Alembic Guitars Club

Connecting => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: KR on April 23, 2025, 12:44:16 PM

Title: Rare 1973 footage of Stanley's very first Alembic
Post by: KR on April 23, 2025, 12:44:16 PM

Some extremely great, jaw-droppingly clean bass playing by a young Stanley Clarke playing his first Alembic which was stolen. Notice the very early tailpiece, front battery cover, PF6 circuit, and I believe those strings are pre-Rotosound.

Title: Re: Rare 1973 footage of Stanley's very first Alembic
Post by: edwardofhuncote on April 23, 2025, 01:18:29 PM

[TRIGGERED]


Thanks Keith! 🤣

Title: Re: Rare 1973 footage of Stanley's very first Alembic
Post by: KR on April 23, 2025, 03:53:39 PM

Greg, is Stanley killin' it!

Title: Re: Rare 1973 footage of Stanley's very first Alembic
Post by: edwardofhuncote on April 23, 2025, 05:02:53 PM

Indeed he was!  I seem to recall that bass was 74-sixty-something. It was the first Alembic listed in the "Stolen List". If it ever resurfaced I never heard. I had plans for a medium-scale guitar based largely on that very bass.

Title: Re: Rare 1973 footage of Stanley's very first Alembic
Post by: pauldo on April 23, 2025, 05:39:58 PM

What a great performance.  Thanks for that treat.

Title: Re: Rare 1973 footage of Stanley's very first Alembic
Post by: KR on April 23, 2025, 09:25:22 PM

Too bad Stanley only owned that bass for a short period. He really showed his power in this performance, and also his talent as a pocket player and a team player. I got to play his next bass, the Brown Bass, at his house in 1979.

Title: Re: Rare 1973 footage of Stanley's very first Alembic
Post by: chrisalembic on April 24, 2025, 03:41:48 AM

Wow so cool! Love the look of those brown pick up covers of the very early alembics.

Title: Re: Rare 1973 footage of Stanley's very first Alembic
Post by: rv_bass on April 24, 2025, 05:49:22 AM

Cool stuff! 😊

Title: Re: Rare 1973 footage of Stanley's very first Alembic
Post by: gearhed289 on April 24, 2025, 08:51:20 AM

Awesome! Love RTF.

Title: Re: Rare 1973 footage of Stanley's very first Alembic
Post by: jazzyvee on April 24, 2025, 10:57:57 AM

I'm still a huge RTF and their music is all my music playing devices and it's a hard to know whether i've listened to RTF more than the Wailers overall. But easily the most listened to jazz band even though there are some great bands around.

Title: Re: Rare 1973 footage of Stanley's very first Alembic
Post by: KR on April 24, 2025, 11:33:29 AM

To coin a phrase "When Fusion monsters roamed the Earth".

Title: Re: Rare 1973 footage of Stanley's very first Alembic
Post by: Artgeckko on April 28, 2025, 10:57:38 AM

Wow. Then wow, then wow some more.

Those guys are bonkers.
Just when I was feeling good about my playing last night, I watch that. 

Very much humbled to the point of depression.
Will be calling my bass therapist.

Thanks for posting? LOL

Ed