Grand Wazoo

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1054491' date='Dec 10 2010, 08:57 PM'][url="http://www.seibass.com/"]Sei[/url][/quote] I give Sei a +1 I've seen him doing them, and o.m.f.g.!!

[quote name='jimijimmi' post='1054100' date='Dec 10 2010, 02:44 PM'][url="http://www.ashdownmusic.com/bass/detail.asp?ID=213"]http://www.ashdownmusic.com/bass/detail.asp?ID=213[/url] use that, and have a read up on them.. if youre around Brum youre more than welcome to use mine for reference.[/quote] Thanks a lot, I live in London, presently I am in Italy for a bit, but I will check out the Ashdown when I get back.

[quote name='jimijimmi' post='1054097' date='Dec 10 2010, 02:43 PM']they keep it 'there'.. if you use normal/guitar wireless systems you lose the bottom end from your sound...from what i have experienced anyways. Sharp reply dude.[/quote] I didn't mean to be sharp I thought your sentence was missing the objective, as if it got deleted , I thought you meant... comepetely tight or completely present but then now I understand what you meant, so my fault for misunderstanding. Cheers the joys of internet comms.

[quote name='jimijimmi' post='1054078' date='Dec 10 2010, 02:33 PM']Ashdown do one specificaly for Bass with a built in Amp Modulator... i use them now and then, and they keep the bottom end and tone completely..IMO[/quote] [color="#FF0000"][b]they keep the bottom end and tone completely..[/b] [/color]?? Sorry I don't get it, they keep it completely what?

Well the Bass Centre replaced mine too as it went the exact way as the strap in the pic of post no.1 I had to wait 5 weeks to receive a replacement, but I can confirm that the replacement one is of better quality as I've stretched it and stretched it by hand with all my strength before I even hung a bass on it and it didn't break. Top marks on the Bass Centre for getting it sorted. Barry & Co. are good peeps.

As per the title, cables are getting on my nerves, I want to be able to roam free both at home and gigs, without dragging mike stands and getting caught in guitarists 'ckin' pedalboards and sh** I wanna go wireless, which is a good one for bass that'll faithfully reproduce the signal? Thanks

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1053578' date='Dec 10 2010, 12:26 AM']I put one of the bad comments but also a good one. The bass doesn't suit my taste aesthetically (I'm sure you won't lose any sleep) but I think the advert was spot on, [color="#FF0000"]who played the bassline in the video?[/color] It's awsome.[/quote] He's an Italian artist called Alberto Rigoni. [url="http://www.albertorigoni.net"]http://www.albertorigoni.net[/url] By the look on his website it doesn't look as if he is a Dingwall official endorser either.

[quote name='7string' post='1052177' date='Dec 8 2010, 10:06 PM']Just to add an opinion that the Combustion isn't that bad I've had one for a few weeks now and it's an amazing piece of kit. The B is really even in feel and tone to the other strings and the fanned frets don't take long to get used to. I've played the ABZ and don't think that it's that much (if at all) better than the Combustion. All in all, Dingwall make superb basses and if you have a chance to play one, then play one![/quote] I don't doubt it, and as I've said my impression of the Combustion vs the ABZ could be down to a number of things, maybe the Comb. wasn't set up properly, certainly the action was a lot higher than the ABZ and perhaps the one in that shop might not have been a very good one. who knows? It could be that the ABZ was more "me" than the other would be. One thing is for sure the ABZ is definately lighter. I don't knock 'em I just think on that day I made the better choice.

It's all here in black and white [url="http://www.tcelectronic.com/testpilot.asp"]http://www.tcelectronic.com/testpilot.asp[/url]

[quote name='robocorpse' post='1051142' date='Dec 7 2010, 11:18 PM']Yep, you pay import duty on anything bought outside the EU. As many people have already said, customs men aren't stupid, and a few of them know their guitars too. Be careful, and don't risk it if you aren't prepared to pay up immediately if you are caught out, or you risk losing the instrument.[/quote] There's always a way... if you know a man with a big ship... haha

