Dingwall Owners Club

[BurningSkies]

I've been fortunate to keep my job as it's considered a part of critical manufacturing for medical products. There's times I wish I could not work for a while but I'd rather be able to continue life as much as normal, make money and support my family. I'm actually glad I got out of gigging, life has been less stressful and I've been healthier. I got sick more often from working 40+ hours a week and gigging every weekend.

My fuel consumption is mostly the same, though I'm saving more money from all of us being thoughtful on grocery/necessity spending. I got worried that I bought two Dingwalls right before all of this started, I was getting ready to sell if necessary... Fortunately I've been able to keep both and dream of getting a D Roc

Well...we're sort of in a situation here where the lock down is being taken pretty seriously. If you're not 'essential' you're not supposed to go out. They're saying food shopping every two weeks. Depending on county they've placed orders where based on year of birth (even/odd) you're 'allowed' to go out and do your essential stuff on M/W/F or T/TH/S.

I'm taking it seriously (and many I know) because as you mentioned, holding down a 40 hour a week job and gigging extensively (a few years of ~100 gigs a year wears a body down. I ended up a year ago with a situation where I needed ENT surgery but couldn't do it because a bad case of tour-lung and no rest for so long had ended me in a place where I got viral pneumonia & triggered adult onset asthma symptoms. It's now a year since I successfully was treated, operated upon and all that and about 8 months since I 'recovered' but let me say that anything that aims for the lungs effectively is writing on the wall for me as far as I'm concerned. I have a stockpile of Symbicort (inhaled steroids) and albuterol just in case.

The good news is that I'm now at a month and a week without a gig and that means I've been getting 7-8 hours of sleep daily. Which is returning my system into probably the healthiest it's been in years.

Luckily working from home is do-able...and we're holding to 2+ weeks between shopping and public places. We go out for walks (living in mostly rural suburbia these days) and we took a drive around town a few days back but we're legit not going out.

 

[seedokebass]

Sleep is never overrated I can tell you that! I'm glad to hear you've been getting healthier and healthier, it's crazy how quickly you can bounce back after getting normal amounts of sleep.

It's finally nice enough and dry enough here to want to be outside, I'm looking forward to being outside with the family and doing some yard "camping".

 

[Yellow Bang66]

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Awesome! I want 1 or 2!!
May I ask where did you order it from?
Thanks foe the gas!

 

[Bulltrout]

Awesome! I want 1 or 2!!
May I ask where did you order it from?
Thanks foe the gas!

I bought it used from Long & McQuade in Saskatoon.

 

[AB Nate]

...So I was also thinking about this (as I plan my first visit to the grocery store in about 2.5 weeks tomorrow) this morning. Anyone who is still gainfully employed right now...are you saving a buttload of cash? I save about 50-60$ a week in gas without driving. I don't pay for any coffee at the little place up the street from work, I don't eat out with my wife, and in my band life (at something like 5-12 gigs a month) I'm not buying dinners or drinks at the bar or snacks for the tourvan or breakfast/lunch while out for the weekend. Even though the band was paying, most of that pay was soaked up by travel expenses. I no longer 'drop by Wegmans' and pick up a quick 60$ in food every few days for impulse foods for dinners, etc. I keep being surprised by the amount that's 'still in my checking'.

Yup. We even put parking insurance on my wife’s vehicle who is being paid to work from home. Her insurance is a bit high right now.......but we won’t talk about that. So with her vehicle sitting no sense paying to have it on the road.

my health has been, slightly, improving. Way less fast food, more exercise walking dogs etc., a counter to this is a few more day libations then normal but putting about 50kms on the trails with the dogs a week sooo.... fair. Right?

I gotta say though, online shopping can be dangerous.

I drive quite a bit for work and fuel is a significant expense so that’s been a counter effect to not making as much these days. Of course gas is way cheaper now and it’s a great time to go on road trips.... except it’s a terrible time to go anywhere....

but yes. Cost of life has gone down for sure.

 

[AB Nate]

And I’m bored. Everyday seems the same. Even the woods are closed, which seems excessive.

I was supposed to be visiting the gorge this spring May 2 to see sturgill Simpson , a friend and fellow member here hooked me on his tunes. Pretty sad that’s not happening. That’s a beautiful area.

the main reason I believe the forests etc are closed is due to accidents happening and pulling resources away from pandemic requirements. Makes sense but definitely does suck.

 

[BurningSkies]

Sleep is never overrated I can tell you that! I'm glad to hear you've been getting healthier and healthier, it's crazy how quickly you can bounce back after getting normal amounts of sleep.

It's finally nice enough and dry enough here to want to be outside, I'm looking forward to being outside with the family and doing some yard "camping".

Not in my backyard. :/
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Yup. We even put parking insurance on my wife’s vehicle who is being paid to work from home. Her insurance is a bit high right now.......but we won’t talk about that. So with her vehicle sitting no sense paying to have it on the road.

my health has been, slightly, improving. Way less fast food, more exercise walking dogs etc., a counter to this is a few more day libations then normal but putting about 50kms on the trails with the dogs a week sooo.... fair. Right?

I gotta say though, online shopping can be dangerous.

I drive quite a bit for work and fuel is a significant expense so that’s been a counter effect to not making as much these days. Of course gas is way cheaper now and it’s a great time to go on road trips.... except it’s a terrible time to go anywhere....

but yes. Cost of life has gone down for sure.

