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Title: Question about one of Stanley's basses
Post by: lysosome on January 01, 2007, 07:57:50 PM

Hey guys. I was wondering what kind of wood the bass Stanley is using in this video is made of, specifically the front.  
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz2w5lblYLA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz2w5lblYLA)
 
I remember Dela saying that this was the bass that was stolen from the band's equipment truck. To me, it looks like the body isn't layered like most other Alembics, but it might just be my monitor.

Title: Question about one of Stanley's basses
Post by: David Houck on January 03, 2007, 07:53:42 PM

That video appears to have been removed.

Title: Question about one of Stanley's basses
Post by: room037 on January 04, 2007, 07:38:29 AM

I found  this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Uf3rRR7B14).
 
Stanly had the same bass on the previous video.
Best shot is at 6:33.
The bass has metal plate between 2 pickup.
I think, the bass was made 1973 or eary 1974.
 
Eiji

Title: Question about one of Stanley's basses
Post by: lysosome on January 04, 2007, 01:36:04 PM

Dang, I can't belive that video got deleted right after I asked this. The bass reminds me of Bucky's series I..
 
http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/16053.html?1108657811 (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=8355)
 
but I was thinking it might be cherry. The lighting is dark and the quality of the video isn't the greatest, so it was hard to tell.
 
The bass wasn't the one in your video, room037. That one is the original brown bass. The one I'm talking about is a bit older, as Stanley bought the brown bass to replace this one after it was stolen.

Title: Question about one of Stanley's basses
Post by: mica on January 04, 2007, 04:09:33 PM

Stanley's first Alembic was Bird's-eye Maple. It was stolen.

Title: Question about one of Stanley's basses
Post by: inthelows on January 04, 2007, 05:15:17 PM

This may be the same bass. Does not look like a maple top though.
Look at the 1.06 mark.
NLP
 RTF (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBNN92bKuPE)
And this may have been the result of the thief.
 Stanley and Ric (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFP-alYNq5I)

Title: Question about one of Stanley's basses
Post by: dela217 on January 04, 2007, 07:01:58 PM

Inthelows - Nah. That is the brown bass before it's hard life.  I think it may have been new there in that video.   All the pics of the original bass that I have seen were of poor quality.  I too wondered what the top wood was on that bass.  I thought it was Myrtle, but Mica cleared it us as being birds eye maple.

Title: Question about one of Stanley's basses
Post by: lysosome on January 05, 2007, 02:07:28 AM

Thanks everyone!

Title: Question about one of Stanley's basses
Post by: room037 on January 05, 2007, 07:04:54 AM

Yeah! It's my mistake.
It's sure the original brown bass !
It has SC inlay below the tailpiece.
Thanks inthelows!  
 
Eiji