Club Clement: Part 2 (post your basses here)

[jonmusician]

Jon, what sort of thing are you looking for to record with. I might be upgrading my external sound unit soon.

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And congrats on the bass, worth the wait?? I remember being all smiles collecting mine from the post office last month!!

Happy New Bass Day!!

Thanks for the kind message, the bass is superb - I am looking to record it with a Yamaha computer link, which I will be getting soon to go direct to cubase.

 

[wavey davey]

Thanks for the kind message, the bass is superb - I am looking to record it with a Yamaha computer link, which I will be getting soon to go direct to cubase.

not heard of that, I might be selling my M-Audio fast trak pro.... it could be yours... if you were interested.....

 

[arcangel6]

Hi,

You can't go wrong with either the Apogee Duet or One. They are very good DACs.

Thanks for the kind message, the bass is superb - I am looking to record it with a Yamaha computer link, which I will be getting soon to go direct to cubase.

 

[arcangel6]

I just ordered a Phil Jones Flightcase BG-150 amp. It should suit my needs just fine. My buddy owns one and I when he played it for me, I remember thinking 'NO WAY...that sound can't be coming out of that toy!"

Oh, I just got my pair of Adam Audio A7 monitors and hooked them up through the Apogee Duet. They sound truly remarkable......not that I could really tell.


Joe

 

[Lincoln]

Tom said the he finished bass (#183). I should be playing it soon! He will be sending better photos.

The 183 Specs are:

Figured Redwood top
Black highlight layer below top
Spanish cedar back
Maple neck with bubinga stringers
Bloodwood 'lined' fretless fingerboard
Hipshot Hardware
Nordstrand passive dual coil pickup
D'Addario Flatwound Chromes

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HOOOOOOOWAHHHHHHHH!!!

redwood basses unite! ( I see a club in our near future )

Here's number my #167

 

[arcangel6]

I agree and that 167 is smokin!

HOOOOOOOWAHHHHHHHH!!!

redwood basses unite! ( I see a club in our near future )

Here's number my #167

 

[BassParrott]

Hey Tom,

Here is the brother to your Walnut Alto. Best bass I have ever owned and after all the basses I have had that is saying something!

 

[tombowlus]

Hey Tom,

Here is the brother to your Walnut Alto. Best bass I have ever owned and after all the basses I have had that is saying something!

Beautiful!

 

[GODSBASSMAN]

On the gallery I see an A & D string guide on the headstock. Is this something required for this model? I haven't noticed one on any other bass you have made, Tom.

 

[tjclem]

I am starting to put string trees on 5 and 6 strings.

 

[GODSBASSMAN]

Why?

 

[tjclem]

To hold the strings that have longer distances to the tuner tighter to the nut

 

[GODSBASSMAN]

To all: I am having a real time in my head deciding the next bass build and want to hear opinions on this configuration; 6 string, wenge neck and FB, wenge top, ash body, wenge back, mandolin frets. What is the anticipated qualities here? I want something more open, woody, warm but full, a little edge. NOT like an upright and not bright. Thanks, y'all.

 

[tjclem]

Got a crane handy to hold up that neck?

 

[GODSBASSMAN]

I guess you are saying wenge is heavy. Any counter suggestion with my previous post in mind?

 

[tjclem]

I'm sorry I really have no suggestions but woody to me says a more acoustic type neck Mahogany would be my favorite but I will be trying Port Orford Cedar soon. i have the board for the neck on order now. + I don't do Wenge necks.

 

[GODSBASSMAN]

Thanks, Tom. I do stick to the wiki definitions in regards to discussing tonal qualities of basses. You are correct in your assumption. and I realize some say woods have no effect on a solid body's "sound" but for those of us that believe they do the floor is open, please.

 

[wavey davey]

I'm sorry I really have no suggestions but woody to me says a more acoustic type neck Mahogany would be my favorite but I will be trying Port Orford Cedar soon. i have the board for the neck on order now. + I don't do Wenge necks.

Some words on Port Orford Cedar from Les Stansell (acoustic guitar builder)

"It is the ultimate “structural grade” wood and has the highest strength to weight ratio of all wood species. It is among the toughest and most elastic of softwoods and due to its fibrous interlocking grain structure it is extremely resistant to splitting and is very dimensionally stable.

When compared to traditional neck woods, PO Cedar rivals both the lightness of Spanish Cedar and the stiffness of Honduras Mahogany…….. and with its very small, almost microscopic pores it finishes out like glass (with no pre-filling) to a look of aged ivory"

I like the sound of that! Glass like finish, sounds great for a neck!

 

[wavey davey]

To all: I am having a real time in my head deciding the next bass build and want to hear opinions on this configuration; 6 string, wenge neck and FB, wenge top, ash body, wenge back, mandolin frets. What is the anticipated qualities here? I want something more open, woody, warm but full, a little edge. NOT like an upright and not bright. Thanks, y'all.

My 'wick has a wenge fingerboard & ovangkol neck. Don't like it. A bit dull sounding, especially when compared to the Maple / Mac. Ebony combo that Tom built for me. Now that really sings! My guitarist commented on how much more 'musical' it sounded. The notes really stand out.

For warm and full, I have to say the Nordstrand NJ5S that are in 177 are great! Despite the bridge-wards position of both, when you have the neck pup only, the sound is really warm. Dial in a bit of bridge and there's the edge. I can only surmise that the closer you place the pups to the neck, the more round the sound will become. AND in the position I have the pickups, I can actually boost the bass a bit on the Aguilar OBP pre amp without the unwanted addition of fart-factor! I've read a few reviews on the Agg pre saying the bass is way too unruly. In my experience, with the set up Tom's done on mine, I get a really nice tone.

Don't know if you checked my demo on Y.T., but here's the link again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onpCbh5wtXs

And any excuse to post a pic of my baby!!

 

[Lincoln]

I'm sorry I really have no suggestions but woody to me says a more acoustic type neck Mahogany would be my favorite but I will be trying Port Orford Cedar soon. i have the board for the neck on order now. + I don't do Wenge necks.

I would tend to agree with Tom on this one, my fretless #63, has a mahogany neck with wenge stringers and a Pau Ferro neck. Very warm, very clean and it delivers tone across the entire spectrum because of the wood combo.

Wenge is ridiculously heavy ( great sound though ) I used to have a warmoth neck on a j-bass that was wenge with an ebony fretboard. It was great in the low mids with great fretless growl, but it was very neck-heavy...

I will say this, if you're going to go the wenge route for the neck and body I would definitely look into Tom's Phoenix design. My Phoenix is incredibly well-balanced in terms of how the neck and body relate to each other in weight distribution. It weighs about 9lbs, but feels as light and comfortable ( maybe more comfortable ) than my single-cut fretless #63 that weighs under 7lbs....!