All the basses I build are custom instruments with various wood combinations and hardware options. I think it is really exciting when my customers approach me with a dream bass and ask me to build it for them. In the process, we decide on hardware, wood selection, and so on. As a consequence, the price of the bass will be highly dependent on the options selected.
The base prices for Clement basses are:
- 4-string: $2100
- 5-string: $2350
- 6-string: $2550
The basic specifications included at this price are:
- Paulownia or swamp ash (two-piece, one of the standard body shapes as shown on this page)
- Oil finish
- Standard neck:
- 4-string: One-piece bolt-on hard maple neck
- 5- or 6-string: Three-piece maple is standard
- Bloodwood fingerboard (fretted or fretless)
- Two Bartolini pickups
- Passive electronics (volume/volume/tone or volume/balance/tone)
- Hipshot Ultralight tuners
- Hipshot Type A bridge
- Dunlop strap lock system
Depending on other options (or simplifications) the quote for your custom bass may differ from the base price listed above. Please look below for a list of available options. The list is not complete, so if you have other options you’d like for your bass, please contact me!
Additional options
Body
- Exotic body materials, price and wood depending on availability (check this page for available woods)
- Chambered body starting at +$200
Laminated body top
- Exotic tops, price and wood depending on availability (check this page for available woods)
- Accent veneer under top +$35
- Matching back depending on availability
- Accent veneer under back +$35
Other body options
- Inset Dunlop strap locks +$20
- String through body + $50
- Headless basses starting at +$300
- High-gloss finish by Pat Wilkins starting at +$700 (including shipping)
Neck
- Laminated quartersawn port orford cedar with hard maple stringers starting at + $150
- This results in a lightweight and very strong neck!
- Five piece laminated neck (depending on availability of wood) starting at +$100
- Wenge and hard maple stringers depending on availability
- Note! Angled headstocks or matching headstock woods are not an option due to my design!
Fingerboard
- Exotic fingerboards, price and wood depending on availability (check this page for available woods)
- Fretted fingerboard
- 4-string +$100
- 5-string +$125
- 6-string +$150
- Stainless frets (add to fretting price) +$125
- Lined fretless
- 4-string +$50
- 5-string +$75
- 6-string +$100
Electronics
- Nordstrand pickups, price depending on availability
- Nordstrand or Bartolini Active System (including 9V battery box) starting at +$200
- Piezo bridge (Hipshot Type A bridge w/Ghostec piezo saddles and Bartolini piezo buffer) starting at +$300
Case
- Protec Contego PRO PAC Bass Case +$150
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All the prices on this page are subject to change. Please contact me for a custom quote on your bass. All quotes are valid for 1 month from the day of reception of the offer. Just as every bass player is unique, the instrument of their desires will also be unique. I’ll be happy to work with you on fulfilling your bass desires. So please get in touch with me and let me know what the bass of your dreams looks like. Please look over the basses I have done and try and give me as much information as you can so I will be able to get you a more acurate price quote.