Alembic Stanley Clarke Signature Bass Models, CME Gear Demo, Marc Najjar

Marc and Jeff join forces on a few Stanley Clarke classics while wielding the instrument that made it all possiblea spectacular brown bass and a cocobolo topped bassmodeled after Clarke s Alembic from the 70s. In true custom Alembic fashion, these babies boast a few minor changes customized especially for us at CME. We re proud to finally bring the Alembic workshop into CME fold as a member of our family of brands On the brown basses, the body shape features a flatter bottom and more sharply curved horns than the original Clarke bass. The neck dimensions on both are a tad smaller than on early Clarke basses, at 1. 5 nut with and a short scale. The Clarkeinspired basses offer a rounder sound than you might expect from Alembic due to their mahogany necks with birch and walnut laminates, along with roundsounding classic Alembic humbucking pickups. The switching is unique to each model, and both basses offer ebony fingerboards with LEDs, oval abalone inlays and plated brass h