AlexDelores

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I tried a Dingwall at the weekend and have to admit that I didn’t really enjoy or feel comfortable with the fanned frets. I don’t doubt it’s something I could get used to, but out of the gate i didn’t like it. Especially when trying to slap. I found the right hand felt like it was floating in space with the angle at the bottom of the neck… That said, my mate tried one and loved it so much he went home and ordered one. Each to their own. You can always return it if it’s not your thing but you won’t know until you give one a bash.

Yeah it is! That’s great, thank you 🙏

Hey all, I’ve got an issue with my Squier Jaguar. It had a loose jack socket and I’ve accidentally twisted the wireless while it was inside and it’s broken this cable off… I’ve never touched pickups or electrics on a bass before but I’d quite like to try and fix this myself as it’s a pretty cheap non gigging bass and, well I need to start somewhere… It looks like this little white cable is soldered from the jack socket to the pot that’s marked… Am I correct or have I got this completely wrong? Also, would I better stripping it off the control plate or just resoldering it in sitchu? Thanks in advance Alex

Very true. In honesty I thought it was a very nice bass. But, it didn’t feel like I was playing a £2k instrument. It felt no more inspiring than playing my Fender Mustang. Which, is a lovely bass to play. But is around 1/4 of the price. I also think the set up wasn’t amazing on the specific bass I played, even though it was on the Sandberg stand.

Crazy, my mate was trying out some Dingwals and I had a play on a 6 string. Sheldon was helping us out. Until I read your post, I didn’t realise that he owned the company 😂 Was hoping to catch Dave but didn’t get chance.

Funnily enough I tried my first ever Sandberg today at the Bass show and I was actually Surprisingly underwhelmed. But, it was during the amp less period so it was unplugged. Perhaps It’s unfair to judge it on this basis. But, it didn’t feel incredibly inspiring to noodle on.

Really good day. Nice to catch a few of you there today. Thanks to @walshy for letting play a couple of very, very nice P basses. Bass of the day was @Manton Customs short scale beaut. Very impressive! Time to save some pennies I think! Also pretty blown away by the AC guitars basses as well as meeting them both. Another highlight was catching Phil Mann trying out a couple of Anaconda basses and having a little chat. Superb player a lovely sounding basses!

Just landed here! What and what stand is it and I can try and grab some.

Actually, I now realise mine is a milestone 3 also not 2! 😂

The first bass I owned was a Peavey Milestone 2 which I still have. For a budget beginner pack bass it’s cracking! Funnily enough I’ve been listening to a band called Microwave a lot recently and really like his bass tone. I realised yesterday morning that he plays an old Peavey!

Really nice read that Rob! Glad you’ve found something that clicks.

Thanks, yeah I’m very happy with the mod!

Very very nice. I didn’t even realise they did a Kingman SS… Got to say, I’m getting very jealous of your bass collection John!

Yeah 👍

Have been to 2 gigs in 2 weeks, can you tell I’m not gigging at the moment? 😂 Last week was Corey Kent @ Birmingham Academy 2 with the fantastic Jordan Ray Landers on bass! Cracking show! Last night I re-lived my youth and watched Madina Lake @ The Asylum in Birmingham! Thoroughly enjoyed it and nice to see them back at it… Ruined a bit by a parking ticket on the van as I’d completely missed that the car park requires you to pay a full day fee for parking a van and I’d only paid 4 hours. Bit confusing as everything was out of order and the app has no van option. But, never mind… £60 into the idiot tax box.

Joel bought my TU-2 tuner pedal. Absolute gent to deal with. Great comms, fast payment and made the transaction a pleasure! Thanks Alex

Decided to upgrade the bridge and tuners on my Gretsch, to Gotoh to add a some tuning stability and, well I wanted black hardware. Absolutely fallen for this bass, it sounds and feels awesome for what I need. And, considering with the new bits it’s still only cost me around £350, it absolutely rips! I’m thinking I’d like to put some black Gretsch knobs on it now though… Does anyone have any kicking around they’d like to sell before I go to a certain Chinese distributor? This was my first time changing anything myself on a bass too, other than strings, strap locks and a basic setup and it went well with no swears. Only very slight annoyance is that the D string screw is fully extended and the intonation is very fractionally flat but there’s no more left on the screw. But, it’s fractions and un-noticeable to the average ear. Anyway, here it is with its new bits. Really pleased, quite like it without the pickguard too, but I like to stick my pick under it…. Maybe a RightOn strap with pick holders instead, and some new black pickup covers… Ah, it never ends 🥲🙏

I think if you own and play a bass for over 10 years, you’ll sincerely miss it when it’s gone. If there’s a genuine reason to get rid, i.e you solely play 5 string or short scale now, or the neck shape is causing you pain and so on, then move it on. Similarly, if you’ve only had it a couple of years and unsure of it then it’s probably not for you. Hate to say it but the internet (this forum especially) is generally the root of GAS. My suggestion is to stop watching YouTube videos of the T’Bird for a bit and more and you’ll likely stop lusting for one. For what it’s worth, I have a Mex Fender Jazz & a black Epi T’bird pro and as mentioned above, as fun as the T’bird is for 10 mins of fun, it’s massive and pretty uncomfortable to play unless you’re throwing it around a stage. If you’ve got only 1 bass, you can’t go far wrong with the Jazz. IMO of course. Alex On second thought, that’s very sensible of me, buy a Gibson.

Very nice that!

Think I’m may actually go for some Gotoh GB707 instead. My main concern was tuning stability rather than reducing weight and I can save about £20 on them against the licensed HS and they’ll already be a huge step up from the existing Chinese ones. Thanks for everyone’s help with this