The World's Best Bass Clarinet Swab
The World's Best Bass Clarinet Swab
Bass Clarinet swabs. I think I've tried them all. Silk bass clarinet swabs are way too thin for my liking, and require I pull the swab through the instrument a million times before it looks like it's dry. I've seen (and bought, unfortunately) cotton clarinet and bass clarinet swabs that are just a joke. I've used really nice chamois and microfiber swabs, and they're insanely expensive. I've seen students work with socks attached to shoelaces. No I'm not kidding. As they say in TV infomercials, "There's got to be a better way!"
DO I HAVE TO DO THIS MYSELF? I ASKED.
"Okay," I said to myself. Or rather, I said to myself, "I'll buy the materials and pay my 18 year old daughter who is amazing with a sewing machine to do this." Yes, child labor made these swabs—but they're impeccably sewn (she's really good) by hand. (Well, by hand and machine.)
And, let's talk about the weight for a second. How many of you have seen bass clarinet swabs where the swab was half-way decent, but the pull-weight was too light for the swab, so it just pulled back out the top of the instrument when you let go? I bet a few of you.
So we made this swab with a fantastically soft, thick, absorbent, custom-made Korean microfiber that's 12" x 16" (30cm x 40cm), ruggedly sewn to a thick, 4-foot (1.25m) lace tube — it fits through the entire instrument without taking it apart! — inside which is a 2" (5cm) stainless steel weight.
You will love this swab. I swear.
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Having been through a good number of such swabs this is indisputably the best one out there and I recommend it highly. Compared to the typical, standard silk swabs available, this does a complete and thorough job of removing the saliva with one pass through. I have always appreciated this shop. Small but mighty!!!!
Great swab, nice and thick much better than the silk ones.
Recently received this product of Michael’s child labor program ;-). It lives up to the promise: it does a far better job than the official Buffet Crampon swab. Please thank your kid from me.
It works exactly the way I need it to work!
This bass clarinet swab certainly lives up to it's name. I also purchased the clarinet swab and mouthpiece cloth both, also great. They dried the bore in one go and pulled through easily. They are the best swabs I have ever used including ones I have made myself.