CLAUDIA - An instrument beyond limits The Clawbass or Clawhammerbass was born out of the need of expanding the limits of electric bass guitar.- A demand of a wider sound range. The need of increasing the expressivity of the bass guitar, from it’s classical level. And to give the bassplayers new dimensions to their playing. CONSTRUCTIONAL DISCRIPTION First of all the Clawbass is a traditionally functioning, a hand-crafted electric bass guitar.Of Bubinga and maple. Ebony fingerboard. A glued neck. Wax-oil finish. In addition to classical electric bass guitar construction the clawbass has a built-in hammer construction. Each string has it’s own key & hammer. The number of strings and keys & hammers are equal. The keys are situated approx.in the middle of the lower body wing. They are about 2 cm x 4 cm large and 0,5 cm above the surface of the body. The rest of the hammer mechanism is in a carved hole between the fingerboard and the bridge pickup, covered by a wood plate. The wood plate has a cut-in hole for each hammer. When pressing down a key the hammer comes out through the hole and hits the string from underneath. Each key has it’s own screw with which you can adjust the dynamic of each key ( Neuser System ) The neck pickup is also hidden under the wooden plate for to facilitate slapping and comfortable playing. The neck pickup is placed further away from the bridge pickup as it’s usual in traditional electric bass guitars. Through this we have achieved a bigger variety of sounds between the two pickups.

FUNCTIONAL DISCRIPTION
The main sound features of Clawbass are:

- Traditional electric bass guitar
- Accoustic-piano like sound
- Percussion sound
- other type of flagolette sound

And the combination of the above mentioned. You can also easily change playing styles from taping to slapping. Or to play a combination of the different styles at once. The Clawbass supports and completes the sound of the keyboard. It sounds very nice when playing unisono with any instrument in a band. The bass has incredible large range of percussion sounds when dumping the strings. The hammer mechanism clarifies and brightens the sound when playing cords. Due to the richness of different sounds the Clawbass, inspires you to create a rich groove. By other words the sound combinations are endlesss and the instrument is giving enormous possiblities for tallented and innovative players.

NUMBER OF STRINGS: 4, 5, string models
BODY: 2-piece body of alder and bubinga
NECK: 3 to 5 piece maple, mahogany / ovangol Glued-on neck construction
FINGERBOARD: Black ebony, Neuser v-inlays changing radius 10"-16"
NUMBER OF FRETS: 24
SCALE LENGHT: 34"
PICKUPS: Neuser soapbar, Neuser custom
ELECTRONICS: EBS P2
MECHANICS: Gotoh, gold
BRIDGE: ABM, gold or Neuser custom
FINISH: Hand rubbed wax-oil f

STRING SPACING