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    John Taylor Signature Dingwall Combustion

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    Posted · Edited by hiram.k.hackenbacker

    1 hour ago, markbunney said:

    Can I ask how much deposit you had to put down, and what the total was, when final payment was due?

     

    Thanks

    You can certainly ask, but I didn’t have a definitive answer at the time I paid my deposit, despite asking several times.
     

    I paid £250 on the understanding it was fully refundable, not knowing what the full price would be.

     

    I’ve since seen the FB post from BD stating the price will be £2500, which coincidentally marries up with the deposit being 10%. Why they couldn’t have been up front with that in the first place I don’t know.

     

    P.S. I received one of their daft open ended invoices with a pay by date of 13/5 and even I know the instruments won’t be shipped until

    the 3rd quarter of 2023 🤷‍♂️.

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    John Taylor Signature Dingwall Combustion

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    36 minutes ago, simisker said:

     

    I contacted BD earlier, and yeah... make that "at least two of them are spoken for" :D :)

    Good man 👏. Anyone else pulled the trigger? I don’t think I’ve ever put a deposit down on a bass without knowing what the balance will be. I’m excited to be back in the Dingwall ‘club’. I’ll replace the Sklar one day, but really looking forward to this now.

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    John Taylor Signature Dingwall Combustion

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Kev said:

    Think it's safe to say Bass Direct will have a few of them, probably worth keeping an eye out, or even hitting Mark up now if you're serious about wanting one.

    Bass Direct will be getting 10 of the 82. At least one of them is spoken for 😎.

    #officiallyoutofthe2023abstinence

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    John Taylor Signature Dingwall Combustion

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    20 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

    So it's question of unlocking the saddle and moving it manually? In that case IMO it's a terrible design. 

    I've only ever owned one Dingwall (a Lee Sklar Signature) but I never had the need to adjust it.

    If Sheldon's intonation video is anything to go by (accepting that it's the individual bridge piece design rather than what we have here) it suggests that once the locking screw is unlocked, the saddle can be moved back and forth easily and once it's in the correct place it can be retightened. Sheldon may be many things, but being terrible in the design phase is not generally one of them.

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    John Taylor Signature Dingwall Combustion

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    Just now, MichaelDean said:

     

    There has been talk of this bridge becoming the new standard and it being available for retrofit to existing Combustion/NG/D-Rocs. I emailed Bass Direct a while ago to see if I could get on a waiting list. They're saying they've heard nothing from Dingwall so far, or are keeping shtum. I'm hoping for a NAMM release 🤞🤞🤞

    I contacted them this morning and there’s no update.

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    What song are you learning?

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    Posted

    Learning a whole Queen set at the moment. We’re having to do it in chunks of 4/5 songs at a time as it’s too much to refine in one go.
    The current batch is Keep Yourself Alive, Another One Bites The Dust, You’re My Best Friend, Under Pressure and Now I’m Here.

    Under Pressure is no problem as I played it for years in a Bowie tribute. Another One Bites The Dust is not exactly taxing either.

    You’re My Best Friend is an interesting tune as per the studio recording, but John played a lot of the high stuff lower on Live Killers which is what we’re using as a template. Now I’m Here and Keep Yourself Alive we’re equally interesting. The guitarist properly has his work cut out for him, but he’s doing a fantastic job. He’s not that keen on playing the Brian May guitar he’s bought though. He’s ordered one of the proper expensive ones hoping it will be better. I’m sure it will be.

    Status Graphite 40th Anniversary are Live!

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    There is an update on the Status site....

     

    "We would like to thank everyone for the incredible response
    to our 40th Anniversary and Limited Edition 2000 basses.

    It may take a while to get all the basses allocated but I expect
    to be able to contact everyone later today or first thing tomorrow."
     

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    RICK STOLEN IN LONDON

    in General Discussion

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    23 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

    I had a message from the owner of the Rick...the bass has been returned to a lost property office and she has collected the bass.

    All is well and she is happy to have the bass back. 

    Ha ha. They thought they’d stolen a decent bass and were disappointed to find out it was a Rickenbacker 😂.

     

    (it’s a joke - I own one myself)

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    The Ultimate KISS Song Tournament

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, NancyJohnson said:

     

    I listened to the extended version of Destroyer earlier.  I'd concur there's an awful lot of fill in the home demos - it certainly would have been interesting to hear some of it done properly with Bob Ezrin.

     

    In hindsight, I think (for me at least) where things fall over are in the early studio albums; they sound very weedy and thin from a production perspective.  I'm way more familiar with the bombastic element of the live album versions (irrespective of how much of a product of the studio they are).

    I do love the live albums, even after finding out about the tinkering that went on.

    Agreed regarding the production of the earlier albums, but I do have a soft spot for Dressed To Kill though. 

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