Cosmo Valdemar

The best cab I have ever had the pleasure of playing through was an old Mesa Boogie, part of the backline at a pub we used to regularly play. If my memory serves me correctly it had a 15", a 10" and a 6" - plus a horn. You could either run 2 amps into it, splitting the 15" from the others, or send one amp to all speakers. It was simply the best sound I have ever heard. I tried to contact the venue when I found out is was closing down but I was too late, it was already a Costa Coffee...

Hmmm... Tricky one. I think the style I have developed as a player can be most clearly traced from: The Who - Live at Leeds Black Sabbath - Master of Reality. In that, as hard as I try, I always find myself running about on little flights of fancy. Works well with one guitar player though, and I seem to have got away with it so far! There are countless other massive influences on my playing, but none so clearly apparent as these two.

Well that was fairly awful. Utterly unoriginal too - nothing I haven't heard 100 times already, and done with far more conviction. It sounded really lightweight too - not enough guitar. Zero effort, barrel -scraping.

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1359652392' post='1958307'] "Machete don't text" [/quote]

[quote name='bassman344' timestamp='1359582226' post='1957147'] I cant believe nobody has flagged this as a discussion point before. Class topic. I learned on a bass which was advertised in Kerrang magazine in the late 80s. I bought it around 1988/1989, the make was Axe. Any body suffer the same pain please let me know....! The ad in Kerrang was awful, bass being played by a huge bloke in a stage-esque setup - plugged into a battery amp 6 inches high with less power than a rooster fart. It was all I could afford at the time as I was working as a part time fish gutter ; and second choice as I wanted the Axe drumkit but my folks just said "not this side of eternity Ringo"; (it was probably crap as well). Looking back, bearing in mind I was literally just picking bass up from scratch - the sound was grim and never changed no matter what the tone control was set at, the bridge was held down by only four small screws (one in each corner) and when you brought it up to tune it came away from the body; I played out of tune as I learned on floppier strings than usual. The strap button on the top horn fell out after a month and got screwed back in to the back of the bass. I eventually stuck black insulating tape over the name on the headstock I was so embarrassed to be seen with it. I stopped short of wearing a brown bag over my head as I played it, but only because the drummer's kit was actually worse than my bass. I really wish I had a photo of my early garage days . . . .. . . . . .you would laugh your ass off. Especially at the night we were raided by the police following neighbours complaints; they just left after laughing at the singers bad Axl Rose copy of Welcome to the jungle. 1 - 0 to the NWOBHM My dad put me out of my misery after 12 months and picked me up from school and took me to the big guitar shop in the city and said pick one..... I got a gleaming frosted white Charvel/Jackson 4 string. Talk about parking a Robin reliant and driving away a Ferrari. [/quote] I used to lust after those Axe basses! Mind you, I was only about 7 at the time... Not a terrible bass by any means, but the worst bass I have ever owned was my Epiphone Thunderbird - lightweight and flimsy, lifeless tone. The neck was nice though.

I have 2 of the NEO 2x10s. Not a bad word to say about them. They are stackable in a few different arrangements too - I generally have them stacked upright, a vertical 4x10. They sound great with every amp I've used them with, and of course they work excellently with GK heads!

Looks a bit odd to me... Like the neck has been set too far into the body.

Leon Wilkeson didn't play bass on 'Pronounced...' - he left before recording and re-joined stright after. One of the guitarists covered the bass parts for the album. What help that is to the OP I have no idea. That whole album has a fantastic bass tone. I always assumed it was a Gibson, not sure where I got that idea though.

I had an NJ Mockingbird for a while, and an Eagle... I found the Mockingbird far more comfy to play, the Eage just didn't seem to hang right at all. The twin P arrangement gives a monster tone, I'm surprised it's not more common than it is.

I've just sold my Spector 5 string to Sam. Top bloke, knows his onions and plays for a damn good band to boot. Enjoy the Spector Sam!

Sold Chris my Spector Rex. Trustworthy BC'er, great comms throughout and very quick payment. Enjoy the Spector Chris!!