbass

Post Number: 2
Registered: 6-2014
Posted on Monday, July 07, 2014 - 6:07 pm:   Edit Post

Nope. Not an ebay find. This one turned up on top of a hill in a small town on the western edge of WV.
sonicus
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Username: sonicus

Post Number: 3513
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Monday, July 07, 2014 - 6:35 pm:   Edit Post

Congratulations ! Nice find.
mtjam
Intermediate Member
Username: mtjam

Post Number: 173
Registered: 11-2011
Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2014 - 7:53 pm:   Edit Post

Excellent!
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 8394
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Monday, February 09, 2015 - 7:29 pm:   Edit Post

First off, whoa! That is some seriously nice Walnut there. Here's what the file says:

serial: 96OW10367
name: Orion
model: OLB5
top: Flame Walnut
accent: Maple pinstripe
body: Mahogany
shape: Orion
neck: 5-piece Maple
scale: 34" long
fingerboard: Ebony
inlays: none
side markers: bronze
peghead: Europa 4
pickups: MXY56
electronics: "Epic/Orion" volume, pan, bass, treble, mono output
finish: satin natural polyurethane (oil-look)
backplate: plastic
hardware: polished brass
originally made for: German Village Music, OH
birthday: November 28, 1996

Just loving that wood!
wvbass
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Username: wvbass

Post Number: 3
Registered: 6-2014
Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 - 6:53 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks for the info. Since that pic, the hardware has gotten a good cleaning, the bridge has had a "rehab kit," and I've corrected the pickup screw issue.

...and I was sold the second I saw that walnut top!

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