Author Topic: Stanley Clark Interview (Read 230 times)

ttwatts · « **on:** January 06, 2006, 09:04:15 AM »

I found this interview very interesting.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/interview/stanleyclarke/index.cfm

Check it out.

kmh364 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 06, 2006, 11:14:34 AM »

Thanks. Not bad at all...it wasn't just a straight commercial advert. for GC.

bigredbass · « **Reply #2 on:** January 06, 2006, 05:16:51 PM »

More proof that there's VERY little attention paid to web content:

How in the hell could somebody interviewing one of the world's great bassists, working for the largest instrument retailer in the world, not KNOW (or proofread!!!) that a specialist, Swedish manufacturer of bass equipment is E-B-S, not E-V-S?

No wonder they've become the WalMart of music stores.

J o e y

hb3 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 06, 2006, 05:47:38 PM »

you don't think they did that on purpose? too much credit? I mean, I don't think you can buy those at GC....

David Houck · « **Reply #4 on:** January 06, 2006, 05:47:45 PM »

The part about how he sets his bass controls was pretty interesting. Thanks!

Bradley Young · « **Reply #5 on:** January 06, 2006, 09:11:15 PM »

I love the parting question: they ask him if he's ever shopped at Guitar Center, and he never quite says yes.

Just struck me as funny.

keavin · « **Reply #6 on:** January 07, 2006, 12:26:13 PM »

going with the bassicshttp://www.innerviews.org/inner/clarke.html

David Houck · « **Reply #7 on:** January 07, 2006, 02:55:52 PM »

Nice interview Keavin; thanks for the link! I especially liked the part about Return To Forever.

terryc · « **Reply #8 on:** January 12, 2006, 06:43:57 AM »

Nice interview, when I visited the Alembic factory in 2000 Stan's bass was almost finished, I have some non digital pics of me holding it(very cafefully I might add and under the eye of Mica)in the set up room. It is a lovely bass, figured rosewood, the one he uses all the time now.
Terry C

terryc · « **Reply #9 on:** January 12, 2006, 06:46:56 AM »

Is EBS related to the brake pad manufacturers EBC in Sweden or am I wrong??
Second hobby..sports motorcycles

bigredbass · « **Reply #10 on:** January 13, 2006, 07:08:15 PM »

Not as far as I know, Terry. If they were part of OHLINS, the maker of fabulous motorcycle supension bits, I'd buy some!! SERIOUS unobtanium, seen on big-buck Ducs, and the new special edition R1 Yamaha, among others.

SC's insights about RTF reforming only reinforces something I realized a few years ago: In MOST cases, the best bands exist at a certain stretch of time both to the audience and the players themselves. 10, 15 years later, ya can't get the Genie to come out of the bottle again. It's the rare group of people in ANY business that can live and grow together for 20 or 30 years, and in show business, you just may reform to an utterly different time and audience that has just moved on. Not to mention re-uniting with people who are now strangers to you, or stepping right back into problems that were never settled the first time 'round.

J o e y

terryc · « **Reply #11 on:** January 16, 2006, 06:23:30 AM »

I have Ohlins rear shocker, hydraulic spring rate, rebound/compression damping hi & low speed damping too on my CBR600 FSport..yes very expensive - ?500 sterling at the time..
Front end was re valved and uprated spring. Holds like a dream...oops this is a BASS forum isn't it..sorry

See RTF in the mid 70's when they were in UK..awesome then..awesome now..Lenny White still has it..listen to Vertu..and can you believe Ritchie Koetzen???..rock licks in so many different styles

kmh364 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 16, 2006, 06:54:23 AM »

I don't think EBC or SBS are affiliated with Ohlins Sweden, but I could be wrong. I personally use SBS (they are the OEM PAD for PM brakes...I have the six-pot calipers on my H-D) and they work great and wear like iron (45k miles on the origanal pads and plenty left to go!!!).

Yeah, that works-style Ohlins front end that Duc and Yami use is about $3500USD MSRP. A works-style fully adjustable sport bike damper can be around $1200USD. They even have dual dampers for Harleys like my Road King! I'm considering them as replacements for my well-worn stock Showa-made air shocks. I never adjust them and the ride is quite jarring...I've been mulling over replacing them for years.

Oh yeah, this is a bass thread, LOL! Sorry.

j_gary · « **Reply #13 on:** January 16, 2006, 07:04:27 AM »

bigredbass, a Honda man perhaps? The name might suggest so.

Matching chromosomes? Anyone know if Mr. Clarke rides?

terryc · « **Reply #14 on:** January 17, 2006, 05:56:31 AM »

to Kmh364..can you get White Power or Hagon in the states..they are a good compromise to Ohlins,,the Ten Kate British Superbike team use White Power on their FireBlades so they must be okay.
There is a website(a USA one) which can re build Showa shocks and there is even a web page showing you how to rebuild them.
I suppose this is a bass forum but everyone is here to help in all walks of life..that is the Alembic Way basso-san.