This is suggested position for the top laminate:

 It's a little plainer than the back laminate, but the plain part will be eaten up by pickups and hardware.    Here is the back laminate position suggestion:

 With the continuous wood backplates, it should look stellar!

That is amazing!!!

I really love this combination

Really great proposal.
Many thanks
Mike

Lets go with this, I will call 11th October.
Many thanks  
Mike

the accent lams between the tops and core will be maple pinstripe/ purpleheart laminate/ maple pinstripe. it will make a nice contrast with the core and compliments the three purpleheart neck lams.
 
I really like this, thanks for the suggestion
Mike

Dear All,
In my order I have faint lines specifed on the neck to go where the hard frets go on a fretted instrument.  Thinking about it on a small scale instrument and about the look can you see if you could place the fretlne marker on the side of the neck but with no invasion of the front of the fretboard.  So when you look at the bass front on you have a plain clean ebony fretless board but when you look on the side of the neck there are clear but small fretlines for full reference of all frets to be seen.  I know I have my LEDs on the fretline and at those points I guess no need for any line.  I hope this makes sense.  Let me know what can be done.
Many thanks  
Mike

It's probably safer to send an e-mail directly to the people at Alembic. They may not check this thread before they start putting in the lines.
 
Good choice!

Thanks Adrian

mikekyz, Alembic makes ghost fret side markers leaving the front clean,look at my featured custom of the month for February 2005 JELLY.

Top man BK thanks for this.

Ordered, just want to check that it will be set in gold and not silver?
Many thanks
Mike

Decided to go with Ghost Markers rather than full fretline on the fretboard.  The dot and LED positioning remains the same.
Many thanks
M

Just found a Stanley with matching Trod covers:  
Randy's Custom Clarke Deluxe, is this how it will look on my SC SII?
Thanks  
Mike

One of the main drivers for moving to short scale is a bass that is easy to play.  On all my longer scale basses I use nickel strings and the guage is usually .040 .055 .075 .095.  Does Alembic produce strings of this size for a Stanley Clarke bass?  Does anyone know of a company that makes short scale strings at this size in nickel or a near fit?
Will the standard nut on my Stanley Clarke need to be made tighter if I go with a string of this size?
I know there is a trade off on sound however I need to make it as easy as possible on my fretting hand.
Peace
Mike