Cosmo Valdemar

The Slab Precision.

[quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1482425405' post='3200508']
Well, bad news...

The pickup doesn't work. They can't/won't sort it.

So I'm getting a refund.

Hoping the sb700 for sale on here is still available
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What a pain! You'd have thought the shop would give it a once over before sending it wouldn't you...

[quote name='The-Ox' timestamp='1482425937' post='3200518']


Ahh i see, must just be the modded ones then. Do you still have that Aria snd does it have mods?
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I've still got an unmodified R60 but it will be for sale soon.

[quote name='The-Ox' timestamp='1482338669' post='3199723']
nice! What do these Arias sound like? Any Alembicness about these ones? Or is it only the actual modded ones that have the Alembic sound?
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They sound like grand pianos to me. Not very Alembic-like to my ear.

Vibrato is pitch, tremolo is volume.

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1482252794' post='3198925']
I doubt you'll find a more miserable song than this:

[media]http://youtu.be/SzaflC73iTk[/media]

Even more miserable these days than when Peter Steele wrote it, too. I guess it's what he would have wanted.
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Beat me to it. Miserable but utterly beautiful. I love this album.

What a handsome bunch!

[quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1482151319' post='3198001']
After a few sherbets last night, spotted something on Reverb.com.

An Early 80's Aria SB-600 in Padouk Red.

Having just bought an SB-1000, you think I'd be all sorted for 80's Matsumoku loveliness.

Me too. But red wine had other ideas.

[url="https://guitarvillage.co.uk/products/aria-pro-ii-sb-600-padouk-red-pre-owned-circa-1981-ec"]https://guitarvillag...d-circa-1981-ec[/url]

Oh well, looks good, and while I'm waiting for the SB-1000 to come back to life (pickup issue) this will tide me over.

Coming from guitar village in Surrey.
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Were you after the Elite in the 'wanted' section? Because I was just about to drop you a line...

[quote name='NickD' timestamp='1482163553' post='3198139']
+1 for Geddy. No doubt he can play, but is tone is awful, his songs are dull


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Ooh!

That oversized 34" looks like it would suit me up a ding-dong.

Focus have several songs titled Focus I, Focus II etc.
Currently up to 9 I think.

My old band Violent Intent - straight outta Sidcup - had a song called Violent Intent.

[quote name='The-Ox' timestamp='1481809481' post='3195332']
John's original
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Wow!

[quote name='The-Ox' timestamp='1481739294' post='3194761']
played the slab again today. Whilst the strings were old, it didn't have that same growl. Now I'm nowhere near John's level, but I can get a similar tone to his through a Precision, but I really do think its to do with the amp and application of the player in this case. The strings were old mind you
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Is this an original Slab or your Slab 66?

Is there anything about the Precision you find difficult?

[quote name='The-Ox' timestamp='1481626362' post='3193758']
Have you heard of Tim Allen? He's on Facebook for sure, he does very good pickguards
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I was just thinking about this today...

Are you sure it's long scale?

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1481389205' post='3192000']
One of the interesting things about Squire is that almost nothing he does is actually hard to play.
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Sound Chaser's pretty demented.

"Ya looze if ya snooze"?!
😂

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1481324200' post='3191607']
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a4gj3A9C3k
One of my favourite tracks. This guy's always spot on with his bass tracks.
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I do adore this album.

Nothing gratuitous about these pics! Bring em on!
My ultimate bass. Hopefully I'll be able to afford a second hand one by the time I'm 40...

[quote name='thegummy' timestamp='1481242510' post='3190995']


How could it shift with 4 bolts in it?
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As the neck extends so far out from the screws, and with a relatively small area actually being fixed to the body, it's quite easy to get some side-to-side wriggle from the neck if neck pocket isn't snug.

[quote name='Marc S' timestamp='1481276694' post='3191101']


I'm surprised to hear that Cosmo Valdemar had a RW with a gap around the neck pocket
My 3 Roadworns, and every other one I've seen, have no gap - they are a very snug fit.
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That's comforting to know as I really would love another one. Everything else was spot on! I must have just had a dodgy one that slipped through.