Cosmo Valdemar

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1352329333' post='1861924'] What exactly do Gibson have against chrome pickup covers and hardware these days? [/quote] They sound (and look) good.

I've just spent a lovely morning at Lozz's place, discussing all things Precision and fiddling with pedals... I could have cheerfully stayed all day, Lozz is a top bloke. I also came away with the Markbass amp he had up for sale on here. As before, the amp is in virtually pristine condition, very well looked after. Lozz even knocked off a few quid as he didn't need to post it. A great chap to deal with. Thanks Lozz!

I'll leave it a while before I contact him about making me a new scratchplate then... Glad to hear all's well.

Very helpful thread, this.

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1351690858' post='1854201'] A local venue used to use an ashdown mag 600 through an ashdown mag 4x10 and the sound was pants (farting speakers). They changed the cab to a ampeg SVT classic 4x10 and now the sound is fantastic. So my advice is to get an ashdown amp but if you already have a decent ampeg 6x10 stick with it and see if you like the sound before you spend money on an ashdown 4x10 because an ashdown amp and ampeg speakers are a good combination. [/quote] I had the exact opposit experience - to my ears, Ashdown amps really don't sit well with Ampeg cabs. They make the sound a lot duller, a lot less top end. Mind you, that might be the sound you're after - I was going for the full-on, Entwistle treble and grind tone so it didn't meet my needs. I owned both the ABM 8x10 and 4x10 - same basic sound from both, although the 8x10 has that irresistable advantage of being higher so is much easier to hear and feel during a gig.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1351685456' post='1854101'] A few EHX ones do, try POG, HOG and even the Microsynth. Also a couple of Boss pedals will do it, as well as the Foxrox Octron [/quote] I used a Micro Pog once that was lying around the studio. With the higher octave setting at the same level as the dry signal it pulled off a very convincing 8-string impression... Very impressive. Cue band jam of Achilles Last Stand.

[quote name='Spoombung' timestamp='1351277065' post='1849696'] They're fine. People talk enormous twaddle about their soulless sonic quality but they produce a nice even spectrum of sounds often requiring no EQ unlike other makes. Particularly underrated are the HZs - the passive models. [/quote] This. I love the HZs in my old Spector NS2000 - in fact I probably prefer the tone I get from it to the various Euro Spectors I've owned over the years. They're running at 9v - I've certainly never felt the need to upgrade in any way.

[quote name='basskit_case' timestamp='1351514747' post='1851960'] Went looking for more info on this pedal and it looks like Ashdown have canned it. The pedal is in their archive and appears to be no longer in production, [url="http://www.ashdownmusic.com/bass/detail.asp?section=pedal&ID=276"]link.[/url] [/quote] Oh dear, this one sounded promising.

Done it for years, never had any problems. Why the aversion to down tuning? A P bass in drop D is a brutal experience!

I have a longhorn from a few years ago - if this Wild Thing is anything like it (and the hardware looks the same) it will sound excellent. My only qualm with the longhorn is it is inherently quite fragile, and is very easy to knock out of tune. I wouldn't fancy gigging with it, but I love the sound - very aggressive twang, and surprisingly deep and heavy. Drop tuned to C, it sounds immense. I agree they are a little overpriced, but Danelectro seem to produce each line in limited numbers. I had a hell of a time trying to locate a Dano 12 string a couple of years back.

[sub]I think I was looking at the wrong issue... [/sub]

1) Starless - King Crimson 2) Crown of Thorns - Corrosion of Conformity 3)Black Diamond - KISS 4)Apercu - Kansas 5)Ritual - Yes 6)Dirty Boy - Cardiacs 7)Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd 8)Unicorn - Gojira 9)Drivin' - The Kinks 10)Lilywhite Lilith - Genesis I would happily get up and play those!

This would probably do better in the For Sale section...

Agreed, great tone. AFAIK the first album was recorded with an Ibanez Expressionist bass - similar to this one: [url="http://www.guitarcenter.com/In-Store-Used-USED-IBANEZ-TR-EXPRESSIONIST-BASS-TR500-SUNBURST-107796401-i2539576.gc"]http://www.guitarcenter.com/In-Store-Used-USED-IBANEZ-TR-EXPRESSIONIST-BASS-TR500-SUNBURST-107796401-i2539576.gc[/url] I think the G & Ls came along later. Wish I knew what distortion pedal he used though!

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1348692947' post='1817112'] In fairness,the October issue is the best for a ages (I think)...except for the glaring spelling error on the cover . [/quote] Ok, I give up - where is the spelling error?

[quote name='dmz' timestamp='1350689702' post='1842468'] Seems to me there would also be a reasonable market for a slab bodied P-bass a la John Entwistle - given Fenders propensity for coming up with all manner of permutations of things - this surely has to be high up there ? Maybe it will remain an expensive Custom Shop option for the well heeled amongst us. [/quote] I've been saying this for years. I bet they would just throw on a standard P pickup though.