Author Topic: Alembic wannabe (Read 290 times)

jazzyvee · « **Reply #15 on:** June 12, 2010, 03:00:49 AM »

Well we all know how fiercely Alembic takes and defends it's brand and people wrongly attributing things to their name so I would think if Alembic thought there were copyright infringements with this Clarke Leiber instrument they would be right on their tail. Copyright law is a complex animal.

In the market these two companies are in it's a niche area with low volumes and high cost where they both need to survive, so morally you would think they would take another path in developing a new instrument to avoid contention and show original design concepts.

Look how many Fender strat & bass clones out there even though fender are massive and could in most probability afford to sue them all.

I think Alembic and Clarke have such a close bond that it's unlikely to result in lawsuits and Stanley Clarke still uses alembics as his main instrument. However I'd love to know what the Wickershams think.

Jazzyvee

toma_hawk01 · « **Reply #16 on:** June 12, 2010, 09:43:22 AM »

It appears that Stanley wanted his custom basses access to his Alembic DS-5R configuration leading to his rig.

No harm in this right?

Peace and Love,

Hal-

serialnumber12 · « **Reply #17 on:** June 12, 2010, 11:04:39 AM »

i would bet this Bass will Be up for auction in a year or so...

toma_hawk01 · « **Reply #18 on:** June 12, 2010, 06:28:12 PM »

#12, you got that right. I totally agree with you. Stanley always sell his Spellbinder basses. I believe that bass he's holding, is available for 15K.

I wish him and Thomas the very best never the less. I have great respect for Thomas Lieber, he's a cool cat to know.

Peace and love,

Hal-