Cosmo Valdemar

[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?

[quote name='daz' timestamp='1318601704' post='1404229']I was watching the Old Grey Whistle Test, dvd boxset last night. One of the bands was[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argent_(band)"] Argent[/url], who performed the famous "God gave rock and roll" track in 1973 (this was the original, before Kiss carbon copied it. It was written by the singer from Argent's brother. I'll bet he's made a few bob from it over the years?) ][/quote] Kiss didn't 'carbon copy' it - they covered it, slightly rearranging the music and considerably changing the lyrics - dropping the bits about loving Cliff Richard.

My guitarist once forgot to bring my bass to a gig. I was not impressed. He reckoned it wasn't his fault.

[quote name='VTypeV4' timestamp='1318550438' post='1403757']One that musicians and none muso (but not engineers) types use: 'It sounds a bit tinny' That bugs the hell out of me.. Tinny? What!? Use your words to decrible what you're hearing. Last time i looked, a tin makes no sound at all unless struck and even then.. Stupid term and none descriptive![/quote] tinny - thin and metallic in sound; lacking resonance

A non-Basschat friend bought Geoff's Ibanez SR700, I acted as the negotiator. Geoff was great and easy to deal with throughout quite a lengthy transaction, and he was very understanding when we were delayed by traffic, roadworks and any other journey-related mishap you can imagine. The bass is superb and I wouldn't hesitate to deal with Geoff again.

Cheers Geoff, but me and L are just mates, as my wife will confirm!

String a 4 as BEAD? Works if you don't mind sacrificing the G from time to time.

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1317740012' post='1393951'] Or the sh*te bridge? [/quote] sh*te the bridge may be, but it is faithful to the original RD bass. I'd rather this than a generic Badass or something.