Cosmo Valdemar

[quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1482425405' post='3200508'] Well, bad news... The pickup doesn't work. They can't/won't sort it. So I'm getting a refund. Hoping the sb700 for sale on here is still available [/quote] What a pain! You'd have thought the shop would give it a once over before sending it wouldn't you...

[quote name='The-Ox' timestamp='1482425937' post='3200518'] Ahh i see, must just be the modded ones then. Do you still have that Aria snd does it have mods? [/quote] I've still got an unmodified R60 but it will be for sale soon.

[quote name='The-Ox' timestamp='1482338669' post='3199723'] nice! What do these Arias sound like? Any Alembicness about these ones? Or is it only the actual modded ones that have the Alembic sound? [/quote] They sound like grand pianos to me. Not very Alembic-like to my ear.

Vibrato is pitch, tremolo is volume.

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1482252794' post='3198925'] I doubt you'll find a more miserable song than this: [media]http://youtu.be/SzaflC73iTk[/media] Even more miserable these days than when Peter Steele wrote it, too. I guess it's what he would have wanted. [/quote] Beat me to it. Miserable but utterly beautiful. I love this album.

What a handsome bunch!

[quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1482151319' post='3198001'] After a few sherbets last night, spotted something on Reverb.com. An Early 80's Aria SB-600 in Padouk Red. Having just bought an SB-1000, you think I'd be all sorted for 80's Matsumoku loveliness. Me too. But red wine had other ideas. [url="https://guitarvillage.co.uk/products/aria-pro-ii-sb-600-padouk-red-pre-owned-circa-1981-ec"]https://guitarvillag...d-circa-1981-ec[/url] Oh well, looks good, and while I'm waiting for the SB-1000 to come back to life (pickup issue) this will tide me over. Coming from guitar village in Surrey. [/quote] Were you after the Elite in the 'wanted' section? Because I was just about to drop you a line...

[quote name='NickD' timestamp='1482163553' post='3198139'] +1 for Geddy. No doubt he can play, but is tone is awful, his songs are dull [/quote]

That oversized 34" looks like it would suit me up a ding-dong.

Focus have several songs titled Focus I, Focus II etc. Currently up to 9 I think.

My old band Violent Intent - straight outta Sidcup - had a song called Violent Intent.

[quote name='The-Ox' timestamp='1481809481' post='3195332'] John's original [/quote] Wow!

[quote name='The-Ox' timestamp='1481739294' post='3194761'] played the slab again today. Whilst the strings were old, it didn't have that same growl. Now I'm nowhere near John's level, but I can get a similar tone to his through a Precision, but I really do think its to do with the amp and application of the player in this case. The strings were old mind you [/quote] Is this an original Slab or your Slab 66?

Is there anything about the Precision you find difficult?

[quote name='The-Ox' timestamp='1481626362' post='3193758'] Have you heard of Tim Allen? He's on Facebook for sure, he does very good pickguards [/quote]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1481389205' post='3192000'] One of the interesting things about Squire is that almost nothing he does is actually hard to play. [/quote] Sound Chaser's pretty demented.

"Ya looze if ya snooze"?! 😂

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1481324200' post='3191607'] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a4gj3A9C3k One of my favourite tracks. This guy's always spot on with his bass tracks. [/quote] I do adore this album.

Nothing gratuitous about these pics! Bring em on! My ultimate bass. Hopefully I'll be able to afford a second hand one by the time I'm 40...

[quote name='thegummy' timestamp='1481242510' post='3190995'] How could it shift with 4 bolts in it? [/quote] As the neck extends so far out from the screws, and with a relatively small area actually being fixed to the body, it's quite easy to get some side-to-side wriggle from the neck if neck pocket isn't snug.

[quote name='Marc S' timestamp='1481276694' post='3191101'] I'm surprised to hear that Cosmo Valdemar had a RW with a gap around the neck pocket My 3 Roadworns, and every other one I've seen, have no gap - they are a very snug fit. [/quote] That's comforting to know as I really would love another one. Everything else was spot on! I must have just had a dodgy one that slipped through.

[quote name='Lw.' timestamp='1481214271' post='3190654'] Slightly OT but I've seen this written three times on here in the last week, not to mention all the other references in the past; what are peoples problems with neck pockets? You mean it was really roughly cut so it looked bad? [/quote] I mean there was a massive gap between the end of the neck and the body. It was so loose I could easily shift the neck from side to side when playing.