Cosmo Valdemar

Inspired by a magazine that fell out of the Sunday papers, I once felt compelled to compose a rock opera based on the stages and developments of a woman's breasts. I vivdly recall the magazine being arranged in sections that suited the genre perfectly, e.g., "Chapter 6 - The Sagging Breasts of Old Age". Alas I never got round to it, and the magazine, long since lost. Good luck with your endeavours.

The trailer looks hilarious. I'm not a huge fan of Cream but I can't resist a good music doc, particularly one about such a character. "I'm gonna put you in f*****' 'ospital!"

[quote name='sprocketflup' timestamp='1369172833' post='2085940'] Mick Karn did play some stuff fro Kate Bush yes. Not sure about Gilmour playing fretless tho. My personal fave bass player of Kates is John Giblin, his fretless work is just sublime, a joy to (try and) play. [/quote] i think Eberhard Weber played on Hounds of Love as well... And Youth.

I can't afford it but luckily my Dad got us tickets as a surprise... O2 Arena, Friday - floor seats too!

You're in good company, Jack Casady loves his as well. Lovely little basses for the money.

It's a strap button. At least, I think that's what they were... Older Fenders had them, as do the reissues of course.

I am the one who nabbed Chris' Mesa Boogie cab. I've had dealings with Chris before and can only echo what has been said on here many times already - he's a real class act and a proper gent. Again our meeting was short and sweet due to pressing circumstances. I feel obliged to buy something else in future so we can meet again in a more relaxed setting. Cheers for the cab Chris!

If your preference is for ultra-modern clear as crystal tapping sounds, the Ashdowns may sound to your ears, 'wooly'. It is true, their natural tone tends to err on the warm and valvey side, but they are very versatile. I toured with an ABM 500 and matching 8x10 for years and I would not tolerate a wooly, indistinct amp. It's becoming quite a lazy stereotype, almost up there with 'Rickenbackers have no bottom end' and 'Gibsons sound like mud'. It's all swings and roundabouts. I dislike Ampegs. And the much admired Genz-Benz Streamliner, for example, sounded awful to me when I played through it - [i]in my own style[/i] - but I don't doubt for a moment it is a very high class and high quality amp. It just doesn't suit me. Everyone's style and ears are different, and nobody is right or wrong.

Although saying that, I did once own a Rickenbacker 4004 that I returned after 3 days as the neck was seriously uncomfortable - it just felt fat and shapeless. I knew I wouldn't get on with it so back it went. That was the exception.

I don't think I've ever played a neck I consciously found to be uncomfortable, but wafer thin necks - like my old Rick 4001 and Geddy Lee Jazz - tend to give me cramp after a short period of playing. That said, I'm with Lozz on this one - a good Precision just feels like 'home'.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1368118539' post='2073490'] Ben you had to ask - now if they turn out to be reasonable, I will be in a quandry........ [/quote]

This thread is cryptic to the point of sinister.

So how much are they?

If nothing turns up you are welcome to borrow my rig, Markbass head and mesa cab, provided you can get round to Dartford to collect... Also the cab's pretty big so if you've got a little car it might not be doable. But the offer's there!

'Interesting' fact - Fragile was the first album to feature Squire running his bass in stereo, i.e. sending each pickup to separate amps. On previous albums, he was still running two amps but split the mono signal from the bass.

I've got a couple of Spectors, might as well go to the original