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bassplayer2106
Junior
Username: bassplayer2106

Post Number: 23
Registered: 5-2005
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 9:28 am:   Edit Post

Hi have you seen this on ebay - an Alembic Stanley Clarke copy that you have to finish yourself.A bargain at about £60.
stoney
Senior Member
Username: stoney

Post Number: 410
Registered: 7-2002
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 11:49 am:   Edit Post

Looks like it left the factory just a bit prematurely. Hey Mica, you guys missing something there?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2384&item=7331467521&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 515
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 12:44 pm:   Edit Post

Very interesting. It appears to be a lefty to boot. And it does look like it "fell off the Alembic truck" prior to completion. The only part that looks non-Alembic to me is the point at the bottom. I'm guessing the "Olympic" factory does this part a little different? This one certainly is a curiousity. I smell a good story comin' down the line.

Bill, tgo
mica
Moderator
Username: mica

Post Number: 2544
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 12:52 pm:   Edit Post

This is a real nightmare: kludged together out of obviously scrap parts. Since the location is somewhat local to us (within 20 minutes), I'll guess a former employee took some souvenirs with them. Here's what I can tell from the pictures:

1. The neck is a reject. Note that it was once on a bass (finish and bridgeblock mounting holes are a dead giveaway). We cut this off another bass and deemed it substandard.

2. The body is from a lefthanded 20th Anniversary model. It was rejected before the back was routed (the back routing was not done here). I suspect it was mistakenly routed for a short scale, since the pickup holes and bridgeblock holes line up pretty good.

3. Nice block to fill in the short scale neck gap!

Yoinks, this is a heap. I'm really sad someone would do this. This isn't even a shop night instrument, it's a failed resurrection.
sfnic
Member
Username: sfnic

Post Number: 78
Registered: 3-2005
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 1:02 pm:   Edit Post

(If I was rolling in money, I'd be tempted to buy it, just to carve it into something else.)
keith_h
Intermediate Member
Username: keith_h

Post Number: 102
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 2:20 pm:   Edit Post

I thought something was suspicious with the bass when I first saw this thread. It is a real hack job. However someone does deserve some type punishment for for the deception that Stanley would ever play or endorse such a travesty. The only saving grace is they didn't use the correct company name.

If I recall isn't it creditted to your favorite bass manufacturer Stoney? :-)

Keith
kungfusheriff
Advanced Member
Username: kungfusheriff

Post Number: 330
Registered: 8-2003
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 2:28 pm:   Edit Post

He called it a "base" in the description; what else do you need to know? ;)
mica
Moderator
Username: mica

Post Number: 2545
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 3:43 pm:   Edit Post

The seller returned my email and said they purchased it from a storage unit auction.
bassplayer2106
Junior
Username: bassplayer2106

Post Number: 24
Registered: 5-2005
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 3:54 pm:   Edit Post

Hi - it actually comes up as an Alembic unfinished guitar if you send an email to the seller.
stoney
Senior Member
Username: stoney

Post Number: 412
Registered: 7-2002
Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 5:34 am:   Edit Post

Hey Keith, "O" yea, that's them alright.

A "storage unit auction"??......say, don't storage units and dumpsters look a lot alike????
keith_h
Intermediate Member
Username: keith_h

Post Number: 103
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 6:18 am:   Edit Post

Look at site today and it is now listed as an unfinished Alembic.
adriaan
Senior Member
Username: adriaan

Post Number: 570
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 6:54 am:   Edit Post

Then again "unfinished" has two meanings, both of which apply here. Ouch.
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 517
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 6:58 am:   Edit Post

My favorite part of the listing is:

"Up for bid is this Alembic Stanley Clarke Model Unfinished Guitar, this Guitar is Still Under Construction, all you have to do is finish it and you are ready to rock out and enjoy some nice sounding Music from the guitar that you Made and Finished 47 inches Long, the Base is 15 inches wide and 1 1/2 inches in width, you buy it and finnish it, thanks for looking"

Not only can you get a four string Stanley Clarke "guitar", but you get to "Finnish" it! I might be interested if I got to "Canadian" it, "French" it, or maybe more appropriately "Korean" it. But "Finnish" it?. No thanks, too cold for this California boy! (No offense to our members from Finland, of course - LOL).

Bill, tgo
byoung
Member
Username: byoung

Post Number: 96
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 1:22 pm:   Edit Post

I Also Appreciate the Fact That He Apparently Graduated From the School Of Superfluous Capitalization.

That, Indeed, is Music to Rock Out To.

Brad
mica
Moderator
Username: mica

Post Number: 2552
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 1:57 pm:   Edit Post

I wrote to the seller again today inviting them to reveal the true nature of the item they are selling, i.e. calling it an "unfinished Alembic" is really not true.

Let's hope that since they updated the title of the auction, they will also correct the text so that whoever winds up with this piece will understand exactly what they are getting.

Might make a nice clock!
kungfusheriff
Advanced Member
Username: kungfusheriff

Post Number: 332
Registered: 8-2003
Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 3:50 pm:   Edit Post

Ended early...apparently there was some sort of error in the listing.
jacko
Advanced Member
Username: jacko

Post Number: 238
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Friday, June 24, 2005 - 4:36 am:   Edit Post

LoL!!

graeme

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