yeah! Fantastic collection and that Z2 is a stunner.
Couldn’t agree more about John. His contribution to the bass community around here is already missed.
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Dingwall Owners Club
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yeah! Fantastic collection and that Z2 is a stunner.
Couldn’t agree more about John. His contribution to the bass community around here is already missed.
Yup, definitely... I supremely disagree with the reason why he’s not here posting with us now... but the rulez is rulez here.... Fantastic guy to chat with.
Lowendtech
Happily trending in my own peculiar direction.
I didn't see what happened here specifically, but, in general, commercial users on this site are held to standards that I consider unreasonable at the detriment of the community at large, in the name of being "fair".
johnsonabq
Watch out where the huskies go...
I can't believe I've never heard that before, I got a good laugh from that
I hadn't either. It hit my funny bone a good one!
Honestly, this is a big reason why my time spent on this site continues to decline (and why I also keep my various ad-blockers/trackers blocking this site, too). The powers that be here decide to drive away the best contributors as a matter of course. @paul et. al. don't seem to care and hide behind "it's the rules, they know when the sign up" drivel.
what are the rules? I have no idea.
As far as I know, this encompasses the extra rules imposed on "commercial" users:
Commercial User Policy (CUP) | TalkBass.com
Pretty generic and allows TB to unilaterally ban/silence commercial users under any of those asinine "rules".
Commercial User Policy (CUP) | TalkBass.com
Pretty generic and allows TB to unilaterally ban/silence commercial users under any of those asinine "rules".
Wow! John is one of the most considerate people I have met on the interwebs. All interactions with him have been most pleasant - before and after he became a dealer. Very insightful and always willing to help. He did speaker comparison videos for me when he knew I was in Canada and wouldn’t be buying from him. Well I surprised him and bought his Z3! And will likely order from him again soon. One of the great guys out there.
I also bought a really cool Guild X-88 Motley Crue guitar from John. He didn't price gouge me on shipping to Canada either; it was exactly his cost. I would definitely go back to him again.
Actually, going to take a break from talkbass after this 
I'll hop on every once in awhile to look at this thread and check PMs. Been fun everyone! I'm going to spend more time enjoying my Dingwalls.
I'll hop on every once in awhile to look at this thread and check PMs. Been fun everyone! I'm going to spend more time enjoying my Dingwalls.
Ditto to all these thoughts. I also have already started to cut back here as a result. Rules are rules, but in this case it seems they are not enforced fairly or logically. John is and will be missed and knowing what I do it seems the rules were not violated but it didn't matter.
John is a class act and the sole reason I own a custom Canadian Z3. I'm in a place where I can't even drive to try one. He talked with me on the phone numerous times and then made multiple long videos demonstrating tones and differences in basses. Then after the sale we've stayed in touch and he continues to be helpful.
That's all I'll say on the ridiculousness of it. Otherwise I hope you Dingwall heads are doing well!
John is a class act and the sole reason I own a custom Canadian Z3. I'm in a place where I can't even drive to try one. He talked with me on the phone numerous times and then made multiple long videos demonstrating tones and differences in basses. Then after the sale we've stayed in touch and he continues to be helpful.
That's all I'll say on the ridiculousness of it. Otherwise I hope you Dingwall heads are doing well!
I'm fine as frog hair.
I never get tired of plugging one of the finest bass guitars on the planet into the best rig I've ever played and getting my Dingwall grin on every weekend. We're in the minority of churches who presently have live music - my gig couldn't be more steady. I do miss seeing the designer and builder of my (incredible!) cabinets around TB, but he's also doing fine despite being banned...
Please stay out of Reverb for 1 more week, y'all 
I'm going to be buying a new Dingwall sometime soon, just TBD on which Dingwall. Either a Combustion, an ABZ, or maybe even a Z3
I'm going to be buying a new Dingwall sometime soon, just TBD on which Dingwall. Either a Combustion, an ABZ, or maybe even a Z3
Please stay out of Reverb for 1 more week, y'all
I'm going to be buying a new Dingwall sometime soon, just TBD on which Dingwall. Either a Combustion, an ABZ, or maybe even a Z3
Oh man! That’s awesome. I hope you get the one your really chasing.
I will say John is not the first to get exiled for being helpful, friendly and a great dude.
I have a whole lot to say about this but I’ll keep most of it to myself. What a croc...
I have a whole lot to say about this but I’ll keep most of it to myself. What a croc...
The first time this bass has dawned the Payson SS. First string change from the strings she left the shop with!!!
