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Rufus Philpot's bass, if you've missed this on facebook.... he's got it back after many years
Jonas Hellborg's 4 strings all had inline headstocks, as did the doubleneck basses. I know Steve Chesney has a Mk2 with one also.
Mike, was there a technical consideration? Were those special requests? Just for their personal aesthetics perhaps?
I'm guessing requests. Jonas' 4 string basses matched the look of his double neck, so probably wanted to stay the same. Except these basses all used Y tuners instead of the old large M4S tuners.
I thought about asking Paul if he'd do one, but Steve said that headstock jig broke when his Mk2 was being built (2001? ish).
Hope everyone is staying safe!
Some off-brand fun......at least to look at:
For Sale/Trade - 2014 Alembic Stanley Clarke Signature Brown Bass - 4 string - Blue LED Side Dots!
Some off-brand fun......at least to look at:
For Sale/Trade - 2014 Alembic Stanley Clarke Signature Brown Bass - 4 string - Blue LED Side Dots!
Wow that is really nice! But expensive. Now the real question is: would you trade one of your Wals for it???
It’s an asking price...what does that mean to you?
Yeah...I’ll trade one to myself!!!
Got a Fodera to offer me???
If it was a 32" I would certainly consider a trade. Never played an Alembic for real though. The Stanley Clarke is my favorite model.
That’s unfortunate because that’s the scale Alembic builds the Stanley Clarke model to.
The strap position helps to push the neck outward so it feels more like a longer scale for the fretting hand.
Obviously this forces the playing hand closer to the bridge.
Stanley's hands ARE a scale
He is a very gifted player.
I applaud that he’d put his name on an instrument that is built with a non standard scale.
Some players need to be blindfolded and handed basses without knowing any specs. Just play the bass...it opens up much more possibilities.
I was not keen on playing or even owning a Wal MK3 6 string...but SO glad I took that risk. Totally worth it!
Too bad we are all WAL'led in these days. Or maybe not
Stay safe and well all.
Stay safe and well all.
