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fEARful part 13: the bad luck's done, son

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Joe Louvar said:
Wow, that is a bummer - I hope you recover soon. BTW, how do you type - do you have use of your hands or are you using a pencil in your mouth or voice command software or something else? Just curious.
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I broke my C3/4 in August of 2010. I was told not to expect to walk or breathe without a machine ever again. However, I was taking my first steps by October. My right side is now fairly "normal" though weaker than it was. My left side still has a little way to go, and is healing from the leg up, so the left hand/arm is the last to heal. I type with both hands, though modified so the right hand does more duty. The left hand is good enough to hold down a root note and play a slow walk or moderate change. I jam on AC/DC's Long Way To the Top, Priest's Living After Midnight, Sabbath's Paranoid. I just learned ELO Don't Bring Me Down, and working on a few others. I-IV-V blues is a treat. I jam with some buds once every couple of weeks, which helps a ton.

I just bought a Dingwall ABZ5 because it plays nice and is much lighter than my (sold) Warwick Thumb. I'm looking at the AoN fEARful 15 since it comes in at 35-ish pounds (vs. my Mesa 115PH anchor). Light weight and easy to move are big selling points for me. Now, I'm just waiting on Ken's clips before I order.

Everyone, thanks for the well-wishes!
 
#823
monsterthompson said:
I broke my C3/4 in August of 2010. I was told not to expect to walk or breathe without a machine ever again. However, I was taking my first steps by October. My right side is now fairly "normal" though weaker than it was. My left side still has a little way to go, and is healing from the leg up, so the left hand/arm is the last to heal. I type with both hands, though modified so the right hand does more duty. The left hand is good enough to hold down a root note and play a slow walk or moderate change. I jam on AC/DC's Long Way To the Top, Priest's Living After Midnight, Sabbath's Paranoid. I just learned ELO Don't Bring Me Down, and working on a few others. I-IV-V blues is a treat. I jam with some buds once every couple of weeks, which helps a ton.

I just bought a Dingwall ABZ5 because it plays nice and is much lighter than my (sold) Warwick Thumb. I'm looking at the AoN fEARful 15 since it comes in at 35-ish pounds (vs. my Mesa 115PH anchor). Light weight and easy to move are big selling points for me. Now, I'm just waiting on Ken's clips before I order.

Everyone, thanks for the well-wishes!
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Dude...YOU are an inspiration!!! :hyper: :bassist:
 
#825
I'm proud to say I'll be joining team fEARful in the near future. I ordered a full kit from Leland at Speaker Hardware a little bit ago. It's the 12/6/1, with the 18 sound 6". I decided I needed it as I recently bought a Dingwall, tried to drop the B to A, and didn't get near the desired response from my Epi 310 cab. I plan on driving it with a Markbass F1, or an Aguilar TH 500. Have to wait and see which one sounds better. Never seen or heard one in person, but from everything I've read/heard about them, I think I'll be quite satisfied!
 
#826
Thanks gang.

I'm pretty certain that once all is said and done, I'll be plugging my Dingwall ABZ5 into a Baer Valkyrie and fEARful AoN 15/6. Obviously, there is some waiting to be done on the Baer, but basd on my time talking to Roger and playing the ML112, and the buzz/award from NAMM, I have a good feeling about it.

Ken, it just dawned on me what you were driving at with the Genz high-pass filter. All this time, I've been thinking about how it impacts the high frequency range. I wasn't thinking of it in terms of setting the pass frequency at 30hz to block out the super-low frequencies, and how that impacts things like power consumption. Dang, I feel dense.
 
#827
I run my Dingwalls tuned down a half step, just because I like less string tension and tend to work with blues players. The fEarful will get you what you want from your Dingwalls. I can tune down to A and get that too. I've said it lots of times, hooking up the first fEarful was like getting a whole new rig. The GK 1001 rb 2 and the Dingwalls had so much more to give than I was getting with other cabs.

Since we're on a Dingwall kick, one of the guys Dingwall forum guys, might be Lomo, came up with a waist belt that added a strap lock to the body to take the strap weight off the left shoulder. The AB's are pretty light to begin with, but lately I've been thinking about finding a more comfortable suspension system. If you like your bass slung high, even a light bass with a short strap gets to be uncomfortable.
 
#828
Supposedly, TB'er (and fEARful community member) fdeck is working towards a very interesting high pass filter, (30hz with variable slope) that, should it come to pass will be a great addition to many fEARful players setups.

Look for it to be similar in form factor to his other filter, intended for upright players.
 
#830
::::BASSIST:::: said:
No. Remember outside of TB and the fEARful forum I doubt many people have heard of these cabs, nevermind the big names.

How many have been built in total?

Less than 500?
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That's a really good question. I know that I built two of them for myself. A 1212/6/1 and a 12/6. Does anyone have a realistic estimate of the number of completed fEARfuls out making music?
 
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