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Cosmo Valdemar

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  1. Cosmo Valdemar
    I hate the way they play that. The bass riff is sitting on the wrong beat. To be fair they've done it like this since Alan White joined, but it sounds so wrong to me. And Geoff Downes is a blundering oaf completely undeserving of the job.
  2. Cosmo Valdemar
    U ok hun?
  3. Cosmo Valdemar
    Steve Howe is a bit shakier these days. He seems to have lost the fire, both from his playing and his tone. That's not a recent development, mind you. It's not pleasant hearing the opening to Siberian Khatru played as light jazz.
  4. Cosmo Valdemar
    I bought Richard's VT Bass pedal. And very nice it is too! A great chap to do business with.
  5. Cosmo Valdemar
    This is a recent one. Still sounds dry and clean to me, but we all hear these things differently! This is the one. Going back about 20 years I reckon.
  6. Cosmo Valdemar
    I was lucky enough to see this lineup on the London date. It's a pity it wasn't sustainable but the DVD is a wonderful recording, apart from the bewildering level of fake crowd noise plastered randomly over the top. Lee Pomeroy - wonderful. I've never seen a bass player project so much joy when playing. As for the current 'official' Yes, well... a quick look at Geoff Downes attempting to play Wakeman and Moraz's parts tells you everything.
  7. Cosmo Valdemar
    There was a celebrity Rush covers album a few years ago. Stu Hamm played on YYZ. It's not a direct comparison as the entire production is very different to the original, but Hamm's ultra clean and dry tone really doesn't work in that song. Not to my ears anyway!
  8. Cosmo Valdemar
    And one with the Rick... It's interesting that Moving Pictures is often heralded as Rush and Geddy's definitive moment, but Geddy didn't really use this tone before or after.
  9. Cosmo Valdemar
    And it comes with it's own welding mask!
  10. Cosmo Valdemar
    Sounds badass to me! And not just the bridge. I always think Geddy's Jazz sounds so much better when he's riding the front pickup only. I think he only played it that way on Moving Pictures though.
  11. Cosmo Valdemar
    I should point out that mine doesn't neck nive, so they're not all cursed (although it seems that most are!). Admittedly I did replace the tuners with Hipshots, but only for the look - it didn't neck dive with the stock tuners either.
  12. Cosmo Valdemar
    I'm alarmed at the dislike for Julia - it's one of the most beautiful and haunting things I've ever heard.
  13. Cosmo Valdemar
    The Vintage Classics are awesome basses - I've got one of the early white ones. I think it might have been the first one in the country! But I digress. Awesome basses, but they are MASSIVE - the whole thing hangs further to the left thanks to the strap button placement, so it's a longer reach to get to the lower notes. I'm 6ft 3 so it doesn't bother me but if you're used to short scale basses it might be uncomfortable.
  14. Cosmo Valdemar
    I played a gig with Beehoover once. I think he played a Spector.
  15. Cosmo Valdemar
    Ooh!
  16. Cosmo Valdemar
    I really like that!
  17. Cosmo Valdemar
    Excuse my ignorance, but why do the necks rotate?
  18. Cosmo Valdemar
    And plays a BC Rich Ironbird...
  19. Cosmo Valdemar
    There's a guy on one of the Thunderbird groups on Facebook that has that very bass, and is currently restoring it.
  20. Cosmo Valdemar
    He said it was to get more low end out of it. Not many people knew about the cap bypass back in the day!
  21. Cosmo Valdemar
    I love the Pedulla. Never seen one in real life, let alone played one! The shape has always appealed to me though. Gene Simmons' fault.
  22. Cosmo Valdemar
    This album was a massive influence on me when I was first learning to play bass - and that tone... It was an honour to meet Roger at the LBGS a few years ago.
  23. Cosmo Valdemar
    If you want that mammoth ivory tone, nothing else will do.
  24. Cosmo Valdemar
    I've never been a fan of Eric Clapton, associating him mainly with that horrible, glossy millionaire Blues. Learning more about him, I realise I really should give his earlier work some more attention. I found the part about his little boy impossible to deal with and had to turn it off. Absolutely horrific.
  25. Cosmo Valdemar
    £2.39 shipping, sounds legit.
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