markbunney

Duran Duran put on a brilliant show tonight. John Taylor had a nice selection of Dingwalls which all sounded amazing. It was good to see and hear the Rio Dream bass in person, and now I wish I had ordered one 😭

Duran duran at the O2 on Tuesday. Hoping that JT has the Rio Dream bass

That’s very interesting to know. My cab is 8 ohms so not sure that would be suitable for me

Following, as also potentially interested in this amp

Thanks, I am disappointed as I really loved the sound of the distortion on this. I might try another AO500 when back in stock, or maybe even an AO900. I was looking at the AO900 but it was significantly more than the AO500 and I couldn’t really justify it

My new amp woes continue. This time the new Darkglass amp had developed a fault after only being used a couple of times. the light in one of the eq sliders has stopped working. I did have some reservations about the reliability of the amp before I bought it, and my concerns proved to be correct. back to the drawing board again. Ps the EQ settings in the picture are not what I would normally have - I was just seeing if any of the other sliders had a problem 😀

Thanks all for the responses, am going to pick up some thread lock and give the a try

Thanks. I have tried taking the backplate off as well, and holding the inside of the jack whilst I tighten the outside but it still came loose. this device is I think meant to only tighten the nut whilst holding the rest of the jack tight

Does anyone have any experience of using a jack tightener like the one pictured? The nut on the jack socket of my Duff Mckagen jazz bass special works itself loose (to the point of falling off) after every practice or gig. my boss wl20 transmitter is quite heavy as well which makes the problem worse. I am worried that by keep tightening it by hand, I’ll eventually twist/break one of the wires or connections that are attached inside. saw the jack tightener for sale and wondered if anyone had opinions before I got one

Yes agree the red is nicest . I think they would have been better to have matching headstocks across the range

I saw this on the FB page. I don’t like the green on the headstocks as much

Another one for sale, this one’s in Belgium https://reverb.com/uk/item/68014810-dingwall-john-taylor-2023-custom

That’s a cool looking bass

I think it’s a combination of the exchange rate and them adding some to the price. They don’t seem to be listed as an official dealer on the Dingwall website. the one listed on Reverb earlier in the week was from an official dealer in Netherlands, and that was working out around £2,800. The Reverb price said £2,440 but I don’t think it was fully accounting for exchange rate and VAT. I was hesitant in buying something of this value from outside of the UK. If there was ever an issue I could imagine it being a right pain to send it back.

Another European dealer has one for sale https://reverb.com/uk/item/68218707-dingwall-jt3-john-taylor-ltd-2023-rio-dream-pre-order quite a difference in price compared to the UK sale price. am holding out for a UK based one appearing for sale

What’s the band called, looks a great set up

Hopefully this will last longer than the Little Bass Thing did. Great first impressions. Will post more when have had chance to use it more

They’ve all gone now

Thanks

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

Dingwall posted a brief video of it from Namm, it looks amazing

I didn’t see myself, but someone in the Instagram comments said they were $2,700

It’s a shame there wasn’t more notice that these were going live for sale. Dingwalls latest Instagram post says the run is sold out, but a lot went to dealers. I wonder if any uk dealers got some?

Looking forward to seeing more detail about this

It was brilliant! it was our first gig as a band, and went really well. The pub was very busy and all the songs were very well received. the hire amp I used was fine as well, and i might hire it again for our next gig. I posted a few pictures in the how was your gig last night thread.