Cosmo Valdemar

[quote name='Spoombung' timestamp='1403175690' post='2480442'] [/quote] Ha ha, I forgot about that one!

[quote name='dudewheresmybass' timestamp='1403103298' post='2479807'] I'm still enjoying mine too mate. I'm using it for more 'vintage' sounds, and it sits well in the mix. I switch the tone out though rather than using it at all Nice to see someone else is enjoying it and not dismissing ehx completely [/quote] The big question is, how does it compare to the Glove? I'm amazed at how many overdrive/distorion pedals EHX make. I'd love to give them all a spin.

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1403085526' post='2479531'] I've currently got a zoom b2.1, a precision, and a hartke hydrive 2 x 10 (which I find a bit "polite") - it has a sansamp patch but I dont know if this is realistic. thanks for your input [/quote] It doesn't matter if it's realistic or not - if it sounds good to you, it is good. Without replacing your amp with a full-valve jobbie, there are plenty of pedals about that will do a fantastic job a giving you a bit of grit. My personal choice is the Tech 21 Leeds pedal (Hiwatt emulation) - not hugely popular aomongst us bassists for some reason but they also do a VT bass pedal (SVT emulation) which is massively popular. I'm just not into the Ampeg sound.

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1402319059' post='2472027'] Id look at something like this maybe .. http://www.brimstoneaudio.com/crossover-distortion.html [/quote] That pedal is amazing and I need one.

To me, 'Alternative Rock' has always suggested moaning over single coils.

Well played that man!

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1402824666' post='2476991'] That looks pretty inoffensive to me - my only quibble would be that the straight lines and angles on the truss rod cover seem at odds with the otherwise curvy appearance [/quote] The shape's harmless enough. It's the eccentric tuner arrangement that pushes it into the odd. I'm sure there's a logic behind it though.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1402766651' post='2476673'] Wal or Alembics, dull and uninspired. [/quote] Bloody Fender ripoffs!

In purely musical terms, arguably[i] the[/i] finest British bass player. At least in the pop/rock world. Seriously.

I've only read bad things on TB I'm afraid...

Stars in Battledress played at the album launch of my last band. What relevance that is to anybody, I don't know. Break a leg tonight Kev. I will make it to a gig one day I promise - unfortunately a heavily pregnant wife means no evening hi-jinks for the next few weeks at least.

Trouble is, when you're playing it looks like you're hitching a lift... I remember Lindert. I think John Squire played one for a while (although I could be imagining that).

[quote name='Clarky72' timestamp='1402557436' post='2474677'] Thanks guys. I was thinking of getting the deluxe and ripping the wiring out and putting standard jazz wiring back into it, getting rid of the noisy active circuit, making if effectively just a jazz with a wonky body. [/quote] Jazzes have got wonky bodies already!

As a great man once said, "it's a strong feelings kidney, whichever way you slice it". I'm at work so can't check those clips above, but to my ears there is definitely an extra kick from the slabs - which weirdly was carried over to Frankenstein so I'm starting to believe it is all down to the neck. I've got Barry Matthew's Slab book and nearly all of the owners (or previous owners) interviewed seem to agree that they had that 'edge' tonally over the standard Precision of the time. There must be a way of organising some sort of test - same rig, EQ etc, standard Precision up against a Slab. Maybe suggest it to your friend Craig, Slab66?

I like it! Imagine it with a pair of proper chrome Thunderbuckers though...

I borrowed my mate's for a while and I liked it in passive but I didn't get on with the active side at all well... It felt a bit 'fake'. My mate has since sold it as he thought it sounded 'pissy' - strangely I know what he meant. Mind you, the current PJ ones are good! Modern Player I think.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1402391498' post='2472841'] My only disappointment was that the bass is lost in the mix on the Blu-ray, and they didn't do Carouselambra. [/quote] The bass really jumps forward when JPJ switches to the Fender. Funny that. Ah, Carouselambra... The ultimate example of a great song ruined by hideous production.

[quote name='3below' timestamp='1402431209' post='2473513'] Sounds like a great song title - when a tone pot dies... [/quote] [i]"When a tone pot dies, Lord, you know There ain't a sadder tale..."[/i]