Tim Commerford

[Jarhead]

I may be a little late to the party with this, but when I saw R.A.T.M. at Download on Saturday I noticed that Tim was actually playing a set of Lakland Jazz basses instead of the regular Fenders. Has this been going on long? I noticed that he's on their artist page, but I always thought he had been with Fender.

Zach

[WarPig]

From Tims' Wiki:

From the peak of his career in the mid-1990s, Commerford played Fender basses for 12 years, until he made his switch to Lakland in 2008.

Also.....you lucky b*stard, i bet they were epic!

[GЯДИКФЯ]

When I last saw Tim C (2000 ) he was on Fenders. Great show then too, I haven't seen any since they reformed

[Pkomor]

Yeah, I noticed that he had a few nice Laklands when I saw them at finsbury park, Sounded awesome!

[EdwardHimself]

[quote name='WarPig' post='868834' date='Jun 16 2010, 10:54 AM']Also.....you lucky b*stard, i bet they were epic![/quote]

+1 the best me and my mates could do was to play "killing in the name of" at home in band practice lolz.

[Jarhead]

[quote name='WarPig' post='868834' date='Jun 16 2010, 10:54 AM']Also.....you lucky b*stard, i bet they were epic![/quote]

Blew my f*cking mind

Zach

[harvey1-8]

It kind of annoys me how effortless they make it look.

[spinynorman]

My daughter came back from Download raving about seeing RATM, + AC/DC, Crooked Vultures and Slash were the other highlights. I'm too old for muddy fields, but drove to Manchester to see Audioslave long ago, with TC still in Fender land.

Edited June 16, 2010 by spinynorman

[Matty]

was it just me, or at finsbury park, was he down to just two ampegs?

[PauBass]

[quote name='Matty' post='869789' date='Jun 17 2010, 11:47 AM']was it just me, or at finsbury park, was he down to just two ampegs?[/quote]

You are right he only had two Ampegs on stage...

[Prime_BASS]

They are the 450h things, the cabs are his old battered things from when he was touring with Rage during the ninties.

Indeed he switched to lakland, and they all seem to be the Joe Osborn signature.

[Dubs]

[quote name='Prime_BASS' post='870470' date='Jun 18 2010, 08:06 AM']They are the 450h things...[/quote]

Looks like a couple of SVT-VR heads in that pic?

[krispn]

Lets not forget his classic Killing..tone which had to be an EB Musicman but that was from waaaay back at the beginning!

[Pkomor]

[quote name='PauBass' post='869990' date='Jun 17 2010, 04:19 PM']You are right he only had two Ampegs on stage...

[/quote]

There was another head (not sure if a cab too, not a 8x10 anyway) behind those two. It was facing the left of the stage. (as wee look at it)

[Prime_BASS]

[quote name='Dubs' post='870552' date='Jun 18 2010, 10:09 AM']Looks like a couple of SVT-VR heads in that pic?[/quote]

indeed, my bad god knows where I hot the 450 from.

I would just like to add that his sound is pretty killer when he was using a stingray.

Did anyone hear/see the radio 5 live show for Christmas? Anyone know why it sounded so (IMO) bad?

Burping, farting, nasal; are but a few words I would describe it as.

[bartelby]

[quote name='krispn' post='870698' date='Jun 18 2010, 12:35 PM']Lets not forget his classic Killing..tone which had to be an EB Musicman but that was from waaaay back at the beginning![/quote]


That's what he was using the last time I saw them, way back on their first UK tour.

[DaveMuadDib]

I saw him at Download too, and I was absolutely captivated! In the space of a year, I've now seen him, Rex Brown and Billy Gould live on stage - my holy trinity!

I was fascinated by that extended thumb rest that conjoin his pickups - GENIUS!

[aznbass]

You can get a closer look at his rig in this video..

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfZGUdcBBLc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfZGUdcBBLc[/url]

[Duarte]

[quote name='krispn' post='870698' date='Jun 18 2010, 12:35 PM']Lets not forget his classic Killing..tone which had to be an EB Musicman but that was from waaaay back at the beginning![/quote]
The bass tone on that entire album blows my mind...frikkin' stingrays are EPIC!

Edited June 20, 2010 by Duarte

[allihts]

[quote name='Duarte' post='873182' date='Jun 21 2010, 12:40 AM']The bass tone on that entire album blows my mind...frikkin' stingrays are EPIC![/quote]


+1 Such a good slap and fingerstyle tone, if i could have a sound like that it would justify playing slap bass!