Cosmo Valdemar

It's a magnificent looking bass. Never seen one on such a trad finish though! I'd love to have a go on one but I've never seen one in real life... a mate of mine tried one when he was in the States and he still dines out on how amazing it was.

I am now the proud owner of Dave's Spector Euro. And a magnificent thing it is too. Dave is an absolute credit to our community. And his packaging is excellent too!

I only saw Yes once, at Hammersmith in 2003. But what an experience. A treasured memory. Now I remember, I had tickets to see The Syn at the London Astoria, but sadly it was cancelled. It would have been incredible to have seen him in such a relatively small venue.

How do people usually put weight on? 🙄

Sounds awesome to me - isolated and in the mix. Geddy's Jazz always sounded the best when he played on the front pickup only IMHO.

I get it. In my current covers band - nothing at all challenging - there are certain songs that I'm not 100% on. Enough to get by without anybody noticing, but there are always a few points where I have to concentrate to get through it. The other day, for a laugh, I listened to some of my first band's recordings and decided to play along. It was note-perfect, and I haven't heard them in over 25 years.

I'll stick with the Tonepump for now then, it seems to be more socially acceptable 😆

I'm after a Haz clone... how would you compare it to the Tonepump?

Absolutely magnificent.

Having two drummers playing at once doesn't just merge into one - it becomes bigger. Much bigger. It's quite thrilling to hear it live - I saw Melvins do it a couple of times, but King Crimson with three drummers at the front of the stage was incredibly powerful, and not just the volume levels.

I'll have a listen! I once spent some time with a Gus, courtesy of @6feet7 - What a bass!

Is that the Gus we're hearing? It sounds wonderful.

My wife finds it difficult to be in the same room as Cardiacs or Kate Bush. The music, I mean.

In all my years of playing music I've never grasped the concept of playing behind the beat. Or in front. I'm sure I've been doing it, or hearing it, but if I have it's been subconsciously.

Running With The Devil by Van Halen.

Thanks to an odd upbringing, I was familiar with Dread Zeppelin before I heard Led Zeppelin. Black Dog still sounds more natural to me as a slow reggae.

The perfect Spector.

The Leeds is a KILLER pedal for bass. Much more to my taste than the VT Bass. I haven't used it in ages as I mainly use the DP-3X these days... every now and then I think of selling it but this thread has convinced me otherwise

Thank you, I'll give it a go!

I finally used mine last night and ended up playing until 2am. A worthwhile purchase. My only gripe is that three of the controls seem to function as overall volume controls only - I would have thought there would be separate volume controls for the instrument and ipod/phone.

It's a BC Rich Eagle. Good for metal.

After I made the order and payment they emailed me to say the strings had been discontinued 😕

The only strings I've ever taken a real dislike to were Elites. They were freebies from the Bass Centre, many years ago, but I really didn't get on with them. Swings and roundabouts though. I do love Rotosound! Just wish they lasted a bit longer.

Agreed. He's an absolute master player.

That's not a Precision... Probably a Fender Jazz but might be his Ibanez.