Cosmo Valdemar

[quote name='darren' timestamp='1430483594' post='2761880'] Still scratching my head at how good it is for what I paid. [/quote] They are great basses regardless of the price! But, for the price they are, they're unbeatable.

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1430092221' post='2757951'] I would have tried the Blower Box into the VT first - the VT is like an amp sim so would come last. [/quote] This. Got to be worth a try!

I'm going to the O2. I'm a massive fan anyway and it's been an ambition of mine for years. He's not very popular on here it seems but who knows how many more opportunities there will be to see him? Go for it I say! It's a bit unfair to say his voice is 'shot' though... 😉

[quote name='Wil' timestamp='1430319352' post='2760237'] Yellowing with a gluey, plywoody centre to be precise - this is what it looked like: [url="http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u205/evilgreco/Evilguitars/NJ2MockBassW-11.jpg"]http://i169.photobuc...ockBassW-11.jpg[/url] As I understand it they were only in production for a year or so - I wonder why... [/quote]

A rarity!

That's such a shame! I found a BC Rich Ironbird in a CC a few years ago with a Robin Hood neck. I took a chance as it was cheap and as luck would have it the shop ad tuned the bass ridiculously high - when tuned correctly the neck settled down nicely.

There's something you don't see every day! I've always loved the look of the Excess, never tried one though.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1430294050' post='2759842'] My only disappointment with the O2 show is the terrible bass mix... [/quote] It noticeably improved when he switched from his Mansons to the fretless Fender!

I'm not familiar with this exact model but I've never heard a P that didn't sound like a P.

I had it over Xmas! Irritating at worst. Luckily I didn't have any gigs or rehearsals so it wasn't really a bother. Mind you the itchiness and bumps went away after a couple of days so I must have had it a lot milder than you.

I doubt any band rehearse in shirts and ties. You would forever be remembered as 'that guy who turned up to audition in a dinner suit'.

Out of the two, Jack Bruce. Jaco's been done.

I was supposed to go with my old man but he injured himself. Not too upset though, it's very much Annie and friends these days.

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1429873059' post='2755784'] Peavey C5 does all that, they go for less than £200 and are really well-made: Weighs a ton, mind. Jon. [/quote] That's a Zephyr isn't it?

What about LTD? I think their fivers are 35" scale. And they use EMGs too

[i]Veeeery[/i] interesting...

Not so much a technical fault as such, but once our singer arrived a bit later than the rest of us and was jokingly told by the promoter at the door that he had the wrong night. First we know about this is an hour later, frantically trying to locate the singer and discovering he'd got the train home. Anyway, the show must go on and all that. We're just about to go onstage when I discover my bass had been stolen. I think we realised the odds were against us at that point. And no, I didn't have a spare bass either.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1429601038' post='2752936'] Why would you play anyone's bass lines at all..?? I just noodle with things that I've come up with and I'll be trying to the bass to sound like it could handle the sounds within the styles that I hear and play. I kind of laugh when I hear someone playing a standard bassline, tbh.. [/quote] Not everyone is able to compose their own music, or improvise.