About a year ago I was becoming disheartened with the sound and feel of factory fretless & defretted basses. Started looking around for a semi-hollow fretless 6 string without much luck. The ones I did find were either way out of my price range or cheap mass produced bass wannabes. Started checking out T.B. forum and keeping up with what folks were posting about their Clements. I Decided to check out Tom's website and found that he was making such an animal at a very reasonable price. Long story short, I believe I have found what I have searched for in my #174 - a lightweight, minimalist, extremely comfortable, no frills bass with a great warm tone.
Model Year: 2009
Price: $2000.00 (new)
Where Obtained: Tom Clement Basses
Stats:
1) 6 string Heavily chambered Anne 18-32
2) Spanish Cedar Body - Sitka Spruce top.
3) Piezo Black Hipshot "A" style bridge
4) Volume and tone control.
5) Bartolini Buffer system
6) 9 volt battery box
7) Maple neck Mac Ebony lined fingerboard w/ side markers @ fretlines.
8) Hipshot Ultralite Tuners
9) String thru body
10) stellartone tonestyler passive tone control.
11) La Bella tapewounds
Set up with a medium - low action
Ergonomic handcrafted neck.
Wider than a SDGR 502, but plays a lot easier and more comfortable.
Either played through my Eden, Paul Jones or recording software, the piezo provides the full, rich, mellow tone for a variety of jazz styles that I had been searching for.
Stable construction for a chambered instrument. Solid neck has never needed adjustment.
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