Cosmo Valdemar

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1320673844' post='1429716'] My fave band & fave music changes quite often; but the mainstay band in my life is or was Slade. Their celebrated live album was Slade Alive which was recorded on the same night as the TOTP show they did with their first number one in '71; therefore in Nod's words "they were on fire that night". Slade do Loving Spoonful [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t4lxIMcLiM[/media] PS. To the OP - what the hell is that bass in your avatar???? [/quote] This, plus: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5Owf_cQwPw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5Owf_cQwPw[/url]

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1319891949' post='1419771'] Ok so I was a bit bored today and maybe spent too much time looking at old videos on youtube.. but Whilst I always had a crush on Suzi Q in the 70's and loved her leather look .. seeing this maybe [i]impromptu[/i] bass solo from her back in 2009 makes me feel she never really gave a lot of love to her bass playing. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zXkRw49Cxo[/media] [/quote] That solo is truly epic. I'm noticing hints of Colin Grigson in the phrasing. Honestly, probably the funniest thing I have seen in a long time, utter joy. Even the tone is hilarious, it sounds like broken bedsprings every time she does the slide up the neck. [i]And she keeps on doing it! [/i] It's like watching your drunken aunt pick up your bass and attempt to play it. I'm going to watch it again.

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1320338822' post='1425569'] She had a long article in G&B magazine a couple of months ago. That bass was her dad's & he gave it to her when she left the "Osmonds" type family group they had going to go pro. She still has it. Meanwhile for comparison; the bass-playing skills of two of her contemporaries............ [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffZXnWkbkgs&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL344ABDF4BE375019[/media] & Steve priest of Sweet with an [i]insane[/i] Rick tone thru a stack of Hiwatts. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3hWKV-fX3g[/media] [/quote] That Sweet clip sounds like he's running the bass in stereo but the sound man's forgot to mix in the feed from the neck pickup. And as for Jim Lea, he's probably one of the finest bassists ever to be mentioned on this forum. Seriously.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' timestamp='1320273339' post='1424807']She don't look half bad these days - And she's playing a Status... [IMG]http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l259/OutToPlayJazz/Suzi_Quatro_at_AIS_Arena_02.jpg[/IMG][/quote] I thought she was a Status player these days too, but she was interviewed in Guitarist a couple of issues back and never mentioned them once, despite the article picturing her with all her basses their wasn't one to be seen.

[quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1320253725' post='1424441'] I think the reason we're seeing it now is that Big Country are only just tenatively getting back together to tour and maybe record again. If you cehck recent interviews with the band members, they all feel very positive about it and seem to want to make a go of things again if it feels right. Interestingly, Tony seems the most cautious about getting back together, and he has always maintained he wouldn't be interested if it wasn't for the right reasons, or it didn't feel right. So to see Tony excited about where they're going now is a really positive indicator for me. As it is, the band's profile is still too small for a big brand to be knock on Tony's door, and he was content playing his own basses for years. Fenders, Warwicks, Arias etc etc. I think Tony has referred to this bass as a reproduction of the one he uses on stage. It's just an opportunity for JHS to get a 'name' associated with them and to make a little bit of cash, but it's also nice to see Tony getting the recognition he deserves with a signature bass. Sadly, it's not something that would interest me greatly (I'd rather he played a Warwick Thumb again) but it's better that it exists than that it doesn't. [/quote] You missed out the bit where you tell us all how ugly the bass is, how awful it sounds and how it is based on a terrible design that has been outdated for years.

[quote name='mercuryl' timestamp='1320241173' post='1424167']I can't really understand why people make copies of other people's products. Even the very expensive brands. Why don't they just come up with their own designs?[/quote] No sod would buy them.

What is the 'geezer' look?

The prize in the crossword competition in this month's Mojo magazine (with The who on the cover) is a rather fine Spector NS2000-5 bass, complete with stand and strings. AFAIK this bass has been out of production for some time, but the picture looks just like the ones I remember - EMG HZ pickups, brass nut, slimmer upper horn. I used to own the 4 string variety and it was smashing. So has it been re-introduced? Or has this bass been hanging around the Mojo offices for the past ten years?

[quote name='Jerry_B' timestamp='1312108018' post='1322031'] Sounds like the backing track is filling out the tone a bit. [/quote] This.

