Cosmo Valdemar

Retail prices according to Talkbass: Embassy - $696 Thunderbird - $995 Don't think we'll see much difference from those prices in £ either...

The Embassy's cool but they've blundered the headstock... But never mind that - look at the Thunderbird! If those pickups are any good I'm getting one of each! I hope it's a creamier white than the recent Pro Tbirds though. We can but hope.

How sad. I was reading about him just the other day, to see if he was still about. That green CS bass is really something.

If I really hated the crowd I'd go into an extended version of Bowie's Sense of Doubt.

I've dealt with Danny on Reverb. No problems at all.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1484141516' post='3212963'] In my opinion chorus and compression are effects and have nothing to do with tone. Tone comes from your fingers. Maybe the proper question should have been "What effects do I use to get my bass to sound like this?" Blue [/quote] I refuse to get drawn into this nonsense again.

[quote name='ZilchWoolham' timestamp='1483826370' post='3210503'] . I'm mainly a pick player myself. That's how I started out, and most of my favourite bassists are (mainly) pick players - including the sophisticated fellow in my profile picture! [/quote] [i]Clever[/i] Cecil.

If you've got the bass back from loaning it to someone I would say it's their responsibility to ensure it's in the condition it was when they took it. If not they should stump up the cost of getting it sorted.

I use two 2x10 cabs, stacked vertically. Mainly because I'm 6ft 4 tall and normal 4x10 cabs project to the back of my knees.

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1483460903' post='3207312'] I've always been slightly uncomfortable about the MOBO awards. Is there a MOWO awards? [/quote] Does that really make you uncomfortable?

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 [/quote] 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? [/quote] 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? [/quote] 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. [/quote] 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. [/quote] 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 [/quote]

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 [/quote] 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 [/quote] Is this an original Slab or your Slab 66?