Martyn R

Yeah go fan fret, just play a few easy tunes or scales to get the feel of it. I dabbled with an Ibanez BTB805MS that was really good to be fair. Sold it without blowing too much, £200 I think, and I just bought a Dingwall. Like everyone says, they are just awesome. I kind of regretted selling the Ibanez but it's a distant memory now the Dingwall is here.

Caribbean Queen - Billy Ocean

"If you sent me a bass with a low action I’d be over the moon" Me too, talk about living the dream...

Hi Ash no probs at all, maybe next time!

Some belters in there 🤣

Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley - Kingston Trio

Yes that's what I'm going to do now but I was pressed for time this week. Maybe try Andertons in 3 weeks time when I have a bit of spare time.

Last year I ordered an Ibanez that turned up virtually unplayable , like 4.5 - 5mm action and intonation out, only slightly but enough to bug me. I don't expect a 1 1/2 hour set up or plek or whatever on a thousand quid bass, but I'd at least fancy not having to wrestle with it. I got the feeling they were having a laugh and wound out the saddles to max height as a FU gesture for asking do they check the set up. Turns out I got it sorted after a while setting up and the bass was otherwise immaculate. Ok, Sorted moved on. So back to this week; I've been thinking for a while let's see what all this Dingwall fuss is about so asked a few questions on a NG3 5 string in black (that appeared to have been in a while). I asked what year it was, does it have a nice low action and is it definitely new and not a return. The answers were: not sure what year it is, possibly a 2024, yes Dingwalls can achieve a low action and no mention of the new/return. I sort of got the impression they aren't that bothered about selling Dingwalls. I thought mmm, OK we'll let things ride and go with the flow. Hit checkout then up pops the £15 delivery charge. On a 2300 quid item, really??? All the little snags I'd forgotten about suddenly came rushing back to me and I thought I'm out. Don't know if I'm being a little too arsy or whether music shop staff are right and the customer is always wrong...

I just bailed out on a £2300 Dingwall with Bass Direct. At checkout they wanted to charge £15 delivery to South Yorks. Not a major problem in itself but it spooked me enough to instantly snap out of my little bubble, seeing as I was already a bit nervous about dealing with them.