Clement #177 Review

Full Video review of my Clement #177, fretted 5 string.

Shot on a Flip Mino HD, not the best camera in the world, and I was pretty much shooting blind, so sorry for the poor framing.

Voice is on the Flip mic only, the Bass was plugged directly into Propellerheads Record, with a smidge of compression, otherwise no effects.

Check out Club Clement on talkbass.com for more info, pics and chat about Tom and his Basses.

Thanks to Ed Freidland (Bassgearmag - subscribe, you know you want to!!) for a bit of advice on how to do this.

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• tom
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• handmade
• custom
• aguilar
• nordstrand
• swamp
• ash

[darkgroover2]

Bass is great but your playing is shit sorry had to say...

[therealwaveydavey]

@darkgroover2 Go troll someone that cares about your opinion

[therealwaveydavey]

Thanks kernodle, hard to believe this was 50 basses earlier than yours!

[rteddy3]

This is one of the most thorough bass reviews I've viewed "period"!!! I just heard of Clement Basses today (from Ed Freidland's review) and found your link on the Clement website.  OH...Great sounding, "Beautiful" bass you've got there :-) I have one question regarding the "Zero Fret"...What's the deal??? Going to check your other posts now. THANKS!!!

[therealwaveydavey]

@rteddy3

Thanks for the kind words! To try and answer your question - the zero fret is there in addition to the nut, the purpose is so a string played open still actually breaks over a fret, not the nut so the timbre of the note is not coloured by the material of the nut. (or at lease thats how I understand it!)

[dudamir]

@therealwaveydavey

I have some GAS for a 6 string. Clement is an option. I was looking for a fretted Clement review, most of them are fretless.

[therealwaveydavey]

@dudamir

I happy to answer any questions - if you want to hear any more of the Clements, theres a couple other recordings on soundcloud - search for wavey_davey

[kernoja]

Great job on the review, very professional! Just stumbled upon this. Clement 227 is almost done and on its way to me. Can't wait!

[Zombbg4]

Nice kitchen. The stove and exhaust fan are class.

[krustwell]

beauty, mate. great review.