'99 Orion 5 fretless

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Author Message fc_spoiler Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1594 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 10:57 am:    There will always be another :-) Just picked up (no more "will pick this up asap threads") this baby "The other one" 1998 Orion 5 fretless: Together with her "Elite Orion" fretless sister: Together with her 5 string sister and granny in the back :-) More and better pics will come asap. Fun fact: Though I got my first Alembic 16 years ago and have taken custody of 5 others after that, I never ever played a set neck Alembic with the bass/treble setup until I got this one in my hands :-) Come to think of it I only played two other Alembics in my life: The best bass I ever had in my hands Blondie ('83 shortscale Series I) and Alembicclubber Marcky's (Vanderkley amps/cabs, shameless plug) awesome '77 Series I fc_spoiler Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1598 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2014 - 12:44 pm:    Tried for some better pics this afternoon, thes babies are hard to capture! :-) The Alembic family: jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4305 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Sunday, November 23, 2014 - 2:51 pm:    A superb collection. pauldo Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1340 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Monday, November 24, 2014 - 1:45 pm:    That Orion fretless truly is sexy. What is the story on the neck? Doesn't look like it goes all the way through the body - Is that a 'set neck' and how do the wizards at Alembic configure the setting (seating) of the neck? fc_spoiler Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1599 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Monday, November 24, 2014 - 2:59 pm:    Thanx Jazzy and Paul! The Epic, excel and Orion are set neck instruments. It looks like the neck runs as far as the truss rods cover goes: edwardofhuncote Intermediate Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 110 Registered: 6-2014 Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - 5:19 am:    I always wondered how that set neck worked. So, this is a glue joint only... no dovetail or mortise? fc_spoiler Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1601 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 - 5:58 pm:    Here's a better view of the joint, I have no idea how it looks on the inside... fc_spoiler Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1818 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Monday, October 26, 2015 - 1:30 pm:    This one now has the EMW electronics package (East meet west, added Filter + Q switch) Works great and sounds awesome! Best of both worlds, thanx Mica and crew! :-) fc_spoiler Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1819 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Monday, October 26, 2015 - 1:51 pm:    And also a huge thank you for Gregory of course! :-) Snapshot: edwardofhuncote Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 649 Registered: 6-2014 Posted on Monday, October 26, 2015 - 2:08 pm:    Ahh... the East-Meets-West-Meets-Europe electronics package! Nice job with the sardines FC! That's a 3-position Q, yes? fc_spoiler Senior Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 1820 Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Monday, October 26, 2015 - 5:07 pm:    :-) It's a 2 way switch, I was afraid 3 way wouldn't fit (though it now looks like it does, maybe I'll try it someday) :-) keith_h Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 2311 Registered: 2-2005 Posted on Monday, October 26, 2015 - 5:36 pm:    It is a nice electronics package for a fretless isn't it. Keith edwardofhuncote Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 651 Registered: 6-2014 Posted on Monday, October 26, 2015 - 5:49 pm:    Indeed! ^^^ Keith's Orion Nebula is a lot of the reason I went this way on my fretless, though the controls will be arranged a little bit different than your basses are here.