wavey_davey Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 New on here, but I thought I'd share the shots of my soon to be arriving Tom Clement bass. All this in a little over a month! If you haven't heard of Tom Clement (I hadn't until an impromptu visit to ebay), he's a top geezer and a hell of a luthier to boot. [url="http://www.clementbass.com"]www.clementbass.com [/url] for the website and this posted today from BassGearMag's channel on Youtube [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NesfQhGtFQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NesfQhGtFQ[/url] Laters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eude Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Hey Mr. Wavey, welcome to the forum! I've been following your build on TalkBass. That's gonna be a one hell of a bass! What's the ETA? Eude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavey_davey Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 [quote name='eude' post='705459' date='Jan 8 2010, 01:48 PM']Hey Mr. Wavey, welcome to the forum! I've been following your build on TalkBass. That's gonna be a one hell of a bass! What's the ETA? Eude[/quote] Sometime in the next couple of weeks!! Its been cold in Florida, which apparently is not good for the polyurethane coats that are going on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavey_davey Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 Ladies and Genltemen - Boys and Girls..... I would like to take the opportunity to draw your attention to the following inter-web hyper-linky-things to ebay, where you will find the following... [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/Clement-Custom-fretted-4-string-bass-164-34-Scale_W0QQitemZ120515832275QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item1c0f4da9d3"]http://cgi.ebay.com/Clement-Custom-fretted...=item1c0f4da9d3[/url] and [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/Clement-Custom-fretless-5-string-bass-165-34-Scale_W0QQitemZ120515832109QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item1c0f4da92d"]http://cgi.ebay.com/Clement-Custom-fretles...=item1c0f4da92d[/url] Tom's charging me $120 shipping for the custom order, so i doubt its any more that that for one of these. Starting at $400 ( no idea what the reserve is) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavey_davey Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 Cavity Shielding going in now. Final assembly this afternoon.. Final live test tonight and... SHIPPING TOMORROW! Should get completed pics later on today which will be posted shortly afterwards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavey_davey Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 Today is a good day!! My Clement #177 is complete!! Just have to wait for her to cross the pond into my waiting hands!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eude Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 [quote name='wavey_davey' post='712646' date='Jan 14 2010, 03:09 PM']Today is a good day!! My Clement #177 is complete!! Just have to wait for her to cross the pond into my waiting hands!! [/quote] Congrats mate, that's a beaut! This is gonna be the worst bit of the wait I guess... It'll be with you soon though Eude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavey_davey Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 [quote name='eude' post='712647' date='Jan 14 2010, 03:10 PM']Congrats mate, that's a beaut! This is gonna be the worst bit of the wait I guess... It'll be with you soon though Eude[/quote] Yep, for sure!! And entrusting it to the various post offices that have to get her here!! They'd better play nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51m0n Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I love that bass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavey_davey Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 [quote name='51m0n' post='712668' date='Jan 14 2010, 03:31 PM']I love that bass![/quote] Yeah, thats a beaut. Tom's keeping that one, he said he couldn't sell it after Mr Friedland had his hands on it! But Tom is definately building one for the editor of Bass Gear Mag and [i]maybe[/i] one for Ed himself!! "Take a look at that black limba - OOOOOOHHHH YEAH!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brave Sir Robin Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Looks like the forbidden child of a Jerzy Drozd and a Thumb BO! That spalted maple is wild. If I ever get another custom, that would be the kind of top I'd want. And the black limba of the other clement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavey_davey Posted January 18, 2010 Author Share Posted January 18, 2010 [quote name='Brave Sir Robin' post='716210' date='Jan 17 2010, 11:54 PM']Looks like the forbidden child of a Jerzy Drozd and a Thumb BO! That spalted maple is wild. If I ever get another custom, that would be the kind of top I'd want. And the black limba of the other clement [/quote] Took an age to pick the right top. Its funny how the simplest things (like I want a spalted topped bass) takes the longest time! Not seen the Jerzy's before, but having dropped in on their site, they're pretty wild. The pickup placement was my choice and defiantely 'inspired' by the Thumb 5. Really wanted to get that B nailed down tight! Can't wait to see / hear / feel the results! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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