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Club Clement (Part 6: Post your basses here)

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The band's jaws dropped when I pulled her from the bag setting high expectations. These were met in spades later in the sound dept!

I was desperate to hear what she would sound like at gigging volume, and the mid punch that had been evident at rehearsal grew into a glorious growl underpinning the rock three piece perfectly. At a shade over 8lbs with perfect balance I couldn't fault her.

10/10 so far.
 
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Sparky Mark said:
The band's jaws dropped when I pulled her from the bag setting high expectations. These were met in spades later in the sound dept!

I was desperate to hear what she would sound like at gigging volume, and the mid punch that had been evident at rehearsal grew into a glorious growl underpinning the rock three piece perfectly. At a shade over 8lbs with perfect balance I couldn't fault her.

10/10 so far.
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:bassist: :bassist: Thump on it!! :D
 
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fretless_guy said:
Is that not just grain filled with a white filler, sanded, dyed black and sanded again? I'm sure it's not easy, but I'm sure you could figure it (or something similar) out.
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It sounds everything but "just" to me! :D

I'm sure you're right! For my own sake, I have no clue as to finishes, and to be honest... with the great woods Tom's using, I wouldn't want to have any of my basses in anything but a clear satin or an oil finish. :) Besides, I am of the opinion that a thin oil finish allows the body wood to vibrate more freely, too.
 
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MrWalker said:
It sounds everything but "just" to me! :D

I'm sure you're right! For my own sake, I have no clue as to finishes, and to be honest... with the great woods Tom's using, I wouldn't want to have any of my basses in anything but a clear satin or an oil finish. :) Besides, I am of the opinion that a thin oil finish allows the body wood to vibrate more freely, too.
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True. I didn't mean to make it sound like it would be easy. I'm sure like everything else, there are tricks to getting it to look just right.
 
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MrWalker said:
It sounds everything but "just" to me! :D

I'm sure you're right! For my own sake, I have no clue as to finishes, and to be honest... with the great woods Tom's using, I wouldn't want to have any of my basses in anything but a clear satin or an oil finish. :) Besides, I am of the opinion that a thin oil finish allows the body wood to vibrate more freely, too.
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I completely agree. I think it's a pity to hide these beautiful woods and that's certainly one of the reasons that I buy Clement basses just because they are such natural beauties. :) But of course that's only me.
 
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tjclem said:
The finish is beautiful and I am sure there are many tricks to it and sadly now I don't have time to learn them...t
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well.... who would use grain filler on an ebony top?! :D

I just remember GBM was talking about some treatment he was going to put his swamp ash goodness through :) Anxious to hear what he was having in mind! :D
 
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