Cosmo Valdemar

This reminds me of a time we were setting up before a gig. Of course there was the inevitable piercing shriek of feedback at some point, to which we all jump and instinctively cover our ears - all except our singer who watched us bewildered. He genuinely didn't hear a thing. The perils of not wearing earplugs at rehearsals, kids!

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1454774444' post='2972895'] I can hear the high pitch cat scarers that some people put across their gardens , I don't know what frequency or volume it is , but considering most of the people who put them there can't hear them I was pretty pleased with that !! [/quote] Me too. Of course my Dad refuses to believe me as they are supposedly beyond human hearing! I can also comfortably hear the doggie tone at the end of Sgt Pepper. I just took the test - 17,181. I'm 34.

[quote name='rogerstodge' timestamp='1454784025' post='2973000'] [attachment=211700:image.jpeg] [/quote] A left handed Rick?!

Looks like the old Fender Bass V body.

I wish he'd grow his moustache back.

Cort make wonderful basses. The Rithimic 4 I played at the LBGS a couple of years ago was remarkably good. Didn't know they'd made a fiver! Very lovely it is too!

I saw them at ATP a few years ago - the one curated by Melvins and Mike Patton. It was the first time I'd heard them. An amazing experience. I find I have to be in the right mood to listen to them though. Sometimes they do little for me, at other times it's like listening to Planets mating.

[quote name='SisterAbdullahX' timestamp='1454114623' post='2966706'] Just a quick thought....Anyone using preamp/eq pedals to get their tone and using their amp pretty much purely to amplify? [/quote] I do! Tech 21 Leeds straight into the back of whatever amp there is. I really love the sound of the Leeds pedal so I figured it made sense to bypass the amps's preamp stage. Satisfaction.

[quote name='lowhand_mike' timestamp='1454077456' post='2966209'] i was under the impression the RM800 had the ashdown sound. should also mention that we play classic rock covers so the amp should fit to that. [/quote] The Rootmaster has the Ashdown tone, no doubt about that. I had one for a while and found the driven sound very similar to my old ABM500. A bit less heft maybe. And, The Rootmaster is supposedly the updated MAG anyway, IIRC, so you should be on familiar ground. Moving to TC will be quite a change.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1454077487' post='2966211'] May we ask why? Isn't it possible to look at last year's poll and add a year onto the results? [/quote] That would work assuming nobody has left or joined since. We may have had a sudden rush of 85 year old bassists joing our ranks.

[quote name='keefbaker' timestamp='1454071113' post='2966057'] Read the situation. Make indicative nods at the other musicians, read whether the solo is going to end correctly or not and try and adapt as a band. [/quote] This. It's not really something you can plan for. Unless of course the guitarist in question has a habit of making the same error repeatedly!

It was a standard active Fender Jazz apart from the upper octave being fretless. It also had a 12th inlay LED and a laser LED on the headstock IIRC. Pretty sure it was a custom job for Cronos, not released for the public. There was a company doing a similar thing that advertised heavily in Bass Player a few years later but the name escapes me.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1453928702' post='2964416'] Cool story, My band is a 70s style hard rock and blues band. We have been together for 10 years and play around 75 shows annually. We still attract and have a loyal following of the 60+ demographic. When the 20 somethings wonder into one of our shows they leave immediately. That's fine, we're lucky, we don't need their business. [/quote] There's the answer, surely. [i]Your[/i] band appeals to the over sixties and not to twenty-somethings. Doesn't mean they don't like rock, just that your band doesn't appeal to them for whatever reason. Blue - do you have any clips of your band playing that we could see? It would be interesting to get an idea of the type of stuff you play.

I've dealt with Mark many times - top chap. You're lucky living so close, he has some wonderful basses at the moment!

Anyone have any experience of this? Any risks? I don't know why there should be but alarm bells always start ringing, hazy memories of warnings never to purchase from sellers in the East or something daft.

He really did have tiny hands didn't he!

For heavy drop-tuned music there's no harm in a bit of flop. All that rattle and growl can throw up some interesting tonal quirks and anomalies which can add to the aggression. I used to use Roto 50 - 110 for C#. Worked well for me.