I know it is not an Alembic, but I think it is worth some attention!
Spellbinder Stanley Clarke #35
 
Greg

$8000!  Hard to believe, but to each their own.

Didn't sell and has been relisted at the same price.
 
Jazzyvee

Only $4500 this time - starting bid that is! So what is this bass realistically worth? Thanks Ron.

When it was all said & done..........Aint nothing spellbinding about those basses!  
 
(Message edited by serialnumber12 on September 29, 2009)

Stanley Clarke is one of my great bass heroes, but that thing is just butt-ugly

The design isn't even all that original.  Here's a Daion Savage circa 1978-82.  Look familiar?
 
Bill, tgo
 

The three original Spellbinders that I've played were absolutely awful instruments...
 
John

811952 - Details please!

It's been years ago, like '84-'85.  Guitar Center (or Bass Center maybe?) on Ventura Blvd. had several of them pass through, and of course I made it my mission to play everything in that place.    They felt and sounded like cardboard.  Thin, light body mated to a tiny neck.  Not enough mass or stiffness though..  Think of it as the opposite of an Alembic.
 
John
 
edited to add:  If I didn't have to rely on it as my primary instrument, I'd still love to have one just for cool factor..
 
(Message edited by 811952 on October 02, 2009)