It's a very sobering process
winding up someone's existence. I gathered in quite a lot of funds on behalf of the estate so we pretty much had cash from the moment she died. Expenses were never an issue. Her vile brothers fucking were.

Anyway. Seeing as we're all alive for a short time and dead for fucking ever I've decided to waste several thousand pound on a custom made Dingwall.
dingwallguitars.com/bass/abz/
( garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Tue 8 Oct 2024, 11:13, archived)

You absolute monster
What the fuck do you want with pickups like those?
( mr horrible up yours, dickface, Tue 8 Oct 2024, 11:16, archived)

I've had a Dingwall Combustion for a few years now
The pickups are other-wordly. They're split coils so even solo'd they're noiseless but can be really sweet and dynamic. Metal heads love them as they distort so brilliantly but I find them good for pretty much any genre. You can actually get it to do the job of a Precision with the neck pickup by itself but they're so HiFi and full range you need some way of rolling down the treble as the active preamp is rubbish for that job. Amazing things.
( garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Tue 8 Oct 2024, 11:21, archived)

how many strings are you going for

( Queef Richard's U r a 🔔🔚, Tue 8 Oct 2024, 12:06, archived)

5 String.
It's very useful to be able to play D and Eb without retuning the bass. You can also play a lot more easily without having to shift position on the neck. I've been plying 5 string for years now, even got a 5 string fretless. Sounds great, like a brummie whale.
( garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Tue 8 Oct 2024, 12:25, archived)