Bigwan Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 I've been aware of Dave for some time but he always seemed fairly harmless. Was just watching something else and one of Dave's videos appeared in "Up Next" with him looking at a MIM '57 RI P bass. After about a minute I started skipping through the rest of the video (and his 3 subsequent videos about the same bass) to just confirm my opinion. This man is an absolute idiot! It is a real worry that people would watch his output and take him seriously... Opinions?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIG1ejlk-18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDave Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 He can't be all bad, after all, he is a Dave! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted November 3, 2017 Author Share Posted November 3, 2017 (edited) I know many fine Dave's. I believe he's only the 2nd I've encountered to truly let down all the other Dave's who share the wondrous name of Dave... Edited November 3, 2017 by Bigwan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentalextra Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 What have you taken offence to? Are you a Rick fan by any chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted November 3, 2017 Author Share Posted November 3, 2017 Totally not a Rick fan (although I had my first positive Rick experience recently I would never own one). It's the total inaccuracy of his content that offends me really, from "this bass won't work with these strings" to setting the action of the bass by measuring the radius on top of the strings... I have my doubts that there was anything wrong with the pickup in the bass since it was fine except for the tone control. Does sound good with the Bill Lawrence in there though! But it looked like he was happy to leave the bass with the pickguard up in the air... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groove Harder Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 The guy does come across as a bit of an arse to be fair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilebodgers Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Dave is great, I have followed his videos since 2013. He is quite opinionated and does take the pi55 constantly though, so he is an acquired taste. He doesn't show everything in every video, so there are often jumps in the sequence of work - after you watch quite a few you'll see it all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 He's fine. The way he talks you'd have to take everything he says with a pinch of salt. That or you'd need to declare yourself incurably gullible. If he spoke with received pronunciation then he'd be dangerous. Heeheehee, like Valerie Singleton with a blunderbuss. I do agree though that it is worrying if people take what they see on YT seriously, your good self excepted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiceSociety Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 I'm a bit of a fan to be honest. I learned a lot about setting up guitars, and it was his videos which first gave me the confidence to tackle my own basses after my local music shop made a balls up of it. I find him quite entertaining too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 [quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1509725187' post='3401232'] He's fine. The way he talks you'd have to take everything he says with a pinch of salt. That or you'd need to declare yourself incurably gullible. If he spoke with received pronunciation then he'd be dangerous. Heeheehee, like [b]Valerie Singleton[/b] with a blunderbuss. I do agree though that it is worrying if people take what they see on YT seriously, your good self excepted. [/quote] Now I'm confused: thought he was Dave not Blue Peter.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 [quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1509727465' post='3401252'] Now I'm confused: thought he was Dave not Blue Peter.... [/quote] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok6TL1jYfGE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivem Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 [quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1509717923' post='3401166'] This man is an absolute idiot! It is a real worry that people would watch his output and take him seriously... Opinions? [/quote] I'm not sure I'd go as far as calling him an absolute idiot! He can BBQ a steak, that's for sure! Is he 100% accurate with everything he says and does.... No.... Does he normally end up with a good result... Yes! I watch the "Pretend-o-caster" video at least once a week. It's probably my favourite Dave video. Has me in stitches every time I watch it. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0hlbXFQaXM"]Fender Pretendocaster Setup[/url] DISCLAIMER: I'm wearing a "Dave's World of Fun Stuff" T-shirt whilst typing this. LOL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivem Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umf7-57-tXo]Best of Dave's World of Fun Stuff (Funny Moments)[/url], also worth a watch if you've not seen it.... LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzbass Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Dave? Dave's not here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopsdabassist Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 hmmm....Is Vic There? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI22vpZ5ztQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 [quote name='clivem' timestamp='1509755878' post='3401501'] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umf7-57-tXo"]Best of Dave's World of Fun Stuff (Funny Moments)[/url], also worth a watch if you've not seen it.... LOL [/quote] That gave me some LOLs, ROFLs, and LMAOs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 [quote name='bazztard' timestamp='1509761696' post='3401518'] Dave? Dave's not here [/quote]Excellent memories sir! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtDAK7Umk7A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBus Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 http://youtu.be/WtYZLOh7rxQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 I was about to say I liked the Dave channel because it was funny then I looked up DaveTV. Mistake. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n5N32loMnY [size=2]Your Dave search results may vary.[/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Dave can be quite funny - particularly liked his Rickenbacker & Ibanez Rickenfaker vids. Not entirely sure what's the joke about the Strat copy though - actually looks like quite a nice Partscaster someone's put together but lacked the skills (and string trees!) to set up properly. Dave seems to imagine a Fender sticker would automatically make it better though. Continuing the topic of loudmouth Canadians who polarise opinions, I can wholeheartedly recommend [url="https://www.youtube.com/user/SpectreSoundStudios"]Spectre Sound Studios[/url] - particularly if you're an easily offended metal bassist. NSFW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 People tend to like these rant type video bloggers until they pick on the thing they like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted November 4, 2017 Author Share Posted November 4, 2017 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1509798972' post='3401720'] People tend to like these rant type video bloggers until they pick on the thing they like. [/quote] I didn't really hear any ranting, just utter nonsense being talked... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Dave's branching out into giving cooking advice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbZLXMGRy1M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megallica Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 I stumbled across his videos when I was looking for YouTube videos of vintage Ibanez basses. I’ve followed his videos for 4/5 years now and really enjoy them. To each their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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