I know it is not an Alembic, but I think it is worth some attention!
Spellbinder Stanley Clarke #35 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Spellbinder-Stanley-Clarke-Bass-Guitar-Only-100-MADE-35_W0QQitemZ230380817842QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item35a3c44db2&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_500wt_1182)
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
(http://club.alembicguitars.net/Images/395/71004.jpg)
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)