Daz39

I find TB to be a slightly more big-headed version of here. You can find a lot (and very specific) information on any fx, amp, bass etc. you need - but for every actual expert who designed the thing posting some useful info, there are a dozen 'well I know how it really works' experts. Just ignore them! I do like that it's big enough and influential enough for manufacturers to appear: Sheldon Dingwall, Jim from Bergantino, all the Source Audio people, Doug from Darkglass etc. they are unfailingly polite and helpful. You can also get a far greater sample of reviews on any piece of equipment. There's also some good humour on there too - it only gets a bit silly, imho, on the 'how much is this bass worth? my neighbour's had it in his loft since '68,' threads, or the wall of pseudo-science that pervades the amplifier and speaker cab threads (oh no, that's not what dispersion does...)

Shimverb by err Mooer? Or similar. £20 on ebay often.

oooh. What's the giant green unit betwixt the C4 and the DG pedal?

You could put some pillows on the floor below the workmate gap?

Yeah, tax reasons in play here. Poor taste to do it like this too. People built these, and their work is being mocked.

Yeah, colour me surprised! still, sounds ace though...

I like that Music Map - very clever. I nominate The Tragically Hip and Rheostatics as new music for you.

Looks nice. Shiny and heftful - what's not to like!

There's a Bass Collection version on the Sims new shiny website. It's £325...

Ironically ; the perfect layout would be the Pro pedals they used to do with 6 presets in 3 switches. Even the series 2? had 4 presets in 2 switches. But then they had a lot of dials for tweaking and they're an odd size.

He does make some awesome noises - probably why SA hired him (he's also a whizz with the midi and editing lark and is very helpful (as all SA people are) if you have a query on TalkBass (boo, hiss!). It does look like a very fancy noise machine. I could cope with editing on the phone - not sure I have time and patience for setting up midi scenes and all that hub lark.

I watched the video with the 2 guys who thought they were funny and swore a lot. I watched bits of a couple of other videos, all of which did have some cool sounds. It looks very good indeed - like you say though there is a tricky gap between not wanting the hassle of midi and deep editing but needing to recall decent sounds without too much hassle - to get it all in the right sized box.

He’s even standing at the right angle!

Hmm - you do have a point. Perhaps some of it is the 'they're too big to fail, they can take it,' thing. However - partly it's the method. When you have angry videos and threats it puts the back up of users. If all they want to do is say mine, mine and keep their designs then they will find their customer base shrinking. I know plenty don't like change, but they are a dying breed because soon no one will remember a pre-CBS fender or a 70s Gibson because it will be 2055 and there will only be 39 copies in museums or private collectors' hands.

I am not sure it's that simple. Dingwall pay a license for every bass sold to the Novax family for the fan fret design. Perhaps they did ask Gibson if they could license the T-Bird design? Perhaps the original design was to their mind far enough different to be ok? I am not sold on the redesign, but that's partly because my brain is used to the old one. If the redesign had come out first I'm sure it would have been met with acclaim too. I don't see what Gibson are so mad about - Dingwall have taken a shape, and made a better bass. Would all of the D-Bird buyers have bought a T-Bird if there was no other option? I doubt it. Gibson ought to be asking Dingwall how they made it better and apply that to their own design, instead of churning out the same sub-par rubbish with a massive price tag and saying 'It's iconic.'

Yeah coz they're all here to buy YYZ pedals!! /snark

Just seen the D-Roc. Hmmm. Interesting. Bit like the new Sandberg shapes, might take time to get used to the look.

BFR - Bit F**kin Rich. How much?! It is lovely - roasted maple is awesome. It's about the only Bongo I've seen that looks nice enough to make me forget it's a toilet seat.

Yes - there is a lot of hand-wringing at the plight of small business but many traders, especially ones in construction and other trades do a great deal of the payments in cash for a '20% saving,'

New? They're going backwards - wasn't it SY-3 and SY-5 before?

I see the same with Artists on my fb feed, or friends who have friends who craft things (jumpers, cards, all sorts) - 'oh, I'll only pay you for the materials,' or 'I will share your work with all my twitter followers' (1,200 other skint losers?) etc. Pretty feeble attitude this is - it's up there with unpaid internships.

Hah - not you, I meant Bilbo showing off on a 7 Patitucci only needed 6!

Can someone hold @binky_bass's beer please?

3 pickups, win!