Cosmo Valdemar

Lol 'Laugh Out Loud' Creme!

[quote name='Delberthot' timestamp='1347057597' post='1796679'] They were neck and neck with the Chilis until Under the Bridge then it was game over. [/quote] In terms of mainstream success, maybe. I don't consider the Chilis to be anywhere near FNM's level of musicianship and originality. Billy Gould though - great. His tone on 'King For A Day...' is just incredible. If anyone asks me to define bass 'growl', it's right there.

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1347123644' post='1797224'] Without You by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of Badfinger. Most people credit the song to Harry Nilsson. A few wretched souls even think it's by Mariah Carey. [/quote] As I'm on a real computer now I can add the actual song. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyBS_1vGwpU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyBS_1vGwpU[/url] Such sorrow.

Without You by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of Badfinger. Most people credit the song to Harry Nilsson. A few wretched souls even think it's by Mariah Carey.

My ears have always said flats, but JPJ says otherwise...

Looks like Burns pickups...

+1 to everything said already - and there's no reason why this bass shouldn't play excellently, and I know from experience even this 'lowly' model of Spector can sound great. Unless there is some inherent fault we don't know about, this is nowhere near a 'crap bass'. It just looks like it needs some TLC.

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1346763226' post='1792797'] Yes, the two others are miserable f***ers, but Martin is a gem, always talk to Martin if he has time. [/quote] I'm afraid I spent a bit of time with Martin in the workshop downstairs, and he gave me just as much guff as the other guy on the shop floor. He was a bit more polite though, I'll give him that.

Is that [i]another[/i] Rob Trujillo sig?

Chris McIntyre used to have a workshop in Peckham, and he is excellent but sadly for me he's moved back to Edinburgh. AFAIK though, he regularly comes back down this way to keep his London clients happy. I'm sure he could squeeze in a setup. As for the Gallery, I found them unhelpful and disinterested whenever I went in, and on one occasion quite insulting. I've had a couple of setups by them and they were ok at best.

The latest copy of Bass Guitar mag arrived on my mat this morning. A lovely surprise as my subscription ran out about 5 issues ago. Just wish I hadn't gone out and bought it yesterday!

I cancelled my subscription to BP a couple of years ago when it lost about 30 pages, decreased in size and upped the ad content. Plus, I would flick through it in about 5 minutes and be done. I do buy Bass Guitar magazine and enjoy reading it, although it does have it's faults. I think it's commendable that the editor should become a member on here and welcome comments and criticism.

Well in a nutshell - success! We played two 40 minute sets, and pretty much had them by the middle of the first. As expected, we laid on extra cheese and they went down a storm, with lots of singalongs and crowd participation. I even got two bass solos! One expected, one off the cuff. I took the Blazer in the end, it's my workhorse. Amp-wise, I borrowed a friend's Ashdown half stack as my GK is being repaired. THe venue was 'interesting', to say the least - a medieval banquet hall with comically high ceiling, suits of armour and wall-mounted deer heads. Sound check was less than promising, and the DB meter set to 97 was a worry but once the place was full we sounded much better. We also craftily turned up a bit and nobody complained. I'm still buzzing, can't wait for the next one!

[quote name='Johngh' timestamp='1345822643' post='1782059'] When it get's to the stage where you would rather stay at home than go out to play a gig, it's time to pack it up. [/quote] Precisely.

... And I'm really looking forward to it. It's actually a wedding, so we've got some extra pressure to be good, but it's the guitarist's friend so they shouldn't be too hostile a crowd. The setlist isn't too shoddy, there's a couple of stinkers on there that are painful to play but I know they get the crowd moving so they stay. We have dropped Brown Eyed Girl though. After playing in semi-pro originals bands for over a decade, it feels good to be able to get up and play songs that people wnat to hear for a change! The only question now is which bass to take. Wish me luck!

[quote name='bobbass4k' timestamp='1345658029' post='1780175'] Love my thru-neck NS2000. [/quote] I've owned many Spectors over the years, and the NS2000 is by far my favourite. I sold my first one and always regretted it. Luckily a friend of mine put his up for sale a few months back and now it's mine! In virtually perfect condition too. I will NOT let myself sell this one.

[quote name='cocco' timestamp='1345574274' post='1779065'] I like the look of the rebop, I'm a bolt on sort of guy, but I don't understand why it has Hz pickups when the neck thru version has proper EMGs. For the price I'd expect the tidy pickups. [/quote] Nowt wrong with HZs!