Spellbinder Bass

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Author Message gregduboc Advanced Member Username: gregduboc Post Number: 220 Registered: 11-2008 Posted on Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 7:35 am:    I know it is not an Alembic, but I think it is worth some attention! Spellbinder Stanley Clarke #35 Greg hydrargyrum Senior Member Username: hydrargyrum Post Number: 670 Registered: 3-2004 Posted on Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 12:05 pm:    $8000! Hard to believe, but to each their own. jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 1696 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 9:58 pm:    Didn't sell and has been relisted at the same price. Jazzyvee viper Junior Username: viper Post Number: 18 Registered: 11-2008 Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 4:31 am:    Only $4500 this time - starting bid that is! So what is this bass realistically worth? Thanks Ron. serialnumber12 Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 534 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 5:38 am:    When it was all said & done..........Aint nothing "spellbinding" about those basses! (Message edited by serialnumber12 on September 29, 2009) llobsterbass Member Username: llobsterbass Post Number: 62 Registered: 5-2004 Posted on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 8:31 am:    Stanley Clarke is one of my great bass heroes, but that thing is just butt-ugly lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4111 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 9:36 am:    The design isn't even all that original. Here's a Daion Savage circa 1978-82. Look familiar? Bill, tgo 811952 Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 1737 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Thursday, October 01, 2009 - 6:21 pm:    The three original Spellbinders that I've played were absolutely awful instruments... John viper Junior Username: viper Post Number: 19 Registered: 11-2008 Posted on Thursday, October 01, 2009 - 7:32 pm:    811952 - Details please! 811952 Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 1739 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Friday, October 02, 2009 - 6:02 am:    It's been years ago, like '84-'85. Guitar Center (or Bass Center maybe?) on Ventura Blvd. had several of them pass through, and of course I made it my mission to play everything in that place. They felt and sounded like cardboard. Thin, light body mated to a tiny neck. Not enough mass or stiffness though.. Think of it as the opposite of an Alembic. John edited to add: If I didn't have to rely on it as my primary instrument, I'd still love to have one just for cool factor.. (Message edited by 811952 on October 02, 2009)