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Club Clement (Part 3: Post your basses here)

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#843
wavey davey said:
@ Mr Walker
Thanks for the insight! I've not played any Deans ever - in fact to see that signature bass was a surprise! I thought Deans were pointy and 'good for metal'

Before stumbling upon the Master of 'C', I was always a Warwick GAS'er. I had the Corvette $$ 4 string with a custom Ovangkol body for extra Grrrrr. They bill the 'vette $$ as the master of all sounds due to the highly versatile pup arrangement. I would disagree! 177 knocks spots off it in every style - and is far more versatile that the bridge loaded pickup would seem. Then steps up 164, which is blisteringly fast and makes the 'wick look like / feel like a plank of 2x4! And THEN add in the VFM factor - I sold the 'Wick 2nd hand for more than what 164 cost me!

I think what I'm trying to say is - no matter what the comparison, there is only one winner in this game - Tom Clement's Basses!
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I agree :-)

Not to turn this into an "another-than-Clement-bass-discussion", but the Czech Deans are totally under-appreciated. *lol* Most of the NS Design upright basses are built in Czech, the first "overseas" MTD was built there (I own the predecessor, a Grendel from before Mike Tobias adopted them fully into the MTD product line), Euro Spectors are built there, etc. It is a completely different thing than the later Korean Deans and MTDs. I have played the current Jeff Berlin model, and it's not a very convincing instrument, and only works as a placeholder for the name tag. The original European Dean Jeff Berlin instruments are the real deal, and are the instruments that Jeff Berlin uses himself. He doesn't even use the Exotic version, but the "plain" Standard (only difference is the Exotic had fancy tops, zebrawood, etc, while the Standard had a hi-gloss transparent finish in either red or orange). What I heard was that the guy who made the Peavey Pallaedium (Berlin's Peavey signature bass) moved on to design for Dean, and Jeff Berlin followed him over. The Palleadium and the Dean being pretty much the same thing. It's not much for funk, though... it's a jazz bass on steroids. It sounds like Jeff Berlin, period. If you're looking to sound like anything else, go get another instrument. :)

And for me, the signature sound, the instruments that make *me* sound genuinely like *ME* are my Clements. And they play as good as any other bass out there. Or better. :)

So I have to agree with you, wavey, not much of my instruments are getting a lot of playing time apart from my Clements. They have most if not all of my needs well covered, and at a fraction of the price of similar boutique instruments. Couldn't be happier about my basses than I am now. :-)
 
#846
#122 and 196 are all I play on gigs and practicing. I do have a squire "guinea pig" bass that I do experiments on... different pups / preamps / wiring configurations / strings and the like. It is rather cut up ugly to say the least but it is just doing its job...figuring what goes into the next Clement!! So much fun.
Am thinking to chamber it next to see how that sounds.?!
 
#847
GODSBASSMAN said:
#122 and 196 are all I play on gigs and practicing. I do have a squire "guinea pig" bass that I do experiments on... different pups / preamps / wiring configurations / strings and the like. It is rather cut up ugly to say the least but it is just doing its job...figuring what goes into the next Clement!! So much fun.
Am thinking to chamber it next to see how that sounds.?!
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Has anyone developed 'Plug N Play' basses yet?

Something that you could literally pop a pick up out of and slap in a different one! I'm thinking there gotta be some cunning use of velcro in there somewhere!

Or something like Lego bricks!

...... :help:

Then again, maybe not....
 
#848
wavey davey said:
Has anyone developed 'Plug N Play' basses yet?

Something that you could literally pop a pick up out of and slap in a different one! I'm thinking there gotta be some cunning use of velcro in there somewhere!

Or something like Lego bricks!

...... :help:

Then again, maybe not....
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Well that is one of the cool things about the EMG pups with the quick disconnect...t
 
#849
Antares said:
That bass is phenomenal. Love the lightcolored ash with the dark hardware and neck.
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MrWalker said:
oh wow... a MM/P combination... that's just the sexiest pickup combo out there in my humble little layman's opinion :D

GAS is on again, damn.....
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Yeah, it really is a dynamic pickup combo.
I have the exact same pickups on #94 and I can dial in quite a range of tones. The only ( and I do mean ONLY) issue is that the pickups dont balance evenly. The P-pickup is a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder and it definitely has more output than the Duncan MM. When the blend is at detent, the P is more noticeable than the MM. To really have them balance evenly, I have to slightly favor the MM on the blend control.
This weekend I plan to tinker around with the pickup heights and see if I can get them to match up better.
 
#850
tjclem said:
Well that is one of the cool things about the EMG pups with the quick disconnect...t
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No it isn't me - just someone else with too much time on their hands!!

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#851
kjpollo said:
Yeah, it really is a dynamic pickup combo.
I have the exact same pickups on #94 and I can dial in quite a range of tones. The only ( and I do mean ONLY) issue is that the pickups dont balance evenly. The P-pickup is a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder and it definitely has more output than the Duncan MM. When the blend is at detent, the P is more noticeable than the MM. To really have them balance evenly, I have to slightly favor the MM on the blend control.
This weekend I plan to tinker around with the pickup heights and see if I can get them to match up better.
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Try when the string touching the 24th fret setting the distance from the bottom of the string to the pole piece on the "P" pup at 5 mm and doing the same with the MM pup but do 3mm...t
 
#854
ok, that plug and play neck would be convenient for an all-purpose, easy to move gig tool. I seem to remember someone making a system like that, though, many years ago, we're talking 20+ or something. Just can't remember the name.

Apart from that, I'd rather just have an A/B box and have two or three instruments with me. But that's just me *lol*

Hell, I can't even find *ONE* fretless and *ONE* fretted bass to be comfortable with, how on earth would I get comfortable on *ONE* in total???? :D
 
#857
Morning Chaps

This question is giving me sleepless nights at the moment, and I am not sure what to do

Fret marker dots. Should I have these, as a novice, on the face of the fret board, as well as along the top edge of the neck :confused:

Thank you in advance
 
#858
palmbay said:
Morning Chaps

This question is giving me sleepless nights at the moment, and I am not sure what to do

Fret marker dots. Should I have these, as a novice, on the face of the fret board, as well as along the top edge of the neck :confused:

Thank you in advance
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I probably wouldn't worry too much about this. I only have the side dots on both Basses, and I haven't found it an issue.

Does your current bass have front and side, front only or side only?

If it has front dots, Ask yourself how much you rely on using them and if you do - are you craning your neck to see where they are - or tilting the guitar so you can see them better. If you are, and this is how you feel comfortable, then have front dots.

If you are just glancing down to catch your place, then side only would probably be ok.

Cheers
Dave
 
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