[quote name='Gust0o' post='1050276' date='Dec 7 2010, 10:21 AM']....since I'm sure it was Wazoo who was crying out the virtues of the Big Al when it first arrived - though I'll happily stand corrected if that transpires to have been another user.[/quote] This statement of yours annoyes me a little, and I am actually quite angry to read about it, seen as I feel free to make my own decisions, yes I've praised the Big Al when it first arrived, because being a 3 x single coil pickups, it was a departure from the usual Music Man standard of either single or double humbucker setup, and the introduction of these 3 single coils was like a breakthrough, which at the time I found extremely exciting and to this day I am still convinced that the amount of sounds you get out of a Big Al, in either passive or active mode is way ahead of the average bass in production today. However I retain the right to be re-schooled so to speak, and to be allowed to change my perceptions, and ultimately my mind when I am faced with a new instrument, in this case the Dingwall ABZ 5 which as I said in my previous post, destroyed all my previous preconceptions of what was good or excellent to me up to that point, the low B on the Dingwall it is something that must be experienced to be appreicated, also in my case the fanned frets worked really well and the overal feel and playabilty of the ABZ 5 is killer, so much there is to the advantaged of it compared to my previous basses that it would probably take me a whole page or two, in a nutshell, the fact that it has so much response from every note you play on any fret, the complete lack of dead spots on the neck, the superb intonation in places where other 5 strings are just so out of pitch its untrue, the perfetly low, yet totally noise free and effortless action are all elements that makes this bass something out of the ordinary, ultimately, I am not an ace player I get by in most band contests without a lot of skill or theory but as a tool this bass makes my life so much easier, in the fact that I can play better without having to stretch with a lot of finger pressure and tiring efforts. At the end of the day I am a consumer and loyalty doesn't come into play, if I find something better that is more suited to me, why should I stick to something that I find to be of lesser interest / quality? [b][i]..."Yeah it was Wazoo who was crying out the virtues of the Big Al"...[/i][/b] not anymore. If I try something else tomorrow which is even better, then I am sure my present favourite best will suffer the same faith. What's it got to do with anyone?

I dig it! Looks like Salvador Dali' had a go at it

Crikey £560 at the moment. It's got to stop soon or it'll reach a grand. I am off on holiday for a week tomorrow, and I have just got back home from storing all my basses, amps and other valuebles at my son's house, but I am dying to find out what that bass will fetch, when it's finished someone, please report the final price it got on here so when I get back I can find out. I am off to a ski resort in Italy and I am not sure if broadband will be available on the slopes tara.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1048214' date='Dec 5 2010, 01:45 PM']The only thing I dont get is the selling of everything else? Like Russ I loved Dave swifts Dingwall at bassday, excellent build quality (I think everyman and his dog played it that day!). And dont really have an opinion one way or the other on dingwalls as such but I cant ever imagine having just one bass though, Even if you could get the exact MM tone from one (Which you cant obviously) the whole feel of a Ric,MM,P or a Jazz etc makes you play in a different way that enhances the sound to get what your after. I cant imagine rocking out with a pick on a dingwall on stage at wembley like I could with a ricky or grooving motown style on a phat P bass etc. Im really not knocking the DW (My thoughts apply to every make and model available) I just dont see why you would want to sell everything else thats all?[/quote] Everything else I have sold - in my case - was the other 5 string basses because since I have been playing the Dingwall the other fiver really don't cut the mustard no more and have become sencond rate, again... [b]to me![/b] As for a phat P sound I get that well covered with my modded Classic Vibe 51's and 60's. For a Jazzy sound I presently have that taken care by my CV Moo Jazz, which will soon also be obsolete when my new Dingwall Super J arrives.

Good if you have a project neck or... a status neck on a Stingray, or whatever.... maybe you want to big up your OLP [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/Music-Man-Guitar-Sting-Ray-Bass-Decal-/200550233557?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item2eb1b9b5d5"]http://cgi.ebay.com/Music-Man-Guitar-Sting...=item2eb1b9b5d5[/url]

I bet this one will go the price I originally estimated, put it this way in the last 24 hours has gone from £205 to £411, there's still 7 days to go, any more bets as to how much it will finally go for? I estimated £650-£750 but at this rate who knows how crazy it will end! I am not bidding because I think £450-£500 is the max I would pay for it.

[quote name='Chris2112' post='1047946' date='Dec 5 2010, 01:38 AM']If it works for you then by all means, thats fantastic. I do think the fanned fret thing is a bit "emperor's new clothes". It will stay as a nice novelty but I don't think it'll change the world. I'm a bit disappointed to hear about the dodgy Combustion bass though, if you're referring to the same one as the Gallery have in at the moment it's listed at £1200![/quote] Yes if its a lyme green that's the one, you see what I mean about different strokes for different folks, some people like the Combustion, I didn't! Now that is my take on it, other people might like them.

