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Cosmo Valdemar

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    Heinz On Bass

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    Posted

    45 minutes ago, Hobbayne said:

    Well, I don’t know what’s going on! I originally posted Telstar by the tornadoes, featuring Heinz in some good closeups! 

    But when I refresh the page it is now the shadows!

    sod it, I’m going down the pub! 😡

    Now I'm getting The Spotnicks?! 🤣

    Favourite Yes Album

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    Posted

    16 minutes ago, Skinnyman said:

    But it has got that incredible bass "fanfare" at the start of Hold Out Your Hand... 

     

    (I learnt it just so i had something to show off with if ever the need arose.

    The need has never yet arisen.....)

    I've just ordered a Brassmaster kit to help me try to replicate it!

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    Favourite Yes Album

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    1 hour ago, Davo-London said:

    Oh and Chris Squire's Fish out of Water is wonderful too.

    It's note-perfect from start to finish. Surprisingly, it doesn't feature much of what we consider the classic Squire Rickenbacker tone. 

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    Favourite Yes Album

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    2 hours ago, wateroftyne said:

    Incidentally, has anyone heard the recent live album? Yikes.

    I had a listen on Spotify, out of morbid curiosity. It wasn't pleasant. 

    In a similar mindset I watched some recent footage of the band playing Gates of Delirium. Absolute car crash viewing. The whole thing threatens to derail several times causing Steve Howe to visibly conduct the rest of the band back into order. Geoff Downes simply isn't up to playing Moraz's parts (or Wakeman's for that matter) and bemusedly stumbles through. Davison and Sherwood are competent but complete charisma vacuums.

    And saddest of all is poor old Alan White, literally propped up beside a small drum kit next to the main one, limply tapping away. I know he's been unwell, but come on.

    I try to never begrudge an artist from continuing to tour their material, even if it no longer interests me (Brian May and Roger Taylor). But the current Yes is pretty shameful.

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    Favourite Yes Album

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    Posted · Edited by Cosmo Valdemar

    Favourite? The Yes Album. I remember hearing it for the first time when I was 14 as a budding bass player, sitting there with my Eros EB copy and listening to Chris Squire and wondering how the hell he did it. That perfect time when they were really breaking free from their constraints and starting to realise their potential, still full of youthful abandon but before they realised their genius. The joy of this album is palpable. And Chris Squire's bass playing is just wonderful - that little run up to the high registers on Starship Trooper is still my favourite Squire moment. The production is still quite raw and basic but this allows each instrument to shine, but there is still a lot of space for everything to breathe, something they had forgotten about when they got to Tormato 9_9

    As for their best, it has to be Close To The Edge. The very pinnacle of the genre, unsurpassable.

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    Is this legit? Jazz bass...Geddy maybe?

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    It doesn't scream 'fake' to me. Look at the rest of the pics on the link - the scratchplate only looks of in the OP shot due to the angle.

    I don't think it's a Geddy as the bridge pickup looks like it's on the 60s position.

    It looks like a Geddy neck from my memory of owning one, but without a close up of the headstock it's hard to say - the pic in the OP makes the headstock logo look a bit off but again that might just be the angle.

    Guild Starfire II Bass SOLD

    in Basses For Sale

    Posted · Edited by Cosmo Valdemar

    Guild Starfire II bass in immaculate, as-new condition. Recently set up with TI flatwound strings. Comes with original Guild hardcase.

    I'm selling to raise funds for a custom build so won't be looking for trades this time.

    Collection from Dartford or meet up only.

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    "New" Gibsons...

    in Bass Guitars

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    1 hour ago, Paul S said:

    After carefully measuring and checking the given measurements I ordered a Gator CW-LPS Deluxe guitar case from Gear4music.  It was out of stock but arrived today.  It is a *perfect* fit for the Junior DC bass.

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    Such a cool bass. That scratchplate is growing on me.

    Spector Rudy Sarzo...oooh.

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    52 minutes ago, cetera said:


    He still records with them.... he's just worried about using them 'live' since he had his 2 faves stolen on the road back n the day.... :(

    That's good to know... Last time I saw them he used his Lulls throughout. It just wasn't right!

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    Non Reverse Epi NBD

    in Bass Guitars

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    I used to have the 5 string version back in the 90s. I loved it, apart from a couple of problems:

    • Extremely narrow string spacing,
    • VERY floppy B,
    • J pickup that didn't read the A string very well.

    Being young and daft I fell for the salesman spiel about this being 'normal' for a 5 string as it was a 4 string pickup, and even Warwicks had the same issue. He also advised me to use the P pickup as that was the 'rock and roll pickup'.

    I later took the pass apart to create a 4 string 'Fenderbird' and discovered that the neck pocket was the same width as the neck form my Encore Precision copy. Never got round to it in the end and sold it in bits. I always liked the tone though... Let me know if you decide to sell!

     

    Best Rush Album

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    Best? Probably a toss up between Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures. It's a tricky one as has been mentioned before as they evolved so much throughout their career.

    Personal favourite? Probably Signals. Easily my favourite GL bass tone (well the Rickenbacker songs anyway).

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