Cosmo Valdemar

Is this 'amp GAS' I am experiencing? It's never happened before...

Great demo. I do love the Ashdown drive, and it sounds a lot like my old ABM. Nice top end too, and the whole thing sounds a lot less clinical than some of the recent Ashdown amps. I need a new rig - this looks very tempting! Why do demo videos always take the mids out before slapping? Is this the done thing with slappers? I don't know.

[quote name='JamesBass' timestamp='1391097839' post='2353244'] It sounds very pentatonic style to me, something Jon was big on, without knowing it or so the rumours go aha! But yeah, sounds like a pentatonic riff that goes up and down while peddling in the middle, if you know what chords he's playing that under/over then you're away [/quote] Yeah, just a big pentatonic runaround in E.

As a P bass player, I used to get hand cramp after playing my Geddy Lee Jazz and my '81 Rickenbacker 4001... Both had very thin necks though. In the case of the Jazz, [i]waffer-theen[/i].

[quote name='Salt on your Bass?' timestamp='1390569493' post='2346968'] That just sounds wrong IMO for a Class D to be: 1. That expensive 2. That heavy [/quote] Do they say how much it is?

Anyone been lucky enough to give one of these beauties a spin?

Stereo generally refers to basses that allow you to take a feed from each pickup, Rickenbackers and the high-end Alembics for example. It's a bit of a misnomer as the separate feeds usually combine to make the complete sound as opposed to being sent out from different sides of the stage (for example). I don't think it's a gimmick at all - nothing sounds like a Series II Alembic - or indeed the classic Rick sound. Of course there are some more eccentric interpretations - the Roy Wood bass in a previous post being a good example!

[quote name='bonzodog' timestamp='1390072969' post='2341223'] Maybe there is a sub consious side that he doesnt appeal because hes on his own not a band. He obviously has a band but i grew up on same music as you and i loved the idea of the whole band thing with a group of guys. Just a thought [/quote] Lest we forget, Alice Cooper was, originally, the name of the band. As for the OP, you just don't like him/them. Don't worry about it. There are countless supposedly great and legendary bands I can't stand - The Doors and Guns n' Roses to name a couple. Rumour has it there are some folk on here who dislike the Beatles! Nutters, I know

I like the general design of the thing but the finish is questionable, to say the least. Corts are excellent basses, I'm not surprised Jeff likes them. I'm still amazed by this but at the last London Bass Guitar Show, the Cort basses I tried were the nicest I played all weekend. I like Jeff, too, even though I disagree with most of the things he says!

Damn good tone for sure. Still sounds like Geddy even on a P. My money's on Exit, Stage Left though. Or Signals (the Rick stuff).

I love Alembic basses - they're really 'as good as it gets' in my opinion - but I've never played the signature models I'm afriad. I have no reason to believe they would be anything less than stunning. I wish they could be run in stereo though!

I almost bought an ipad just for this app... In fact, on a mate's band's latest album, all the Mellotron sounds were generated from this app.

[quote name='patrikmarky' timestamp='1389119961' post='2330299'] My schecter is so beutiful ..great sound... Have he no interest at all..is it me or is there no love for anything that's not fender ... [/quote] SOMETIMES I WORRY IT'S ALL A WASTE OF TIM.

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1389220051' post='2331651'] The Mean and moody look lol [url="http://s330.photobucket.com/user/Twincam2008/media/a2_zpsa2765d85.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote]It's Phil Anselmo!

I remember seeing the bass player with a Fender Jazz on telly back in the day. With block inlays on the neck IIRC! Don't know what was on the recording though. I was at school at the time and very much part of the metal brigade so listening to such bands was not allowed.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1389100967' post='2329862'] Isn't it? What was he playing in the early seventies? I've seen him with T-birds and Rics, but this track sounds like a P bass to my ears... [/quote] Well... To my ears, this is the classic Thunderbird front pickup tone through and through. MT has a very similar tone these days (although not quite as gritty) when he plays his Thunderbird. However, in his autobiography, MT insists he used his Rickenbacker 4001 to record Argus, even pointing out how people assume it's the thunderbird because it was pictured in the album sleeve. MT'sWA recently re-recorded Argus and he played the Rick again - I haven't heard it myself but I can't believe the original Argus is a Rick. There are plenty of Youtube clips of MT playing his Rick and it doesn't sound like Argus at all. Now, Pilgrimage - [i]that[/i] sounds like a Rick! The debut album was recorded before MT owned a proper bass so he played a rented Fender Jazz with flats. He didn't think much of the sound...