Ok guys I'd like to explain how I got to own a Dingwall and what happened to me ever since. Up to that day I tried one, I was an Ernie Ball MM afficionado, I had the Bongo 5, the Stingray 5, the 25th Anniversary 5, and lately the Big Al 5. Like most of you here I had heard about these a couple of years ago but never had a hands on experience with them, and thought to myself, hmmm... I'd like to try one of those one day and see what the fuss is all about. However at least here in London there is only one shop that sells them and that is the Bass Gallery in Camden, that part of London is not within easy reach to me so I never had the chance to actually go there and try one. Fast forward to last August, when I was looking for some Mark Bass pedals to try and after a few phonecalls, I had found that the only place that actually stocks the whole Mark Bass range, including the Mo-Mark lego block amps and components was infact the Gallery in Camdem, so I decided to take a day off and get on a train to go there without worrying about parking meters, wardens etc etc. Went in there spoke to Alex and asked to try this and that pedal, and thought about killing two birds with one stone I also asked to try the two Dingwall they had in stock one was the canadian made ABZ 5 in natural swamp ash and the other a Combustion (made in China with the same canadian made factory pickups) I was so immediately taken by the ABZ 5 that within 10 minutes that bass completely changed my whole prospective on all the basses I owned at the time. Bear in mind I had no preconception, just like any of you here, I had no idea what to expect, whether to like them or loath them, hence I was prepared for either reactions, but I just had to see it for myself, right? It is very much a personal thing. Anyway, long story short I A/B'd both the Canadian and the Chinese and they were galaxies apart as far as I am concerned, while the ABZ you could play so very easily and with the minimum effort, the fanned fret did not pose any impediment to any of my average playing skills, so if a debutant like me can get on with it without batting an eyelid, perhaps those of you more gifted will also feel right at home with it. Another peculiar thing is to do with these pickups: the bass is passive! The pickups are neodymium humbuckers, and by God that are so powerful that its hard to believe. One of my amps has 2 inputs like most amps, one for passive basses and one for active ones. Well if I plug this Dingwall in the passive input the amp clips at the same volume as if I was to plug it into the active input. There are loads of innovation in this bass that go unnoticed at first look, the bridge for a start, it's a very clever one, instead of a having string saddles you have 2 rounded screws that you can raise up and down like a saddle, making the bridge a lot lighter and providing the best string to wood dynamic response. You can read more about it [u][b][url="http://www.dingwallguitars.com/bridge-on-afterburner-series/?phpMyAdmin=b918c322aafee3d28396a31091a36a76"]HERE[/url][/b][/u] Another innovation is in the headstock design, which is quite flat and straight in the direction of the strings, this makes the headstock much stronger but such construction would normally require a string retainer to provide the correct tension at the nut. Dingwall cleverly designed countersunk tuning pegs at the correct angle: clever and functional without ugly string trees or bars. In compariosn the Chines Combustion felt more like a very bad Indonesian copy of it and I was not at all taken by it as I was with the ABZ 5. It was also a lot heavier. This ABZ weighs only 7.12lbs and the Combustion was at least 2lbs heavier. I also hated the Combustion's colour, it was a yucky lyme green. I gave it back to Alex and said right I am taking this one home, the ABZ 5. And that was it. Up to that day I had always thought that the Music Man necks and sounds were the best thing since sliced bread but 10 minutes into playing that ABZ made me re-think the whole idea and now I cannot touch a Music Man again, so much so that I ended up selling the lot of them, except the Big Al which is proving hard to shift [i][b](Make me a sensible offer, I can deliver it free too)[/b][/i]. One thing its for sure the Big Al now sleeps with the fishes in its original case and it has not been out since August 13th. The Dingwall on the other hand, has become my perfect companion, I cannot bring myself to play [b]any[/b] other 5 strings bass, the only other basses I find myself comfortable with are my 4 string Squier's Believe it or not, it's not hype! And its not at all a bit dated like Chris2112 said. Not one bit. I am not trying to convince anyone, I would have no interest, I am not the "fanboi" type, I just went to try one for myself with an open mind, and ultimately we must all appreciate that a bass can either be one man's poison or meat, but I really stress that you try one before shooting judgement based on fanboi internet "hearsay" which is the worst kind of hearsay there is. Cheers

[quote name='Jamesemt' post='1047799' date='Dec 4 2010, 09:44 PM']Wow, so much negativity!! The body shape looks good in the flesh, honest [/quote] Exactly, but hey, each to his own...

There's a definite Frank Zappa's influence in this music, I dig it, wonder why I had never heard of them, being a very avid Zappa fan. Thanks for the link, I shall now investigate their music to find out more.

[quote name='daz' post='1047192' date='Dec 4 2010, 11:10 AM']Tis weird the things people will pay premium for! I would not say it was worth more than a[i] new classsic vibe P bass[/i], and nor would i pay more for one.[/quote] I've got to admit how right you are, my Classic Vibe P is in a class of it's own, the neck is perfect, the body weight and resonance are spot on, the neck pocket is a way better fit than that I have seen on more expensive Mexican jobbies, the only things that were bad with the Classic Vibe was everything under the pickguard, cheap connecting wires, pots, jack socket, and the pickup too, so I have put a Lollar in it, and regutted all the wires and pots with original CST american Fender ones, and waxed cloth cables, but the result is that this bass has now the right voice and plays much much better than you'd expect for a relatively cheap bass.

[quote name='allighatt0r' post='1046916' date='Dec 3 2010, 10:48 PM']Ten.[/quote] I make that 11, including the toggle switch on the top horn

So what are the experts saying, is that bass a genuine Squier JV Yes/No f.f.sake??

If it was to stay civil, I wouldn't mind having a bid or two myself, but I think if those infamous German dealers on ebay will see that, they would be all over it and then sell it on their website for anything up to £1300 as they did with a similar one last August 2010

Let's have a bet, shall we? How much do y'all reckon it will sell for? I'd give it a wild guess something in the region of £650 to £750, could be more if they go crazy, after all there's 9 days left.