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Club Clement (Part 4: Post your basses here)
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You should be out playing! Bill is coming over soon to check out the 7 and the new Phunk.
Awesome!
I'm being a father tonight. Kids are in bed and Dad is playing around on the internet. Good thing there's something happening here, or he's be forced to go to more dubious places. Bass porn is ok....
Ash is pretty bright.... so if you want some warmth and bark, you might not want to go ash... at least not swamp ash. hard ash is a little different, but still bright. If you want warmth, you should consider mahogany or alder (alder is the most all round wood out there). That's the most common Fender wood.
I like my TI Jazz flats equipped bass, but to be honest... I don't get to terms with those strings nearly as well as with my DR HiBeams. Tried the FatBeams (Marcus Miller signature strings), but they were too harsh and coarse for me. I am a HiBeams or SunBeams man, no doubt.
ok, not really answering anything in particular here... just killing time.. i should probably go to bed
Thanks for the string and wood feedback MrW. I am not going for a bright tone. Can the swamp ash be tamed by darker warmer pups like the barts. I am going for a 17mm bridge spacing and for that Tom is recommending the Bart soapbars. Alder would be a tone wood option for me but I haven't seen many alder C basses. I understand black limba is a bit like mahogany but I don't have direct experience. Would limba with the barts be too dark.
MR2,
Alder is a great all around town wood for a bass. Add a Demeter or Aquilar OBP-3 for tone shaping for thunder to shake the house or mellow it out by turning all EQ off for a clear sound of YOUR bass. Hope this is a small help. Wonder how the Nordstrand preamp would do? Some day I will have to order one myself.
Alder is a great all around town wood for a bass. Add a Demeter or Aquilar OBP-3 for tone shaping for thunder to shake the house or mellow it out by turning all EQ off for a clear sound of YOUR bass. Hope this is a small help. Wonder how the Nordstrand preamp would do? Some day I will have to order one myself.
Tom - gig week after next and then 3 weeks after that, so the girls are getting plenty of play time!
But I have to say.... Norman Watt Roy is a bloody ledgend!! What an awesome night out!
M2roger, my 19mm 5 string 177 comes in at under 8lbs, and the pup placement is killer for barky, burpy mid range stuff. check the previous clem thread for links to soundcloud.com and some clips
But I have to say.... Norman Watt Roy is a bloody ledgend!! What an awesome night out!
M2roger, my 19mm 5 string 177 comes in at under 8lbs, and the pup placement is killer for barky, burpy mid range stuff. check the previous clem thread for links to soundcloud.com and some clips
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good to hear you saw a good gig I sent you a clip. Getting ready to take a few out to see if people will play them...t
The Barts are absolutely a warm pickup. However, if you wish for warmth, don't go swamp ash. It's a bright and funky wood, think Marcus Miller. alder is a little dull looking (or can be), but a nice tonewood. Black limba can be a good option, read up on Ed Friedland's review on the Clement bass a while ago, that should give you a good impression about what black limba can do for you.
By the sound of things, I also think that you are talking about an alder (or similar) bass. If you look at Warmoth's wood description page, you will get a little feel of what the various woods might sound like.
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If you look at it, alder lands almost in the middle of the "Warm vs bright" scale. Black limba (aka korina) land way over towards warm, while ash moves over towards bright. Mahogany even further towards the "warm" category. Another wood that lands almost where alder is, is padouk, which I know Tom has used for some basses.
I'm thinking alder or padouk would be along the lines you're describing, with padouk being the more exotic alternative (I don't know if Tom gets that anymore, though). Alder is a little boring visually, but spice it up with some fancy top, and you'll be good.
Mahogany is a very warm option, but you might lack the brightness in that. You could match it with a thick maple top to add more brightness to it.
Difficult but exciting choices!!!!
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More links at the bottom of the article.
Thanks for the links MrW. I think I would be happy with alder and a nice simple top. I have an email out to Tom to see if he can get his hands on some.
I agree-the choices are difficult and the whole process is exciting. I have been dreaming about this bass for years.
I agree-the choices are difficult and the whole process is exciting. I have been dreaming about this bass for years.
Well the days finally come. #208 is finished and ready to ship. Heres some finished photos Tom sent me. Cant wait to play her, i'll post more pictures when i get her in my hands!
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