Club Clement (Part 6: Post your basses here)

[tjclem]

Any of you all playing July 4th? Have a good one all of you!

 

[Spencerthegreat]

Well bass 276 is on it's way to me on friday... tomorrow in fact. So, this is me trying to pre join the club.

35inch scale
Fretted 6 string Jon bass,
Nord dual coils and pre-amp
Neck = Black limba and Wenge with a Wenge fingerboard.
Body = Limba with a redwood top.

I asked Tom to set the controls towards the bridge for me because I've always had a problem with hitting my hand on my volume knob. And the pickup placement was sort of stolen from the warwick thumb single cut.

 

[Zoomie]

The grain in that wenge is stunning.

I like the solution for the controls. I have played a few basses where I ended up hitting the controls regularly. It was bad enough that I have actually stuffed a small piece of rubber under them to make them difficult to bump.

Any chance that we'll get to hear a sound clip?

 

[Spencerthegreat]

I wil post some clips on youtube for sure.

 

[aproud1]

Just in case anyone needed some motivation to pull the trigger on a great opportunity. #272 is now my main player. Hard to believe but, the pic really doesn't do it justice.

For those that have not met the man, working with Tom is an enjoyable and great experience. He will do right by you and fix you up a great instrument

Dude! That is awesome!

 

[wavey davey]

Just up on Tom's facebook - looks absolutely stunning!

Don't know the full specs, but figure Tom will fill them in!

Link Removed Link Removed

apparently looking for a home too - wish I could make it mine!

 

[MrWalker]

Dave, you beat me to it! It's just an extremely beautiful bass! I bet it sounds awesome, too, as usual

If it wasn't for the fact that Tom already had my basses (pun intended) covered for everything, including six string fretted with my absolutely stunning main axe, I'd definitely sell something to get my filthy fingers on this beauty.

Someone will be happy, I'm sure!!

 

[Cliff Bordwell]

Black Limba neck ?

 

[tjclem]

Yes Cliff this one is too.

 

[CQBASS]

I'm really psyched and will go a bit crazy waiting, but I am really really looking forward to my Clement six string Lefty fretless Jon. A bit of reshaping of the body but not much. So, I'd like to be member....what number member would I be? Whatever it is, I will be glad to be it. So hello to all. Chris Q

 

[tombowlus]

Black Limba neck ?

Yup, and I love the feel. It seems to be very stable, as well.

 

[wavey davey]

I'm really psyched and will go a bit crazy waiting, but I am really really looking forward to my Clement six string Lefty fretless Jon. A bit of reshaping of the body but not much. So, I'd like to be member....what number member would I be? Whatever it is, I will be glad to be it. So hello to all. Chris Q

Welcome Chris!

Tom's pretty quick on the build, so hopefully the wait won't be too painful

Any more details on the build? And dont forget the pics!

 

[GODSBASSMAN]

Yes. Pics and specs.

 

[GODSBASSMAN]

limba body limba neck thats the ticket 6 string.

 

[MrWalker]

