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Club Clement (Part 7: Post your basses here)
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That is one BAD bass you got there. I love that ash porosity. Congrats and welcome to the club.
#327 spent Saturday and Sunday in Jacksonville, Florida...Fire up that truck!!!! I almost think this is the hardest part of the custom build process. "It is on the truck!"
What is the definitive of Clement bass culture? Is there something that sets this group apart from the others?
Hmmm....I don't know, but honestly I have noticed that there is a definite reluctance to part with them. You find them for sale less often in the classified section of Talkbass compared to other boutique brands. That's anecdotal on on my part of course, but I looked over the classifieds for several months. Its one of the things that drew me to the brand. I figured if the folks who buy them hold on to them, then there's probably something about them worth holding on to. 
Haha, just for grins I did a quick search in the classifieds section: the most recent Clements for sale were 3 of them from December last year, the next newest is in early November. Then you have to go all the way back to July to see a listing for one.
Funny thing is...of the 4 for sale since November, 3 of the people selling them were doing so to in order to buy ANOTHER Clement! The fourth one was primarily an upright player and just didn't play bass guitar at all any more. Pretty good endorsement of the brand if you ask me.
Funny thing is...of the 4 for sale since November, 3 of the people selling them were doing so to in order to buy ANOTHER Clement! The fourth one was primarily an upright player and just didn't play bass guitar at all any more. Pretty good endorsement of the brand if you ask me.
So, I've also noticed a tendency for Clement owners to purchase another or own multiple numbers of them.
I agree there, confessing #327 is number 4 for me personally. There was a motto written a bit back in time..."bet you can't have just one"... something like that.
I got #327 off the UPS truck 2 hours ago and while I have made an adjustment to the pickup height my Darlene is (gasp) ...PERFECT!? Best fitted to me bass ever. Bravo, Tom Clement. I think we have got it down. It feels and sounds just write. Love its 2 1/4" thick body. The headstock is smaller. The woods are just marvelous. Some time together and experimentation with different strings will tell more. So for now
I got #327 off the UPS truck 2 hours ago and while I have made an adjustment to the pickup height my Darlene is (gasp) ...PERFECT!? Best fitted to me bass ever. Bravo, Tom Clement. I think we have got it down. It feels and sounds just write. Love its 2 1/4" thick body. The headstock is smaller. The woods are just marvelous. Some time together and experimentation with different strings will tell more. So for now
About to order my 4th. Have had many basses come through the past 5 years the Clements always stick around.
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I guess I'm a good representative for the "never-sell-a-Clement" clan :-D I've got my Ryan 4, my Jon 6, my piccolo Lise 4, my Jazz 4, my Anne 6, my Willow double 4, my Phoenix 5 and my sweet little headless Darlene 6, and my little Proto- Ryan guitar... Do I need more?
With the exception of a couple cheap basses that I keep around in case of someone wanting to borrow a bass or that I'm going places that aren't worthy of Clement company, and two oldies that I just can't make myself out up for sale, my clements ARE the collection now. But am I saturated???
Of course not! That's why I've just commissioned a new build again... From my count above, I guess it'll be my Clement #10...And this is really going to be a special piece!!!
I'm going to hold back on the details on this one for a while, cause I'm extremely excited and this time I'm really stretching out into unknown territory :-D but the shape is the new Angel, which Tom and I have designed from the bottom up together. And hopefully my Angel (nick name "Snow Angel" after my girlfriend) will be a brilliant statement of our friendship and musical and bassical connection. :-D
Excited!!!
With the exception of a couple cheap basses that I keep around in case of someone wanting to borrow a bass or that I'm going places that aren't worthy of Clement company, and two oldies that I just can't make myself out up for sale, my clements ARE the collection now. But am I saturated???
Of course not! That's why I've just commissioned a new build again... From my count above, I guess it'll be my Clement #10...And this is really going to be a special piece!!!
I'm going to hold back on the details on this one for a while, cause I'm extremely excited and this time I'm really stretching out into unknown territory :-D but the shape is the new Angel, which Tom and I have designed from the bottom up together. And hopefully my Angel (nick name "Snow Angel" after my girlfriend) will be a brilliant statement of our friendship and musical and bassical connection. :-D
Excited!!!
And for me the equation is easy to solve... Why would I spend $2000 on a standard model built in a factory when I can get a truly custom built bass for the same amount of money that is to my exact specifications and to much higher accuracy and with a totally different eye to playability and level of tolerance?
And in the process you get to follow the process from raw wood to finished bass... A process which is truly amazing and addictive in itself.
I'm a Clement player by choice, not by endorsement or free gifts or anything close to that. Not that I'm attractive bass wise enough to be of any interest to anyone in the industry :-D I stumbled upon Tom 's basses by coincidence many years ago, and it gave me the opportunity to make a bass that I had dreamt of come through at a fraction of the cost I was expecting, and with a result that exceeded my dream by far. It changed my view on basses and taught me that I don't have to be John Patitucci or Victor Wooten to have a bass built to my specifications. :-D
I think we should make a slogan for Tom. My suggestion would be something like
"Tom Clement Instruments - the instrument of your dreams at a price you could only dream of "
:-D
And in the process you get to follow the process from raw wood to finished bass... A process which is truly amazing and addictive in itself.
I'm a Clement player by choice, not by endorsement or free gifts or anything close to that. Not that I'm attractive bass wise enough to be of any interest to anyone in the industry :-D I stumbled upon Tom 's basses by coincidence many years ago, and it gave me the opportunity to make a bass that I had dreamt of come through at a fraction of the cost I was expecting, and with a result that exceeded my dream by far. It changed my view on basses and taught me that I don't have to be John Patitucci or Victor Wooten to have a bass built to my specifications. :-D
I think we should make a slogan for Tom. My suggestion would be something like
"Tom Clement Instruments - the instrument of your dreams at a price you could only dream of "
:-D
Not many choices for people who want a tight string spacing out there. Ibanez and ESP are the only names I can think of that produce a lot of 16.5mm spacing instruments. And the QA out of those factories can be sketchy.
If you want a top quality instrument with tight spacing, you either have to fork over for the expensive Japanese factory instruments, or you can have Tom build you something exactly how you want it for around the same price.
So I get to put Tom back to work. This will be my first 19mm string spacing bass from him. Bet he's relieved lol.
