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#50,763
Thumper said:
Kinda sorta keeping my eye out for another Droc, mine is really growing on me, but the word must be getting out, not as many used ones coming out as there used to be.
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I've listed my droc on local sites and it's getting a lot of views/likes.

I assume it will take about a month to sell each of my basses. If not a month from now, then a month once I've put it up on reverb. That has been my experience every single time with selling basses.
Always a month :)
 
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Katoosie said:
I've listed my droc on local sites and it's getting a lot of views/likes.

I assume it will take about a month to sell each of my basses. If not a month from now, then a month once I've put it up on reverb. That has been my experience every single time with selling basses.
Always a month :)
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While I would never discourage anyone from owning a Canadian Dingwall (having had 4 myself), I don't think I would give up my Droc for one, I'd find a way to keep it.
 
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Thumper said:
While I would never discourage anyone from owning a Canadian Dingwall (having had 4 myself), I don't think I would give up my Droc for one, I'd find a wat to keep it.
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I am definitely a creature of comfort and simplicity. The less basses I have, the better for me since I tend to favour whatever is the best/most comfy at the time.

It is not the first time I have had more than one bass and every time that happens I tend to gravitate towards whatever seems "best".

Besides, after playing a tiny dingwall neck, a parallell fret chonky Spector seems... ugh... Odd. Not as natural to my hands.

The dingwall neck is a better fit for me. Plus its fanned on the fingerboard side.
 
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Katoosie said:
I am definitely a creature of comfort and simplicity. The less basses I have, the better for me since I tend to favour whatever is the best/most comfy at the time.

It is not the first time I have had more than one bass and every time that happens I tend to gravitate towards whatever seems "best".

Besides, after playing a tiny dingwall neck, a parallell fret chonky Spector seems... ugh... Odd. Not as natural to my hands.

The dingwall neck is a better fit for me. Plus its fanned on the fingerboard side.
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It’s interesting that your DRoc has a “tiny” neck. I have a D bird (a 2019 model and the DRoc predecessor) and the neck on it is quite thick front to back and the nut it wide also. It’s very P-bass-ish and is one of the chunkiest necks I own. All of my Spectors’ necks are thinner front to back (a Euro 4LX and 2 NS-2As) as is my Dingwall AB1 (which probably has the thinnest neck). I guess the necks have changed over the years.
 
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beatdatthang said:
It’s interesting that your DRoc has a “tiny” neck. I have a D bird (a 2019 model and the DRoc predecessor) and the neck on it is quite thick front to back and the nut it wide also. It’s very P-bass-ish and is one of the chunkiest necks I own. All of my Spectors’ necks are thinner front to back (a Euro 4LX and 2 NS-2As) as is my Dingwall AB1 (which probably has the thinnest neck). I guess the necks have changed over the years.
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The droc neck is nothing like the euro spector that I have. Its thin and fast, modern C shape. The spector is definitely a baseball bat D.
 
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My Droc also has a thin (front to back) neck, and it's Featherlite. Plus, the quality is exceptional.

Katoosie, I'm admittedly spoiled. At one time I was in 2 gigging bands, and had the same rigs/basses (2 each) at each space and home. It made things so much easier, and travel by Harley Davidson possible. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
 
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Since the thread is quiet and I am absolutely bored out of my mind and still at work, let me poison our collective dingwall minds about the body shapes of the walls' I've been considering and one specific issue that I have dealt with.

So, being a woman and having breasts means that some basses with sizeable bodies can cause some discomfort while playing seated and having the bass on one of your legs. There are ways to remedy this by playing cross-legged or in the classical position with the bass in between your legs, but that's a workaround.

Now, the DROC shape is so good for us ladies because it is not only thin on the entire body but also because the cutaway on the top of the body is very sizeable.

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So, you rest the bass on your leg and the cutaway goes directly under the boob and everything is right in the world. Btw Mr @Sheldon D. was this something that you have actively considered during the multi year design process of the shape of this model or was this a happy accident for the fairer sex? I'd love to know... if you have the time to answer this question, that is.

Anyway, all this brings me to my point since I am considering buying a canadian wall' and deciding between the ABI/ABII/Super J or the Lee Sklar sig.

The super J seems the smallest in this regard and if anyone could shed some light on this, I would love to hear about it. Maybe you got some experience with the aftermentioned models?

I get that this is kinda weird but hey - we all got bodies and we gotta interact with the basses somehow, so I think this is a very valid point to have.

Thanks for listening to my Ted talk.
:D

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Typos, sorry. 24hr shifts...
 
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Katoosie said:
Now, the DROC shape is so good for us ladies because it is not only thin on the entire body but also because the cutaway on the top of the body is very sizeable.

So, you rest the bass on your leg and the cutaway goes directly under the boob and everything is right in the world. Btw

Anyway, all this brings me to my point since I am considering buying a canadian wall' and deciding between the ABI/ABII/Super J or the Lee Sklar sig.
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I don't have a Sklar to compare but here is an AB vs a J and I've not measured but I think the AB is slimmer. Regardless, I have a theory on the body shape and which one might suit better but not being properly equipped to test this out I can only surmise.

What I think is that your 'boob space' on the D-roc comes from the body being offset in the opposite direction more than the cutout size, so it may be that the J will be less comfortable than the AB in that regard when seated because the top cutaway is further forward than the bottom cutaway. Might be worth testing out?

Sadly I no longer have a SJ otherwise I'd take a pic with the SJ, D-Roc and AB lined up.

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Waltsdog said:
I don't have a Sklar to compare but here is an AB vs a J and I've not measured but I think the AB is slimmer. Regardless, I have a theory on the body shape and which one might suit better but not being properly equipped to test this out I can only surmise.

What I think is that your 'boob space' on the D-roc comes from the body being offset in the opposite direction more than the cutout size, so it may be that the J will be less comfortable than the AB in that regard when seated because the top cutaway is further forward than the bottom cutaway. Might be worth testing out?

Sadly I no longer have a SJ otherwise I'd take a pic with the SJ, D-Roc and AB lined up.

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I don’t think I knew about that ABz(?) 3x. Nice.
 
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