Machines

Subjective experience is totally valid. Mine is that unless it has at LEAST a 35", the B string lacks clarity/harmonics. I have also had 35" basses with a mediocre B however, which does suggest the scale length alone is not a guarantee.

Had my SP1 almost 2 months, the B string is outstanding (just not quite as good as a 37), however the multiscale means the higher strings still have warmth and aren't at all 'pingy'. I still have my D-Roc for the heavier side of things.

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I think the coincidentally humorous name was not an issue for musicians.

Supply and demand, i.e. D-Rocs are readily available. The Super P is new, more traditional and has sold out immediately, thus price increases are a safe bet for retailers (as well as some of the price increase being at source of production).

I am unsure of the costs of such a system, especially integrating with a guitar hangar ?

The logic behind this was to avoid printing off new label cards every few days, as prices are subject to regular change when price matching with online stores.

Yes, but not a physical store in the UK.

Firstly my sympathies are with any affected staff. However unfortunately I feel it was fairly predictable. I felt their stock was very mainstream and they became box shifters with very little USP. I have fond memories of the old Birmingham store and spent a lot of money there in the 2000s. Unfortunately this is a sign of the times, stores need a specialty and just trying to undercut other retailers is a race to the bottom.

I think they must have locked in a price for the first batch and prices went up following this.

Sounds great @Chadu25, I raised mine a fair bit too, as well as dropping pickups a few mm.

The songs we are playing are in Drop A on guitar (some are F#, where I use a detuner pedal), so for simplicity I just do the same - means I can get the low note in to match the guitar. My other band will be standard tuning.

First outing with a metal band in drop A, next week is a pop rock covers band. Nothing I can complain about - sounded huge.

It's actually Indonesia. Also all import Dingwalls are shipped to Canada for QC and setup before going out to stores.

Impossible to answer, I'd probably expect a smaller margin with little 'bonanza sale' wiggle room.