Cosmo Valdemar

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1452110443' post='2946595'] And there I was relieved to be thinking that all the furore over the guy had died down. I sat at my laptop and screamed last week, just after informing everyone that if I see anyone else mention Lemmy on Facebook or anywhere else then I'm going to scream. I said I would, so I did. [/quote] Best not read threads about Lemmy then if it offends you so much.

That looks amazing. Absolutely amazing. Hope bro's on the mend.

I don't think it sounds like JE at all, in tone or style.

Apparently these have been discontinued now...

[quote name='The-Ox' timestamp='1451852565' post='2944088'] how is he getting this tone? Or is can this be summed up by the 'Alembic' part of the Guild? What makes Alembivs get this tone? [/quote] Despite the Alembic tinkerings, it still sounds like a Guild Starfire more than anything IMHO.

That is god-like tone.

I tried one - a mate's shop had a load of them which they were re-fretting for customers (?). Unfortunately I had a hideous experience with it as I'd not had much experience with the fretless way, and as it was a Rick I found myself dialling in a Geddy Lee clank and playing with my usual ham-fisted approach. It did not make a pleasant sound. However I'm sure with a different approach it would make a superb bass - there's no reason why it shouldn't.

[quote name='Japhet' timestamp='1451555326' post='2941413'] One man's meat is another man's poison. The bloke is entitled to his opinion but should keep it to himself. There were probably plenty of other people who liked the sound. [/quote] This. Personally it annoys the hell out of me when I see a band in a pub playing rock covers and the bass player has the cleanest tone imaginable. Often with the horn on full. It just doesn't work for me and is as strange as if the guitarist was finger picking a jazz box with no overdrive through Smoke On The Water. This is not a pop at the OP btw, just a general observation of some local acts. That said, I would certainly not advise the bass player of how he 'should' be doing things, and if someone said as much to me tey would probably get a swift kick up the arse for their troubles.

I have absolutely no idea what any of this means.

I'm on my second! Again, for me, best used in private.

I am because I'm sitting in the car outside the festivities as my 18 month old has yet to wake up. I'm enjoying the break actually, listening to my new Cheap Trick cds!

I'm a huge fan of the Tech 21 Leeds. It's pretty much the Hiwatt version of the VT Bass. Much more to my taste than the VT as I've never been a fan of the Ampeg sound.

Too vague. I might plump for Glam, expecting Slade and Sweet etc., only to end up with some horror like Poison or Steel Panther...

From the man himself: "When we recorded Black Sabbath, I had a 70-watt Laney guitar amp and a Park 4x12 cabinet with only three speakers in it—and two of them were wrecked! That’s how I got that really distorted sound. Actually, I hated the tone of that record at the time, but I’ve gotten used to it now. It’s nostalgic. I didn’t have any alternative; I couldn’t afford to buy new speakers. We had only two days to record, so we just plugged in and performed our live set in the studio. We were allowed one take for each song and stopped only if someone made a horrible mistake. It was out of our hands. No time to dial in the perfect bass tone." From experience the key to that sound is a P bass played hard over the neck, similar to early Entwistle. Get those strings bouncing off the neck.

Another vote for the Yamaha BB424. Fantastic basses.