hiram.k.hackenbacker

4 minutes ago, walshy said:

What's the weight? ( Bank is hoping its 5kg plus 🤣 ) Lovely looking bass man

Right up your Straße mate.

Bought a pedal from Adam last week.

Great pedal and received very quickly as well as being packaged very well.

Thoroughly recommended seller. Thanks again mate.

I really must get one for mine. I really don’t like the gig bag that came with it. Makes storing it very awkward.

@kungfuzulu - not sure what your budget is, but this is available. Absolutely mint. I bought it for a project that should of, but didn’t happen.

Never gigged or rehearsed even and rare as rocking horse poo in this colour.

@AndyTravis - I'm not sure how much commission you charge these days, but I've just paid for this 😎

Hi Adam. I'll have this if it's still available.

If it was close to me, I would go and check it out and pay the seller for you if it looked sound.

I've done similar before.

Basic price for my spec was $3,700. I think I’ll pass on that.

I got my first real five-string
Bought it at the five and dime
Played it 'til my fingers bled
Was the spring of 1996

It doesn't have quite the same ring to it 😎

1 hour ago, chyc said:

Do you not even take the strings off to clean the fingerboard?

As @BigRedX said, I’ll give the fingerboard a wipe if I change the strings.

I would never take the strings off just to clean the fingerboard

On 13/02/2024 at 13:07, chyc said:

Surely I'm not the only person who changes strings back and forth

Erm, I think you might be one of a small select group 😎

Mine stay on until they fall off.

I clicked 'watch item' on eBay and I received a message from the seller with a special offer for this bass!

Apparently it has 'got that lovely grumbly tone'. If only I had the spare cash 🤷‍♂️

I see he’s still advertising his books in his instrument listing despite being warned not to.

Report the listing. If we all do it, he might get the message.

On 16/03/2024 at 13:45, gemdids said:

I really love how he sharpies the date on the headstock, really sets those wonky tuners off a treat. 

You win for the oversized signature photo of the month 😎

The Aristocrats. Complete with rubber chicken & pig solo.

That’s awful news. Came close to buying a few of his over the years. Had excellent taste in basses. RIP.

2 hours ago, Harlequin74 said:

Whats the tone like with the new preamp?

1 hour ago, mattbass6 said:

That is stunning @hiram.k.hackenbacker 🤩 So very, very envious. I wish I could have got one. Enjoy, and look forward to hearing your thoughts on it once you have plugged it in 🫡

I've had to force myself to put it down as I need to go to bed (up early tomorrow).

I've only played it on my headphone practice rig, but so far I'm really impressed with the Neve pre-amp.

The bass sounds decent enough in passive mode, but I can't say I'm ever going to gig that way.

The controls are: volume/4 way pick-up selector (bridge solo/bridge middle series/bridge neck parallel/neck solo)/master tone/bass/treble.

There are centre detents on the bass and treble, so that seems to be cut and boost for both.

The master tone control is the one where the magic happens though and not a hint of hissiness when it's wide open.

It's a lovely full sounding pre and combined with the extended scale on the E and A it produces a sweet punch.

I can see I'm going to have to buy a few sets of the nickel Dingwall strings for future use.

The case, or gig bag, is actually of nice quality. It's pretty close to the standard of my Mono bags.

It's the first 4 string Dingwall I've owned (I've had a 5 string before) and I honestly didn't even notice the fan frets.

It's slightly different with a 5, but I'd say anyone considering a fan fretted 4, don't be put off.

All in all, I'm very happy with it.

Anyone else received theirs yet?

28 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

Worth the wait I dare say 

I haven't had a chance to plug it in yet, but it feels great in the hand.

Just arrived. It's great to have a Dingwall back in the fold.

Number 25 of 82.

Set up beautifully right out of the box.

Thanks to Bass Direct for a super fast turnaround

Just had a call from Bass Direct. Arriving there tomorrow. All paid up. Should receive mine on Friday.

Just had a call from Bass Direct. Arriving there tomorrow. All paid up. Should receive mine on Friday.

59 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

Will do, thinking of the St Albans one as it`s just down the road from me.

For memory, so I may have this wrong, I think St.Albans is one of the shows @cetera won’t be at.

Apologies if I’ve got that wrong, but I was going to go to that one and I think he said (on FB) he was being depped that night.

I ordered one of those slant fretted Canadian things (they'll never catch on 😂) about a year ago and received an e-mail that it was incoming before my birthday just gone.

Mrs.H said 'I'll pay for that and you can have it as a present'. It still hasn't arrived yet, but it doesn't make her any less awesome. Bass wives rule 🤘.

5 minutes ago, Richard R said:

No way will replacing ear plugs kick you out of the Abstinence challenge.

Even if they were a new purchase and you weren't replacing them I would make an exception for safety equipment. 

Good to know 👍

3 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

I have the PRO 17s and they’re very good, they turn my classic rock band from a band that really endangers hearing to a band playing at a volume not unlike that of a home stereo. Additionally unlike some cheaper ones you get a really good balanced sound through them, no focusing and removing specific frequency areas.

Thanks Lozz. That's just the kind of review for the PRO17's that I was hoping to get 👍.

The place we played last week was a bit cramped and I had what is quite possibly the worlds loudest drummer a foot to my left and a PA speaker a foot to my right.