We have a family vacation booked for SC for the last week in June. Probably not going to happen...I know I’m already stress about staying in a rando beach house with who knows what level of sanitization and whoever stayed there in the previous few weeks.

 

[Thumper]

We want to sell our 2nd home in Mesquite Nv and buy one in Florida, but logistics isn't feasible now

 

[BurningSkies]

We want to sell our 2nd home in Mesquite Nv and buy one in Florida, but logistics isn't feasible now

I'd hold off for a year or so before buying real estate in Florida. I bet you'll find prices adjust a bit.

 

[Thumper]

Prices in Venice are pretty darn reasonable, we were there in early March

 

[AB Nate]

Not in my backyard. :/
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We have a family vacation booked for SC for the last week in June. Probably not going to happen...I know I’m already stress about staying in a rando beach house with who knows what level of sanitization and whoever stayed there in the previous few weeks.

Yeah, it’s gonna be a lifeline event for us all. No question. Not the event we thought it was gonna be but one that sticks out and has definitive effects on how we function as a society moving forward. Perhaps in someways civilization will be bettered for it in the end. Perhaps

 

[seedokebass]

Yeah, it’s gonna be a lifeline event for us all. No question. Not the event we thought it was gonna be but one that sticks out and has definitive effects on how we function as a society moving forward. Perhaps in someways civilization will be bettered for it in the end. Perhaps

I think mother earth appreciates a break from less pollution, it would be nice if we could all do this more often for longevity reasons vs pandemic reasons.

 

[BurningSkies]

Yeah, it’s gonna be a lifeline event for us all. No question. Not the event we thought it was gonna be but one that sticks out and has definitive effects on how we function as a society moving forward. Perhaps in someways civilization will be bettered for it in the end. Perhaps

I hope it will be bettered. Right now I feel like there's going to be some painful times in short order before people really learn, unfortunately. In the meantime, I'll be playing fanned fretless for an average of 5 hours a day while I'm at my home work station. Turns out if I mute my mic and angle my MBP screen, no one in any of my online meetings can even tell I'm holding a bass.

 

[seedokebass]

@BurningSkies thats awesome!

 

[AB Nate]

I think mother earth appreciates a break from less pollution, it would be nice if we could all do this more often for longevity reasons vs pandemic reasons.

I agree. I’ve been fortunate, I think, to live where I live and live how I live but one thing that keeps echoing in my mind is why do we spend 5/7 days of our life working for paper to pay for a lot of stuff we don’t need.....guilty, and I just bought more.
We often live as ants or drones.

As a kid I would have known every inch of the river valley here, and it took a pandemic to get me off my arse to get out and start exploring it. It has provided me with something I’ve been lacking for a long time. Work has actually been somewhat busy for me which has interfered with some of these walks and I am finding this frustrating.

I’m concerned that when this is all over we will be right back to the slave mentality. What I mean by this is companies pushing employees to catch up and work mega hours. Employees feeling that’s exactly what they need to do to catch themselves up.

instead, I hope to reduce my hours further and work a max of 3-4 days a week. Live within my means, and find fulfilment in some more simple things.

Easier said then done for many/most regrettably

 

[AB Nate]

I hope it will be bettered. Right now I feel like there's going to be some painful times in short order before people really learn, unfortunately. In the meantime, I'll be playing fanned fretless for an average of 5 hours a day while I'm at my home work station. Turns out if I mute my mic and angle my MBP screen, no one in any of my online meetings can even tell I'm holding a bass.

Living the dream

 

[EMoneySC2]

Yeah, spending a lot less. One thing to keep in mind if you haven't found out already is these newfangled cars have a lot of battery drain, and undersized batteries. Hadn't started/driven the TLX for 2 weeks, and the battery was dead.

My Subaru Forester's battery was dead last Saturday too!

 

[AB Nate]

My Subaru Forester's battery was dead last Saturday too!

Same as the wife’s pilot which has been sitting for a few weeks now.....

 

[johnsonabq]

We had been talking a while back about the 'all on" setting on the D-Roc switch. Yesterday I picked up my Combustion for practicing some fingerstyle songs and found that I like the all on setting w/ a good bump in the onboard mids.

Now I'm seriously thinking of sending the Combustion to Mo and have a six way switch put in so I can have all my favorite settings available. In addition I'll have him replace the EMG pre with a DGTC and install a recessed strap lock. I have become quite fond of that recessed position.

I've thought about swapping out the pickups for FDVs but that's rather expensive and not sure if it's worth it. Thoughts?

 

[pablomigraine]

I absolutely LOVE this! There’s a few builders doings these types of finishes. I really dig the matte finish and the grain enhancement!







Congrats! Must be nice, I’m waiting on my next two basses that have been on order since March...2018! Anxious is somewhat of an understatement in my case...



Don’t have one, but the Forte HP is next on my list.

Also pretty interested in the Neural DSP Quad Cortex modeler. First run of preorders sold out, second run ships in Nov. Quite a bit of hype for a piece of gear no one’s heard yet, but their plugins already sound amazing. Jacob Umansky’s D-Roc Custom demo vid has one of the best MODERN bass tones I’ve ever heard. Fairly certain he’s using the Neural DSP Parallax Bass plug-in. That sound’s gotta be somewhere in that box...

He is and it is.

;-)