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Stanley Clarke Spellcaster Bass

Discussion in 'Basses [BG]' started by Clark W, Feb 22, 2021.


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  1. Feb 22, 2021 #1
    Clark W

    Clark W Just Say No To Tort! Supporting Member

    Aug 26, 2018
    Well it's finally available, just not through Fender.

    Stanley Clarke releases long-awaited Strat-style bass, the Spellcaster | Guitar World

    Spellcaster Bass | Oneonta Guitar

    spellcaster-bass-spec-overlay.jpg

    $1635 + $200 flat rate shipping and then sales tax, total is around 2 grand.

    I don't know where the $200 shipping comes from. I just shipped a bass this morning in a gig bag and double boxed using boxes from Sweetwater for 69 bucks, UPS ground, dimensions were 52 x 19 x 8, weight 25 lbs, and insured for $500, from Alabama to West Virginia.

    And who is Oneonta Guitars?
     
    Last edited: Feb 22, 2021
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  5. Feb 22, 2021 #2
    P. Aaron

    P. Aaron Supporting Member

    Sep 16, 2002
    Below Ground, Plano, TX
    I could wreak onstage havoc with that whammy bar and a stack of LDS cabs.
     
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  10. Feb 22, 2021 #3
    JohnnyBottom

    JohnnyBottom Supporting Member

    Nov 27, 2002
    New Jersey
    hmmmm....Bass player with Whammy bar. Drummer says "Fire the bass player".
     
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  14. Feb 22, 2021 #4
    Volker Kirstein

    Volker Kirstein Blippy the Wonder Slug Supporting Member

    Jun 16, 2019
    Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    I have a Spellcaster...
    bass spellcaster headstock.jpg

    *scampers away cackling maniacally*
     
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  18. Feb 22, 2021 #5
    Slater

    Slater Leave that thing alone.

    Apr 17, 2000
    The Great Lakes State
    Maybe they provided the instruments to the Oneders in That Thing You Do! ;)
     
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  22. Feb 22, 2021 #6
    ClusterFlux

    ClusterFlux Supporting Member

    Apr 11, 2018
    I was kind of wondering what happened to this.

    I expect that viewers of Clarke's YouTube show will soon hear more about it. :D
     
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  26. Feb 22, 2021 #7
    KB5

    KB5

    Sep 28, 2012
    Need an indepth demo video of this!
     
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  31. Feb 22, 2021 #8
    Jeff Scott

    Jeff Scott Rickenbacker guru..........

    Apr 11, 2006
    Looks really nice. However, a 3TSB finish does, indeed, require a tort pickguard (that is the only way to do tort, IMO).
     
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  35. Feb 22, 2021 #9
    B-Mac

    B-Mac Just like Aretha Sang... R-E-S-P-E-C-T Supporting Member

    Jan 7, 2017
    Lower Susquehanna Valley, Pennsylvania
    I just paid $150 for a bass in a hsc in a box from California to Pa using FedEx
    Length of box makes shipping jump.

    I just noticed 25 frets!:bassist:
     
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  39. Feb 22, 2021 #10
    A9X

    A9X

    Dec 27, 2003
    Australia
    “the most advanced evolution in electric bass”

    Oh, look. A flying pig.

    Besides, it's aesthetically unpleasing to my eyes.
     
    Last edited: Feb 22, 2021
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  43. Feb 22, 2021 #11
    Clark W

    Clark W Just Say No To Tort! Supporting Member

    Aug 26, 2018
    Box I just used to ship a bass in was 52 x 19 x 8
     
  47. Feb 22, 2021 #12
    B-Mac

    B-Mac Just like Aretha Sang... R-E-S-P-E-C-T Supporting Member

    Jan 7, 2017
    Lower Susquehanna Valley, Pennsylvania
    I’d say UPS is the way to go based on your recent experience!:hyper:
     
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  51. Feb 22, 2021 #13
    Clark W

    Clark W Just Say No To Tort! Supporting Member

    Aug 26, 2018
    I was pleasantly surprised, I was expecting the bill to be at least a $100.
     
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  55. Feb 22, 2021 #14
    jthisdell

    jthisdell

    Jun 12, 2014
    Roanoke, VA
    Does Stanley play electric anymore?
     
  59. Feb 22, 2021 #15
    JimmyThunder

    JimmyThunder Supporting Member

    Feb 19, 2008
    New Hampshire
    its just wrong and ain't nuthin gonna make it right
     
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  64. Feb 22, 2021 #16
    Obese Chess

    Obese Chess Spicy Big Dad Supporting Member

    Sep 4, 2005
    Portland, OR
    Cool, but a very hard sell at $1835 shipped.
     
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  68. Feb 22, 2021 #17
    Clark W

    Clark W Just Say No To Tort! Supporting Member

    Aug 26, 2018
    that's excluding taxes, so it's even higher than $1835, 4% for my state, adds another 75 bucks to the bill
     
    Last edited: Feb 22, 2021
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  72. Feb 22, 2021 #18
    9Thumbs

    9Thumbs

    Jul 3, 2013
    Near Boston
    Too many dobs and knials, I'd get so confused just trying to choose a pickup, or combination thereof,
     
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  76. Feb 22, 2021 #19
    ClusterFlux

    ClusterFlux Supporting Member

    Apr 11, 2018
    Ehh... That's not too far off from a Fender Mod Shop bass.

    The luthier who is involved is pretty high-end, and worked with Doug Irwin. Most of his instruments are apparently in the $6,000 - $8,000 range. He apparently helped work on and sells a replica (that he doesn't want to call a replica) of Jerry Garcia's "Tiger" guitar... for $32,000.

    At that price point, I'm sure these are not hand-built by Lieber, and it doesn't say where they are built -- they could easily be made in Indonesia, with US QC. But for a small company, if the quality is there, then it's not all that outrageous of a price.
     
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  80. Feb 22, 2021 #20
    J Gold

    J Gold Supporting Member

    Jun 7, 2011
    Houston,TX
     
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