[quote name='barnettiuk' timestamp='1319971061' post='1420575'] ..........and on the studio take of Roundabout CS is doubling his bass line with a 6-string to give it more top. I'm almost ashamed to admit I know that........... ) [/quote] Squire has said this many times in interviews, but if it is on the record, it's mixed so low as to be inaudible. The only time the bass riff is doubled by guitar is toward the end of the song, after the lengthy mid-section and solos, and then it is clearly noticable, being an octave above. The bass riff for the main part is clearly the Rickenbacker alone, it's the same bass sound as almost all of Fragile.

If I'm sending a bass to someone, invariably they will be covering the postage costs and it is up to them if they want me to add the appropriate amount of insurance to the final cost. Generally they do - very wise.

Just sold my Spector Euro to El Molusko - unfortunately a very drawn-out process due to a variety of obstacles my end but EM was very patient and gracious throughout. Excellent communications too. I wouldn't hesitate to deal with El Molusko again.

[quote name='dmz' timestamp='1319382154' post='1413373'] Interesting..... I think I'd rather go for the beast that Chris Squire put together in the very early 70's [url="http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/5548694"]http://www.liveaucti...om/item/5548694[/url] .....so two 50's pickups, with some interesting control cavity action going on (!) and an old style bridge. Would be kinda cool to put something together like that ! [/quote] That's a fantastic bass, he used it for a few songs on Time and a Word I believe, and Lucky Seven on Fish Out of Water. As far as I know it was wired stereo, with each pickup having it's own control plate, the extra one from a Telecaster. You can see him play the bass in the 'No Opportunity Necessary' video, although it sure sounds like he used a Rick on record. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVL8IZWNh5k&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVL8IZWNh5k&feature=related[/url]

[quote name='Godber' timestamp='1319844377' post='1419393'] Glo = short for Gloss. [/quote] I'm glad they shortened that. Always found it a bit of a mouthful.

I adore VDGG, Still Life by far my favourite album of theirs - La Rossa is as exhausiting and devastating as any King Crimson of the era. I love the fact that at first listen they can appear quite impenetrable and rambling, they can often take quite a bit of work to understand. But once you get it, the songs are under your skin forever.

[quote name='Von Death' timestamp='1319389994' post='1413514'] I bought this off Robocorpse a little while ago as I was looking for a backup for my US Mockingbird.... It seems to have done the rounds having previously belonged to thombassmonkey, stevied-fenderp2009 and rmshaw37 A canny bit of work done, 1 Refinished to get rid of missing chunks 2 Grover Titan Machine heads 3 2 x Dimarzio DP122 4 Wiring done for bass and treble boost (like on my US Mockingbird) 5 Headstock refinished with US style logo.... 6 Brass nut Will be putting a Gotoh bridge on sometime! I love it and will not be selling it! [/quote] I had one of these for a while, kind of regret selling it. Definitely had a unique growl, you can see why Entwistle was so fond of the PP configuration.

[quote name='bassmachine2112' timestamp='1319643397' post='1416826'] Jetglo all day,like a L.B.D goes with everything and suitable for any occasion. White ones with black accesories are known as Tuxedo like James Bond I suppose,he,s had every gadget known to mankind but I,ve never seen him play a Rick maybe due to the Rick being cooler than himself. [/quote] The Tuxedo was a very limited run - it also had a white (or very pale) fingerboard with dot markers. There was a standard white Rick as well though, wish they still did it as it's a fantastic look. I went for Mapleglo myself, simply because it was the one on sale at the time. However out of the standard colours it is probably my favourite. Fireglo is amazing but sometimes has the tendency to be a bit pink. Jetglo is the classic Rick look but very popular.

[quote name='oldslapper' timestamp='1319704492' post='1417356'] If people insist on buying level 42 records, this is what will come of it. [/quote]

[quote name='kevin_lindsay' timestamp='1319673971' post='1417231'] Chris says he plans to return to London every couple of months to provide his services for his London clientele. Not the same as him bring there every day, bit at least he doesn't plan to abandon his client base, which is good news. [/quote] That's a relief. And quite honourable. His work is really fantastic.

Very sad news.

For anybody wondering... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzDqqxKnW3o"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzDqqxKnW3o[/url] Mr Amazing lives up to his name at 2:08. If I played a Jazz I would want it to sound like that.

Silly question maybe, but I've never broken a limb - just how painful is it?