Cosmo Valdemar

A pretty rare egg, featuring a wonderful daydream of a bassline, perfectly suiting the song's summery meander. The bass player is Peter Giles, briefly of King Crimson, and on a glorious old Rickenbacker - either an early 4001 or more likely a 1999. Enjoy! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snwZ36EH6L4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snwZ36EH6L4[/url]

You are welcome to try mine, although it needs a setup and the strings are dead so it probably wouldn't give you much idea of what they are capable of

DeArmond Starfire bass - found in a junk/pawn shop in York in pristine condition. Sold to help fund a Spector Rebop which I didn't like at all sadly. Status Shark - passive with one shiny chrome pickup in the Aria SB/Rickenbacker position. Incredible clank and growl. Really miss this one, it was perfect for playing along to Fragile!

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1329590465' post='1544691'] I used to get them all the time - a combination of nail biting and working in retail - Constantly getting notes in and out of the till aggravates them no end! My tip would be to have a little bottle of tea tree oil about the place, one with the little wand thing attached to the lid. Squeeze out the nastiness from your finger then dab the oil on and the pain goes very quickly. [/quote] Would you believe within hours of posting this the exact same thing happened to my finger, for the first time in years?! Absolutely ridiculous.

[quote name='Pete Academy' timestamp='1329493138' post='1543350'] It's one of those bloody whitlow things. I get them fairly often but they usually clear up quickly. [/quote] I used to get them all the time - a combination of nail biting and working in retail - Constantly getting notes in and out of the till aggravates them no end! My tip would be to have a little bottle of tea tree oil about the place, one with the little wand thing attached to the lid. Squeeze out the nastiness from your finger then dab the oil on and the pain goes very quickly.

Too many to mention, but a few that immediately spring to mind are: Close To The Edge by Yes - Rick Wakeman's glorious 'Seasons of Man' organ solo - not just a thing of wonder in itself but how it enters after the vocal harmony build-up is bordering on perfection. Mustapha by Queen - About a minute or so into the song where suddenly everything just gets 'bigger'. If you know the track you'll get what I mean Oblivion by Mastodon - About halfway through the guitar solo when the key suddenly changes. Totally unexpected and quite breathtaking. And another vote for Genesis, this time for those huge Mellotron 'swoops' in The Fountain of Salmacis. Played at deafening volume by my Dad when I was a kid, it used to send me running from the room in terror.

New video by Sons of Merrick. I actually left the band last year but this track was recorded a couple of years back... So although I am not in the video that's me you can hear on bass. In fact, the first SoM album (which this song is from) is just being re-released in Japan, and the second album, recorded when I was still in the band, should be out over here soon. These things take time! Anyway, here 'tis. Enjoy! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl756PnleOI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl756PnleOI[/url]

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1329426726' post='1542453'] That's awesome man, never seen a bass tattoo quite like it! [/quote] Indeed. I came on here expecting a small bass clef hidden away somewhere. Bravo sir!

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1329327163' post='1540764'] Really?! I always thought that DM was played on the Steinberger?!?! [/quote] He didn't start playing the Steinberger until during the Signals tour - the compact design was handy when surrounded by his piles of keyboards. It's only appearance on record is on Grace Under Pressure. The Power Windows sessions were started with the Steinberger but after hearing the producer's Wal he re-recorded the bass parts with that.

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1329326003' post='1540737'] I think somebody posted the isolated bass track from 'Subdivisions' here quite recently....have to agree with many above - 'Signals' has some of his best Ric tones (that and 'Hemispheres'). I really like his Jazz tone on the recent 'Time Machine' live album. Agreed it has been a bright on some records, but it sounds good here. I've never been to big on the Wal sound, TBH....love the records (actually, love all the records!) but if I'm honest, Ged's best bass sound was the Ric, and one of the reasons I play one myself. I'd just love to hear how the Ric would have blended in on recent albums.....imagine it on 'Workin' Them Angels' and stuff.... [/quote] That was me I like all of Geddy's various bass tones, but I have to agree, the Rick was untouchable.

[quote name='endorka' timestamp='1329310168' post='1540370'] Also getting into Signals, so what bass is on that? :-) Jennifer [/quote] Signals is almost a 50/50 split between the Rick and the Jazz: Subdivisions - Rick The Analog Kid -Rick Chemistry - Rick The Digital Man - Jazz The Weapon - Jazz New World Man - Jazz Losing It - Not 100%, it's rumoured to be a different Rick model to his usual. Countdown - Rick If you listen carefully the two basses sound very different - The Rick is quite driven and very growly with a lot of mid punch. The Jazz is far cleaner and snappier. A lot of people comment on how the Rick and the Jazz sound almost the same in Geddy's hands, but listening to this record, the differences are clear. A lot of the confusion stems from Moving Pictures, where again both basses were used but they had so much distortion added in production that even Geddy struggles to recall which track is which. I think Geddy's Rick tone on this album is the best tone he ever put on record.

I once found a pristine DeArmond Starfire bass in a junk shop in York. Wish I still had it. The shop was just outsied the city wall somewhere, not sure exactly where but there is a building opposite with a large painted advert on the side for 'bile beans', whatever the devil they are. That's probably no help to the OP at all, but it just goes to show what you can stumble across if you keep your eyes peeled!

Excellent! I love that reunion bass. Never heard him play it though. Do you know if that Thumb is Jack's original one? It looks in very good condition.

At 30, I'm probably among the last age group to really 'do' record shops. I remember loooking for rare bootlegs at Kensington Market, or waiting a month for HMV to get in that single I ordered. Of course, you can find them in seconds on the internet, but it does take out a lot of the fun.