Strange story - Is Stanley Clarke being robbed (again)?

[the_mule]

Stanley Clarke is abroad, he played a really nice gig at 'our' North Sea Jazz Festival a few weeks ago actually. But what is this? If he's indeed being robbed (again) by one of his own people, that's a bloody shame...
 
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=137684&page=1&pp=20
 
Wilfred

[the_mule]

Well, if you check the link now, there's a message of mr. Ken Smith about this. Looks like it's an honest sale, and I guess it's a good sign that Stanley isn't selling any Alembics!
 
Wilfred

[Manfred]

Wilfred,
 
Stanley Clarke is not being robbed. It is an honest sale, pretty low prices I must say  So if you have a couple of buckets filled with money left, or maybe one of those money trees in your garden
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4713&item=3741675736&rd=1
 
Manfred

[811952]

I've played a few of those basses, and I hated them.  There are some interesting conceptual features for the time period, but extremely un-Alembic in feel and tone.  The Bass Center had four or five (out of the production run of 99 built for friends if memory serves) and they were just awful, in my opinion.  I got to play another one in Hollywood three summers ago just to see if they really were as bad as I remembered, and it was.  Yuck.  It would be cool to own for the Stanley factor (I do wish I had picked one up back in the day for cheap), but anyone wishing to emulate The Stan simply won't be able to do it with one of these, in my opinion.  Get an Alembic SC instead.
John