Alembic Stanley Clarke Custom (SOLD Long Gone)

 

December 2001 

(This bass was originally part of a two bass set; I have edited the

Alembic copy to delete references to the other bass)

Original Alembic Custom Archive Page For This Bass

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  Craig's Short Scale 

The original owner is an avid collector of fine and exotic woods. When he finds the perfect piece for a new instrument, he sends it over to us and has something special made. Although we had to pull some special tricks to make the particular pieces of wood work for this project, we were all extremely pleased with the results. One procedure we used was a splice to make the Coco Bolo board wide enough to bookmatch. When he received the bass, he told Susan he liked it very much, but wished we could have used the wood he supplied. When Susan told him it was the very wood he sent to us, he was shocked he couldn't find the joint where we made the board wider. Then he liked it even more. When he ordered this bass, he left a good deal of the specifications up to us to decide as we went along. Sometimes the wood presents you with a good idea after it's cut, so having this freedom was a lot of fun and a bit different from the building experience that we typically have.

The Coco Bolo  supplied was wildly grained. We decided to make the peghead veneers out of the same wood.   short scale peghead
Coco Bolo fingerboard  Maybe it's not the first thing you notice, but once you do, wow! The short scale bass has a Coco Bolo fingerboard made from the same piece of wood as the front, back and veneers. Since the wood had such tight swirly figure, we decided to leave off the inlays. 
The bass features the Stinger Omega body with some variation. We had to make a new template since this is the first Small Standard Stinger body shape we've made. Stinger
hippie sandwich Western Flame Maple for the core adds contrast. The woods are: Coco Bolo, Purpleheart, Flame Maple, Purpleheart, Coco Bolo.
front back

SPECIFICATIONS

  • 4-string Stanley Clarke Deluxe
  • 30.75 short scale
  • Coco Bolo top and back
  • Flame Maple core
  • Maple and Purpleheart neck
  • Signature electronics
  • Small Standard Stinger body
  • Coco Bolo fingerboard
  • No inlays
  • Continuous wood backplate 
  • Now has Coco Bolo matching knobs from THG

  

  

 

 

 

 

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