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1 hour ago, Woodinblack said:

 

Are they though? Ian isn't on the spector featured artists lists (I notice that guy pratt is, and I have only seen him once play a spector, its normally his pink fender). Scott has a signature overwater. Also both of them are already working for his company and it is quite clear they are working for that.

I’ve seen Guy Pratt with his Spector. 
And his pink Fender. 

3 hours ago, SteveXFR said:

 

You mean like every to Scott Devine picks up a Fender or his mate, Ian with a Spector?

But he said that the Rickenbacker is the best bass. 

15 hours ago, binky_bass said:

If you remove one letter from each word you'd have 'Anus Asses'. There, it's been said. 

So, is relicing one equivalent to scratching your ass?

1 hour ago, SteveXFR said:

Celebrities who are famous for being famous and nothing else. Ive had the misfortune of meeting a few and my daughter met several when she worked in a posh restaurant. What a bunch of entitled butt holes. They expect everyone to know them and worship their talentless, cosmeticaly enhanced air headed wonder.

Sounds perfectly rational to me.

Oh, and bloody "influencers"!

5 hours ago, roger said:

the phrase: 'if you know you know'

 

3 hours ago, rushbo said:

I'm not a man with violent tendencies, but there is something about that ghastly phrase that makes me grateful that my wife has hidden all the sharp objects in our house. 

I sometimes respond with "I don't know, so I'll just sod off then!".

Curious.

Did you get my reply to your dm?

I just added @cetera to that conversation.

I've received the pm and replied.

16 minutes ago, SumOne said:

"AI slop hits new high as fake country artist goes to #1 on Billboard digital songs chart" 

 

https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/10/ai_country_artist_hits_number_one/

 

 

I wonder if we'll get to a point where the AI system that made the music will want to be credited as the song creator and get the Royalties.

TBH Country is so formulaic that it doesn't surprise me it could be auto-generated.

I hadn't heard of them before this one.

I thought they were doing Northern Lights with this one.

And I wonder if they've heard Kayleigh?

https://youtu.be/2FHhMS43fjY

4 hours ago, juanbcn83 said:

Wow, as far as I know he plays with Dingwall now.

 

Curiously my Sandberg is his model, the Enigma 5 strings and I couldn't be happier.

 

In my opinion Sandberg has a "vintage" sound but a little more aggressive, due to the humbucker in the bridge pick up I guess, but is a bass that works for me in every situation.

Yes - I played his Dingwall last weekend at the Bass Bash.

He also brought along his Sandberg (a black fretless) and said he's really not playing it and so was looking to sell it.

I'm not sure if the word it out, but at the SE Bass Bash Chris Childs said he's selling his Sandberg fretless.
I had a quick go on it and it's a really nice bass (but I don't need another fretless).

2 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

 

How wide is the neck on those, should I ever find one at what I would consider a reasonable price?

 

 

I had one; the neck is wider to keep the string spacing.

I would've preferred it to have a narrower neck and closer strings.

I have to say I played another Dingwall recently and it sounded a bit generic.

10 hours ago, Wolverinebass said:

Absolutely nothing. It's a standard 3 pickup Dingwall with active and passive circuit.

8 hours ago, cetera said:

Actually it has a Neve preamp, rather than the Darkglass..... and sounds much better as a result.

And I liked it! 🙂

3 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

 

Whats so special about it?

It was nice to play.

He says that he just takes that along to sessions now rather than 4 basses.

It's got a block of three pickups which can be switched into various combinations.

29 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

 

Maybe that was my problem with the Dingwall - I never found the great sound!

I'm thinking about buying one like Chris Childs'.

3 hours ago, Sean said:

Nooooo. Don't! We'd have to do a 50 page thread on recutting brass nuts!

Hehe - it's just you mentioned Ian Hill...

20 minutes ago, Sean said:

 

I’m sure Gary will chime in soon but, yes. The Desert Island is what I think is "Ian HIll", my Peacock is the more standard “meaty” carve. The CRFM I’ve got is skinnier than the IH (but not Doug-like, more like the Tobacco Kramer) and I’ve got a 2018 LX EX (Zebra) that is like a baseball bat. Fortunately, I get on with most profiles unless they're super skinny or ridiculously big. I don’t think I’d get on with a DW.

Is it tuned BEAD?

37 minutes ago, Phil Starr said:

Orange did but it is slightly bonkers for a portable cab. You get the cost and weight of a 2x12 but the output of a 1x12.

 

Cab size is slightly more complex. You can increase the size of the cab and change the tuning but it get's increasingly hard to have a flat response. That's the short version btw, I'm happy to do a longer explanation but it would be moderately technical and potentially very long. Worth a question in amps and speakers maybe but a bit ao a thread de-rail. Good to meet you on Sunday btw

Sure - just thinking aloud about how many cabs we could fit on a stage!

Maybe a bass horn too!!!

(Only kidding; yep, great to meet!)

One more for the roll of honour: @police squad for providing the PA.

It was really quite participatory this event, which is rather excellent on the part of all involved!

Oh, and the things like tidying up, stacking the chairs, winding my mains extension leads back onto their reels didn't go unnoticed! 🙂

I'm just tucking into a slice of cake to round off lunch...

FYI, the way we sorted out the cost of the CostCo run was I charged the takings pro-rata for what was used (eg. 50% of the cost for half a cake having been scoffed) and then what was left remained mine (including the slice I've just had).

A piece of cake, so to speak!

There were a load of cups/plates/wooden cutlery left over, so they've got to @NancyJohnson's for future use; they now belong to the charity and will either appear at next year's event or other suitable activities.

47 minutes ago, Phil Starr said:

If anyone wants to build the 8" design it is here. It works as it is but we are tweeking the design by a couple of mm to make panel cutting a bit easier. the designs should be tweaked in the next few days.

 

Heaven knows how BassChat chose a pic of a different cab to show

 

 

 

It'd be interesting to see smaller drivers in larger cabs, ie. is the bass response due to the cab size or the driver.

There's also the question of isobarik loading - I think Orange did that in some cabs.

Yes - a big thanks to @Mike Brooks: hosting those talks was a big contribution to the success of the day.

That was a fun day out!

Very enjoyable speaking by the speakers (and about the speakers!).

I got to meet some great folks and play some rather nice basses. 
 

I thought it had already been figured out that shimming wasn’t going to do anything, because the neck and bridge both sit on the same plank of wood; it’s a bit like a dog chasing its tail.

As far as options go, it’s been suggested to check whether the plank is flat or is bending (either around the truss-rod cutout or the pickup bay); if it isn’t flat then that’s probably the underlying issue. 
The option of lower bridge saddles might be worth investigating.