Welcome #116 Spencerthegreat and #117 CQBass

Clement Club Members
#000 tjclem (Tom Clement) (#1,3,40 and 150)
#001 MrWalker (#069, #076(now sold), #089, #110, #114, #135, #169, #211 & #250)
#002 richnota (No. 082, 101, 166)
#003 pinobass (No. 065, 79)
#004 JNowiski
#005 HenfieldJ
#006 Anthbass (#078)
#007 Stewmc5222 (#112)
#008 erezbass (#086)
#009 Professor X (#062)
#010 steelrose (#081)
#011 bigbassman (#017)
#012 scranton531 (#34 & #46)
#013 johnmesoloras (#087)
#014 drbabu2607 (#090 & #133)
#015 kjpollo (#094)
#016 Azoore (#096)
#017 jasesng (#097)
#018 beethumpin4 (044 & 058)
#019 kbreez (#048)
#020 JOEP054 (#095 & #100)
#021 fretlessB (#103)
#022 NateMan (#077)
#023 GODBASSMAN (#122 & #196)
#024 Hyper-Flexion
#025 fish_slapper (#126)
#026 wkohler
#027 NWB
#028 kmoraine
#029 aproud1 (#130 & #213)
#030 igorsgroove
#031 carlitosway
#032 BigOldHarry
#033 SwampBass
#034 Snaxster
#035 pmd
#036 Renegade Bison
#037 jcbofa
#038 0volts
#039 LightGroove
#040 rythman6969
#041 N.F.A.
#042 Redraven
#043 Lincoln (#63 and #167)
#044 rnlytton
#045 john nam
#046 Rawkabilly
#047 WarThumb
#048 NoFretz6 (#174, #184 & #195)
#049 wavey davey (#164 & #177)
#050 BassParrot
#051 neobassman (#181)
#052 H2ODog (#182)
#053 tombowlus (#171 and #186)
#054 morguedoc71 (#153 and #156)
#055 arcangel6 (#183)
#056 jonmusician (#180)
#057 kepabass (#73)
#058 manjushri (#190)
#059 Moe Monsarrat (#4)
#060 retardedpossum (#188)
#061 Natthan (#130)
#062 edfriedland (#189)
#063 bfawlty (#72 and #191)
#064 billbern
#065 PUCKBOY99
#066 shrigg
#067 pn_day
#068 3NotesABar
#069 Antares
#070 palmbay (#209)
#071 M2roger (#202 & #215)
#072 Dave Klausner
#073 Kwesi
#074 Subscript
#075 KDA
#076 ratfink03
#077 bompabass
#078 dharmashawn
#079 jsmilez
#080 Hot Sauce
#081 sruby6
#083 Hankenstein
#084 Neonbass
#085 phiphenom
#086 j.kernodle
#087 delucajohn2000
#088 sdlstn
#089 FunkyMcNasty
#090 cbennettjr
#091 The Bartender
#092 kbuschmann
#093 jbybj (#244)
#094 bass5str (#238, #239 & #271)
#095 banditcosmo (#171)
#096 SantiagoGT15 (#246)
#097 MisterWraith (#248)
#098 Jazzchaos (#243)
#099 Ethernal Thorn
#100 tylerwylie
#101 Dodgeviperracer
#102 pitbill
#103 jsumbi
#104 Dreagen
#105 oilfieldtrash
#106 tcydennis
#107 PassivAggressiv
#108 Sparky Mark
#109 JoelFT (#270)
#110 xerogh (#273)
#111 chops000 (#267)
#112 plumcouleeman
#113 AlNino10
#114 icyhell
#115 btbraden
#116 Spencerthegreat
#117 CQBass

 

[TapyTap]

MrWalker,

What a great tone you have here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=F99V4w-03fA

What are your settings on the headless in this video?

 

[MrWalker]

MrWalker,

What a great tone you have here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=F99V4w-03fA

What are your settings on the headless in this video?

Thanks for the compliment on the tone!
I'm pretty sure my settings on this clip is balance dialed slightly towards the bridge (approx 55/45 og 60/40 or thereabout), and with a slight bass boost and very subtle treble and mid boost. Played through my Genz Benz Shuttle 6 (with the standard GB 2x10" cabinet and an extra 1x12" cabinet underneath), which tends to be very accurate across the frequency range. I tend to dial back a little on the bass when playing through my old Yorkville Bloc 80B (15" speaker).

On many basses, the bridge pickup gets very "thin" when soloed, but on this bass the bridge pickup is further away from the bridge than on a jazz bass, so it's got a pretty full sound on it's own, as well. Not thin at all.

i think I promised to make a better recording of this bass, and I should really work on that... life's just consuming me these days. But I hope it will get better !!!!

 

[TapyTap]

Thanks for the compliment on the tone!
I'm pretty sure my settings on this clip is balance dialed slightly towards the bridge (approx 55/45 og 60/40 or thereabout), and with a slight bass boost and very subtle treble and mid boost. Played through my Genz Benz Shuttle 6 (with the standard GB 2x10" cabinet and an extra 1x12" cabinet underneath), which tends to be very accurate across the frequency range. I tend to dial back a little on the bass when playing through my old Yorkville Bloc 80B (15" speaker).

Interesting. I expected that you had more bridge pickup in the mix. Thanks for the details.

On many basses, the bridge pickup gets very "thin" when soloed, but on this bass the bridge pickup is further away from the bridge than on a jazz bass, so it's got a pretty full sound on it's own, as well. Not thin at all.

Those Nordstrand Big Splits seem very appealing. How did you decide the bridge pickup placement on this one?

i think I promised to make a better recording of this bass, and I should really work on that... life's just consuming me these days. But I hope it will get better !!!!

I'll be looking for that video demo. Any chance that we could hear the neck and bridge pickups soloed?

 

[GODSBASSMAN]

Tom,
What strings do you use for 6,7,8 string basses to get that low F# tuning?

 

[tjclem]

Circle k