
Every now and then, whether through fluke or sheer good fortune, life throws up some great pairings. James Jamerson and his P-Bass, Jack Bruce and his Gibson EB-3, McCartney and his Hofner 500/1, and of course, Jaco and his fretless Fender Jazz. In such a list, you'd have to include Stanley Clarke and his Alembic.
Introduced in 1988, his signature model has a 30.75-inch scale with 24 frets and an ebony fingerboard, plus gold machineheads and an active circuit supplied by Ron Wickersham.