Bass Direct

[MungoBass]

8 minutes ago, IanA said:

This Dingwall must hold the record for heaviest bass ever produced 😂

Brilliant! 😀

[Daz39]

9 minutes ago, IanA said:

This Dingwall must hold the record for heaviest bass ever produced 😂

Heft!

[Frank Blank]

8 minutes ago, IanA said:

This Dingwall must hold the record for heaviest bass ever produced 😂

 

That's only when 'un-inflated'. It has hollow chambers that, once filled with helium, reduce the weight to just under seven tonnes.

[Ed_S]

I dunno.. 35 foot scale length - that's got to weight a bit?

 

[ped]

6 minutes ago, Ed_S said:

I dunno.. 35 foot scale length - that's got to weight a bit?

 

Quite unwieldy to play too - leads to lots of Wall dings 

[binky_bass]

11 hours ago, ped said:

Quite unwieldy to play too - leads to lots of Wall dings 

Get out... get out now. 👉🏼

[40hz]

12 hours ago, IanA said:

This Dingwall must hold the record for heaviest bass ever produced 😂

Is it any good for metal though, if it's that heavy?  . . .  Oh wait it's a Dingwall - as you were!

[petecarlton]

Looking at their latest newsletter, they're no longer saying the new website will be up and running by the end of January - I can't say I'm surprised, must be a helluva task

 

 

 

 

to spell everything correctly!

[Mike]

2 hours ago, petecarlton said:

Looking at their latest newsletter, they're no longer saying the new website will be up and running by the end of January - I can't say I'm surprised, must be a helluva task

 

 

 

 

to spell everything correctly!

And this is incredibly minor but I see it *everywhere* now...it's 'first come, first SERVED', not 'first come, first serve'!

 

Grrr!

[fleabag]

" Be quick - only 207 left "

[Ralf1e]

9 hours ago, fleabag said:

" Be quick - only 207 left "

Buy it now while SOCKS last

[mowf]

Really sorry if this has already been covered somewhere in the previous 23 pages, but how do I go about entering the sweepstake for when the new BD website will go live?

I've got November.

 

2024.

[MungoBass]

11 minutes ago, mowf said:

Really sorry if this has already been covered somewhere in the previous 23 pages, but how do I go about entering the sweepstake for when the new BD website will go live?

I've got November.

 

2024.

You will need to state a day in November.  According to their website the only day left for your guess is 31st! 😀

[Clarky]

Another faulty listing. They have a fretless Hofner violin bass listed, which I was quite interested to read about as I have never seen one before.

 

Link:

 

And here is where you end up when clicking on link (specs underneath mention number of frets etc 🙄)

 

 

Edited January 30, 2023 by Clarky

[mcnach]

16 minutes ago, Clarky said:

Another faulty listing. They have a fretless Hofner violin bass listed, which I was quite interested to read about as I have never seen one before.

 

Link:

 

And here is where you end up when clicking on link (specs underneath mention number of frets etc 🙄)

 

 

 

It's just to make sure you know what you're not getting.

[EBS_freak]

You've got all this wrong. Bassdirect's website inaccuracies is a ploy to drive people to the site. People beach on here and click on the links or go to the website to see for themselves. If there's anything that people like to do, it's point when somebody is wrong. Drive up the traffic, up goes your google ranking.

 

Win/win.

 

(Of course, we all know this isn't really the plan... but it's benefiting them through fluke rather than judgement)

[yorks5stringer]

4 hours ago, Clarky said:

Another faulty listing. They have a fretless Hofner violin bass listed, which I was quite interested to read about as I have never seen one before.

 

Link:

 

And here is where you end up when clicking on link (specs underneath mention number of frets etc 🙄)

 

 

You need to stop fretting about stuff like this

[Steve Browning]

18 minutes ago, yorks5stringer said:

You need to stop fretting about stuff like this

Let it slide.

[Clarky]

Mwah ha ha

[EBS_freak]

C'mon, we don't need bumps.

[jonno1981]

21 hours ago, EBS_freak said:

You've got all this wrong. Bassdirect's website inaccuracies is a ploy to drive people to the site. People beach on here and click on the links or go to the website to see for themselves. If there's anything that people like to do, it's point when somebody is wrong. Drive up the traffic, up goes your google ranking.

 

Win/win.

 

(Of course, we all know this isn't really the plan... but it's benefiting them through fluke rather than judgement)

Reading between the lines, I think you’re spot on!

[Guest]

For the third and last time, used Bass Direct to sell a sub-£500 bass. Once again, a breezy, frictionless experience. I like that they're honest and realistic about suggested pricing. I would have undervalued two of them and overvalued the other.

[Tait]

Has anyone been able to get through to BassDirect recently? I ordered a pre-amp and pickups at the start of January. They pretty quickly sent the preamp but not the pickups. After several messages following up with them they finally told me at the end of Jan the pickups wouldn't be ready until March. I asked if it would be ok to cancel the order and return the preamp. They said yes (although tried to talk me out of it as March is only "a few weeks" away, ignoring the fact it was 1-2 months depending on when in March and I'd already been waiting a full month), but since then they have been ignoring all of my emails asking for an address to return the preamp and when I can expect my refund. I'm worried I'm going to receive the pickups in March and be stuck with them. 

 

Is it worth trying to refund the order through PayPal, or wait to hear from BassDirect?

Edited February 16, 2023 by Tait

[cetera]

Not to be difficult... but surely you know their address to return the preamp? Send it back with a print copy of email conversation and ask for a refund asap.

[mowf]

I expect they're all busy putting the finishing touches to the new website.