I think it will be very cool as well! Here are a few photos of the progress - one-piece swamp ash body, maple neck, bloodwood lined fretless fingerboard.
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Club Clement (Part 7: Post your basses here)
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Gosh darn BEAUTIFUL already!! I love the on-piece approach. Lovely grain too.
Tom does such fine work!
Tom does such fine work!
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NBD - the brown truck dropped this beauty off today. She's lovely and sounds amazing! Many thanks to @tjclem for the quick build, and for keeping me informed every step of the process. Tom is a great luthier to deal with - and does great work.
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What a gorgeous thing she is! I love blondes!!!
Seriously, excellent work and so beautiful!
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I just posted this picture of a killer new (to me) Trickfish rig I just acquired, and I realized this is a great picture of my Phoenix. Man, what a great bass! 
Nice bass. Are those Big Rig pickups?I just posted this picture of a killer new (to me) Trickfish rig I just acquired, and I realized this is a great picture of my Phoenix. Man, what a great bass!
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Thanks for making me smile! Very glad you are still enjoying it!I just posted this picture of a killer new (to me) Trickfish rig I just acquired, and I realized this is a great picture of my Phoenix. Man, what a great bass!
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Introducing #577, which arrived last week. While I was recovering from a disk rupture in my back last winter I was looking at all my heavy basses and realizing I need to lighten things up a bit. Tom made me a bass (#215) in 2010, and I saw a picture of a recent headless he made in the 6 Lb range and here we are a few months later.
Tom was great to work with. I also told him I need it to be comfortable to play sitting and I still have some nerve pain in my right leg. So he didn't round out the bottom bout as much as he usually does so the weight is more distributed. That was an awesome touch!
It is a 32" Lise, and came out just under 6.5 lb. I even played it standing for a few songs at our last practice. It is so well balanced and light weight. I don't have much experience on shorter scale basses, but it feels fast and very comfortable and has Tom's great neck playability.
And as a result I have to sell #215. PM me if you have any interest. I love that bass too but it just won't get enough playing time.
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Thanks again Tom!
Tom was great to work with. I also told him I need it to be comfortable to play sitting and I still have some nerve pain in my right leg. So he didn't round out the bottom bout as much as he usually does so the weight is more distributed. That was an awesome touch!
It is a 32" Lise, and came out just under 6.5 lb. I even played it standing for a few songs at our last practice. It is so well balanced and light weight. I don't have much experience on shorter scale basses, but it feels fast and very comfortable and has Tom's great neck playability.
And as a result I have to sell #215. PM me if you have any interest. I love that bass too but it just won't get enough playing time.
The Clement Bass Galleries | Tom Clement Instruments
Thanks again Tom!
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