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ctjim
Member
Username: ctjim

Post Number: 70
Registered: 4-2005
Posted on Friday, March 09, 2007 - 4:15 pm:   Edit Post

Well all here's a body shot of my 04 Orion.Love that QM.
jags
Intermediate Member
Username: jags

Post Number: 109
Registered: 12-2006
Posted on Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 5:19 am:   Edit Post

pretty pretty. does it have LEDS?looks like an electronic upgrade
adriaan
Senior Member
Username: adriaan

Post Number: 1316
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 8:16 am:   Edit Post

Jags - EMW is shorthand for East Meets West. "East" as in east-coast super-Jazz builders, usually with a two-band EQ, "West" as in a certain west-coast builder that is well known for its preference for LP filters.

Kind of Alembic's take on Sadowsky, originally at the request of one of their dealers.
jags
Intermediate Member
Username: jags

Post Number: 110
Registered: 12-2006
Posted on Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 9:35 am:   Edit Post

ok then.... still a bit lost. what's included in the controls,and the switches then?
dadabass2001
Senior Member
Username: dadabass2001

Post Number: 756
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 10:26 am:   Edit Post

jags,
EMW has separate bass & treble controls (like a stock Epic, Orion, or Excel), 1 volume, 1 pan, and 1 low pass filter with Q switch. I believe ctjim's also has side LEDs with an on/off switch.
Mike
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 4859
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 1:54 pm:   Edit Post

Very nice! Great quilt!
ctjim
Member
Username: ctjim

Post Number: 71
Registered: 4-2005
Posted on Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 2:22 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks Adriaan, Dave, John, Mike for the compliments, but a small co. out west deserves the credit.

John, yes it does have amber side LED's and golden agoyya inlays. I just wish it were a short scale, which would make it perfect for me.
ctjim
Member
Username: ctjim

Post Number: 72
Registered: 4-2005
Posted on Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 2:36 pm:   Edit Post

Wait, Kevin (Kmh364), also deserves some of the blame for this bass. Way back when... he ordered this identical bass (?), only he wanted JZ pup's rather than MXY's. Well, the rest is history...
Thanks Alembic/Kevin. Life is sweet.
crobbins
Junior
Username: crobbins

Post Number: 39
Registered: 6-2004
Posted on Monday, March 19, 2007 - 9:13 pm:   Edit Post

Nice looking bass. Very cool........
kmh364
Senior Member
Username: kmh364

Post Number: 2130
Registered: 9-2003
Posted on Friday, May 11, 2007 - 11:25 am:   Edit Post

Just saw this thread...you're very welcome.

Still that's a real beaut! Enjoy!

One of these days I'm gonna post pix of my two Custom Orion "twins" (does that make them Gemini's instead? LOL!):

"Son" of EMW and EMW #4 (4).

FWIW, CTJIM's custom Orion differs from all the other EMW's in that it has a mahogany body and the controls are set in a "smiley face" layout.

Somehow, Susan ordered my EMW with the MXY's and Mahogany body and then they made me a new one when she realized what happened. This one got finished to the remainder of my original order specs, minus the boo-boos. I subsequently added a gold-plated SS surface mount logo with shell, PH neck pinstripes, THG knobs, and an ATA flight case to "Ke(vi)n's Custom Orion" to finish my order.

Cheers,

Kevin
stoney
Senior Member
Username: stoney

Post Number: 485
Registered: 7-2002
Posted on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 7:00 am:   Edit Post

Just an FYI, I now own this bass.
mtjam
Junior
Username: mtjam

Post Number: 22
Registered: 11-2011
Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 6:19 pm:   Edit Post

Proud to be the new owner of this beauty! Can't wait to try it out in public this weekend.

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