Cosmo Valdemar

We don't do any slow songs. We do some 'slower' songs, but certainly nothing 'romantic'. Perhaps we should.

I am now the very happy owner of Dan's pimped EHX Bass Soul Food, with special knobs! Great chap to deal with, as before, excellent comms and swift delivery. Bravo!

Sold my Mooer Bass Sweeper to Thunderbird a few weeks ago (Bit slow with the old feedback). Great chap to deal with, as ever. Now with a little extra funk.

9/10. I got the question about Bring Me The Horizon wrong, a band I've never heard, and will therefore refuse to acknowledge as real metal.

That's a ripping solo! Makes me want a Stingray.

This reminds me of a time we were setting up before a gig. Of course there was the inevitable piercing shriek of feedback at some point, to which we all jump and instinctively cover our ears - all except our singer who watched us bewildered. He genuinely didn't hear a thing. The perils of not wearing earplugs at rehearsals, kids!

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1454774444' post='2972895'] I can hear the high pitch cat scarers that some people put across their gardens , I don't know what frequency or volume it is , but considering most of the people who put them there can't hear them I was pretty pleased with that !! [/quote] Me too. Of course my Dad refuses to believe me as they are supposedly beyond human hearing! I can also comfortably hear the doggie tone at the end of Sgt Pepper. I just took the test - 17,181. I'm 34.

[quote name='rogerstodge' timestamp='1454784025' post='2973000'] [attachment=211700:image.jpeg] [/quote] A left handed Rick?!

Looks like the old Fender Bass V body.

I wish he'd grow his moustache back.

Cort make wonderful basses. The Rithimic 4 I played at the LBGS a couple of years ago was remarkably good. Didn't know they'd made a fiver! Very lovely it is too!

I saw them at ATP a few years ago - the one curated by Melvins and Mike Patton. It was the first time I'd heard them. An amazing experience. I find I have to be in the right mood to listen to them though. Sometimes they do little for me, at other times it's like listening to Planets mating.

[quote name='SisterAbdullahX' timestamp='1454114623' post='2966706'] Just a quick thought....Anyone using preamp/eq pedals to get their tone and using their amp pretty much purely to amplify? [/quote] I do! Tech 21 Leeds straight into the back of whatever amp there is. I really love the sound of the Leeds pedal so I figured it made sense to bypass the amps's preamp stage. Satisfaction.

[quote name='lowhand_mike' timestamp='1454077456' post='2966209'] i was under the impression the RM800 had the ashdown sound. should also mention that we play classic rock covers so the amp should fit to that. [/quote] The Rootmaster has the Ashdown tone, no doubt about that. I had one for a while and found the driven sound very similar to my old ABM500. A bit less heft maybe. And, The Rootmaster is supposedly the updated MAG anyway, IIRC, so you should be on familiar ground. Moving to TC will be quite a change.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1454077487' post='2966211'] May we ask why? Isn't it possible to look at last year's poll and add a year onto the results? [/quote] That would work assuming nobody has left or joined since. We may have had a sudden rush of 85 year old bassists joing our ranks.

[quote name='keefbaker' timestamp='1454071113' post='2966057'] Read the situation. Make indicative nods at the other musicians, read whether the solo is going to end correctly or not and try and adapt as a band. [/quote] This. It's not really something you can plan for. Unless of course the guitarist in question has a habit of making the same error repeatedly!