I have just bought an Alembic Essence, and love it.
The only thing I am a little Iffy about, is the string tuners have Made in Japan on them, and not the A stamp, Although the are exactly like the Alembic ones.

Those are Gotoh tuners, the tuners with the A on it are also Gotoh and I presume also made in Japan.

I was told to contact Mica directly to get those,I'm having a similar flaw with my Essence.