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Behold, The Hideous Claw!
- Thread starter Jean Baudin
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Geoff St. Germaine
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- Aug 31, 2001
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- Owner - St. Germaine Guitars
bassteban said:That's the first fanned bass I've seen that doesn't look- no offense, fanned players- like the pickups were an afterthought(go ahead & flame as needed- it's just another opinion). I mean, the whole thing looks so much more 'integrated' to me. And it's a GIFT?!?Life is good, eh, Jean?
I'm going to have to say that you musn't have seen too many fanned fret basses, because the pickup placement of the Hideous claw is very similar to what is done on Dingwall basses, the Joust 11 String and the JP fanned 6. I'm not "flaming" you, but I'm just saying that I don't understand the difference.
The Mule said:
"body is based off an existing body style"
"the slap tone of one of the legends from the 70's" = Stanley Clarke
The knobs and switches are certainly Alembic, so maybe the electronics are also, and maybe the bass...
... also keep in mind that Michael Dolan is (i) a very-well regarded luthier, (ii) has his shop in Novato (or closeby, I forget which town exactly), and (iii) used to work at Alembic.
Regardless... very impressive demonstration of guitar-building technology and art. Which is a complciated way of saying... cool bass!
No amount of words will ever ...ever be able to describe how crazyly beautiful that bass (and all of jean's basses are for that matter) is i ineed to go as i now have MAJOR GAS 
Jean is trying to make sure that, even if he doesn't win in total bass count, he wins in total string count! 
Beautiful bass! I'm jealous. Great designs. My first thought when I saw it was, "that screams Alembic".
Beautiful bass! I'm jealous. Great designs. My first thought when I saw it was, "that screams Alembic".
Damn. That bass (the Claw) is insane. What kind of wood is that on the top piece? I've never seen a pattern like that before.
The extra knob adjusts the amount of "pimp", while the other switches control how fast Jean's fingers move.
well, set them to super-slow so I can figure out how he does what he does on this thing!Unchain said:
john turner
You don't want to do that. Trust me.
mark beem
Wait, how does this song start again??
That's INSANE!!!
Just INSANE!
I need to take the day off of work now...
47 lams in the neck???? UNREAL!
Just INSANE!
I need to take the day off of work now...
47 lams in the neck???? UNREAL!
That thing looks fantastic. I really like it for what it is. Although I would say that it is very alembicy, I must admit that the headstock looks awfully familiar...
Great bass man. TB history in the making.
Great bass man. TB history in the making.
I do not know if this has already been asked, but how is a beast like that tuned?
Beautiful bass, by the way.
Beautiful bass, by the way.
