Seen at Willies in St Paul

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Author Message fmm Advanced Member Username: fmm Post Number: 275 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, November 06, 2009 - 10:03 pm:    No serial # in listing, essence electronics are mentioned. 5 A quilted maple top. http://www.williesguitars.com/index.cfm/basses/10/inventory/26 elwoodblue Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 881 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, November 06, 2009 - 10:18 pm:    That top looks like liquid gold. Gorgeous. 88persuader Advanced Member Username: 88persuader Post Number: 352 Registered: 5-2004 Posted on Saturday, November 07, 2009 - 12:45 pm:    My old Stanley Clark Signature Standard had the same finish. Great bass ... I miss it. The ONLY thing I didn't like was where the strap connects at the back of the body at the neck. It dug into my belly at gigs and caused discomfort. I didn't move it because I was unwilling to put a new hole in the bass. That was my only problem with the short scale small body Stanley Clark Signature bass. But it sounded great and talk about easy to play! hammer Junior Username: hammer Post Number: 13 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Monday, November 09, 2009 - 11:17 am:    Beautiful looking bass. It also seems reasonably priced if its as they describe (and Willies is typically quite good about that). The first Alembic I've ever come across there that isn't priced way above my means. Did you get a chance to play it? I think I'm going to need to make a quick trip down there after work in the next few days. fmm Advanced Member Username: fmm Post Number: 277 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, November 09, 2009 - 8:58 pm:    I've only seen it on the website. As soon as my assistant gets back from vacation, I'll run over there during lunch and try it out. pace Senior Member Username: pace Post Number: 448 Registered: 4-2004 Posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 9:18 am:    what's the scale length? f64 New Username: f64 Post Number: 1 Registered: 11-2009 Posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 11:01 am:    It's a short scale, 30.75" Unfortunately too small for me. I talked to them yesterday and it's clean and still available. davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 8952 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 6:28 pm:    Hi Tom; welcome to the board! davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 8953 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 6:33 pm:    The website describes the bass as being "on hold". It appears to be an Essence with a body style upgrade and a top wood upgrade.