NBD – Dingwall D-Roc Standard

[BurningSkies]

That helps me make sense of my thoughts about the differences in the fret geometry. I actually ended up making a strap out of two belts to get it as long as I wanted (and to be fashionable, if I'm being honest). In general, I like Thunderbirds slung almost at arms length. If I'm playing a 'bird, I'm playing rock music, and almost certainly not playing a challenging line. I wear other basses a good bit higher.

I think the strap anchor at the neck joint is a non-issue for how the bass is meant to be played. I'd have one for playing with a pick, slung low and doing more of a straight rock/punk thing.

 

[wvbass]

The apparent lack of crowd isn't because we suck. It is because this was a mid-pandemic show and the audience was mainly in cars. I mean, we do suck, but in this instance, that isn't why you don't see any audience members...

 

[BurningSkies]

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... and that might be a bit HIGH for a Thunderbird/DBird/D-Roc.

Simon Gallup from the Cure:

Makes Lemmy look like a Jazz player:

 

[Nick22]

"It works best if you reverse-mount the lock that goes behind the neck"

what do you mean by that?

 

[wvbass]

"It works best if you reverse-mount the lock that goes behind the neck"

what do you mean by that?

When I put locks on a strap, normally they are both oriented the same way - the button part of the lock is on the same side of the strap at both ends. Here, I flipped the lock at the neck end. At the neck end, the lock part is on top, and at the bridge end the button part is on top.

I have done the same thing for other birds where the strap pin is on the back of the neck.