Stanley Clarke

"Stanley’s main electric basses are his Alembic signature 4-strings."

This picture shows Stanley holding a Gibson G3 bass

This article lists the equipment Stanley Clarke used for recording ’Up’. The list includes this item, Stanley used it on “Last Train to Sanity”.

Featured in this TalkBass.com forum post.

I have an Alembic Series I that I bought from Stanley Clarke.

Kind of a cool story behind it, too.

Sometime in 1991 or '92 I was driving past the Fox Theatre in Detroit and heard on the radio that tickets for a Stanley Clarke / George Duke concert were going to go on sale at 10 am. It was about 9:45, so I parked and got in line. Got 2nd row seats.

My date (who has since become my wife) and I were in our 2nd row seats and the 1st row was empty. Stanley stood on the seats right in front of us and totally went off on a solo. I noticed then that the bass he was playing was different than the Small Body Series I bass he usually played.

Fast forward to May of 2000. Stanley's divorce was being finalized, so he was selling off all his gear. I wound up buying the bass he played that night!

Here it is........

1375.

1378.

Stanley holding the bass for a promo shot

1996.

Peace,

James

The photos reveal a serial number of 874431.