Dingwall Owners Club Part 4 - Page 15

pmad_bass · #**281** 11-29-2012, 09:23 AM

My Super J 5 should be shipping today. Pics will follow shortly after arrival. :-)

spade2you · #**282** 11-29-2012, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by IntrepidCellist

Nordstrand will do custom pickups for just about anything. A friend of mine uses them on his custom fanned-fret 8-string guitars.

Interesting. They didn't seem too inclined to do so when I was inquiring last year.

Cool guitar.

spiritbass · #**283** 11-29-2012, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by pmad_bass

My Super J 5 should be shipping today. Pics will follow shortly after arrival. :-)

<--- (me being excited with you!)

Blues Cat · #**284** 11-30-2012, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by alec

If all goes well, I'll take delivery of this next week and join the club!

Nice. Love those red ball ends.

pmad_bass · #**285** 12-02-2012, 06:21 AM

An...........tici............pation.

Ding was allegedly due to arrive yesterday. Was ally psyched that I made it home from a lesson (on upright) and there wasn't a door tag signifying a missed delivery. Finally called FedEx at 6PM...and they said the soonest it would be delivered was Tuesday. For some reason it is being delivered thru what they called their "Home Delivery" service. Apparently they don't work Sundays OR Mondays (WTH?). So...rather than risk missing the delivery on Tuesday....I'll have it held and will pick it up on Tuesday.

MooseLumps · #**286** 12-02-2012, 08:05 AM

Holiday Shipping.

singlemalt · #**287** 12-02-2012, 02:03 PM

I found my Super J a block over to the east in a neighbor's carport. Nothing like checking your tracking number online and seeing that your package has been delivered when you saw the brown truck go by and they never stopped.

We have the same house number, different streets. I get lots of car parts for the neighbor's toys, he gets bass stuff. I think our UPS guy takes a smoke break at lunch.

spiritbass · #**288** 12-02-2012, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by singlemalt

I found my Super J a block over to the east in a neighbor's carport. Nothing like checking your tracking number online and seeing that your package has been delivered when you saw the brown truck go by and they never stopped.

We have the same house number, different streets. I get lots of car parts for the neighbor's toys, he gets bass stuff. I think our UPS guy takes a smoke break at lunch.

Woah. I'm glad that you were hip to his pattern of error! If he's smoking an illegal substance, I wouldn't think that he could continue for long there. Surely UPS has some randomized drug testing going on!?

singlemalt · #**289** 12-02-2012, 06:21 PM

Dude, like we totally live in Washington! That substance is no longer illegal here.

Lady Kayri · #**290** 12-02-2012, 07:19 PM

But most places you aren't supposed to go to work drunk, and can be fired for doing it too often. Surely the same rules would apply to coming to work stoned.

Sbociol · #**291** 12-03-2012, 03:16 PM

Got me a Combustion 5 last week, but i had to take the hideous pickguard off right away

I read that Combustions are supposed to have a pretty classic sound, but it sounds pretty modern to me...not that I mind that at all!

Iv@N · #**292** 12-03-2012, 03:29 PM

Well I've been away from TB for a while. So glad to know the Dingwall thread keeps on living here

Congratulations to everyone who has joined the Dingwall family!

Here's an interview with Sheldon for Bass Players United I did:
http://www.bassplayersunited.com/201...ldon-dingwall/

Cheers!
Ivan

Mehve · #**293** 12-03-2012, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Lady Kayri

But most places you aren't supposed to go to work drunk, and can be fired for doing it too often. Surely the same rules would apply to coming to work stoned.

Dunno man. Do a youtube search for "UPS delivery". Might explain a few of them

Although, on a related note, you'd think I was importing human beings with all the paperwork needed for Fedex to ship a guitar from the US up to Canada. Still, it finally got here! Now the proud new owner of a fretless 6-string AB-II, and loving it!

spiritbass · #**294** 12-03-2012, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Mehve

Although, on a related note, you'd think I was importing human beings with all the paperwork needed for Fedex to ship a guitar from the US up to Canada.

Nice quilt on the AB!!!

I had to register with Homeland Security to get my last Dingwall across the US/Canada border to Missouri. I got an envelope from FedEx a few days after the bass arrived. TWELVE PAGES of paperwork had to be completed by FedEx and Dingwall to get it shipped!

pmad_bass · #**295** 12-03-2012, 06:42 PM

Delivery came today. Guess I've joined the club. Not the best photo's but what the hey. My initial impressions are that I have more of an issue getting used to playing a 5 string than I am with the fanned frets. Going to play it now.

TodB · #**296** 12-04-2012, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by pmad_bass

Delivery came today. Guess I've joined the club. Not the best photo's but what the hey. My initial impressions are that I have more of an issue getting used to playing a 5 string than I am with the fanned frets. Going to play it now.

Congrats. I made the jump in January and the switch from 4 strings to 5 was a much bigger deal than the fanned frets.

pmad_bass · #**297** 12-04-2012, 06:14 AM

Another thing that is (somewhat) foreign to me is the modern sound and feel of the instrument. And by "modern"....I'm referring more to feel/sound of the instrument than I am the fanned frets.

Currently I have a 85 Factor...that I bought new and a 77 J. Needless to say...they are fairly broken in. Besides this Ding, the Factor, as it turns out is the only other bass that I have had that was a new purchase. To me other Factors just don't have the same feel I of course realize that every instrument...even those made by the same vendor will have a differnt fee/sound etc....but perhaps some of it is my having broken in the instrument...and have had years to become used to it.

I'm thinking that the "modern" feel" aspect of the Ding will always be there (when compared to my older traditional basses). Just wondering if anyone else has noticed a "break in" period on their newly purchased instruments? Having only broken in one from a new purchase.....I never really noticed that transition.

Surely the strings will break in....and that said, I may see about trying other strings/guages after a bit. Wondering if DR's would work on this thing.

spiritbass · #**298** 12-04-2012, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by pmad_bass

Another thing that is (somewhat) foreign to me is the modern sound and feel of the instrument. And by "modern"....I'm referring more to feel/sound of the instrument than I am the fanned frets.

Currently I have a 85 Factor...that I bought new and a 77 J. Needless to say...they are fairly broken in. Besides this Ding, the Factor, as it turns out is the only other bass that I have had that was a new purchase. To me other Factors just don't have the same feel I of course realize that every instrument...even those made by the same vendor will have a differnt fee/sound etc....but perhaps some of it is my having broken in the instrument...and have had years to become used to it.

I'm thinking that the "modern" feel" aspect of the Ding will always be there (when compared to my older traditional basses). Just wondering if anyone else has noticed a "break in" period on their newly purchased instruments? Having only broken in one from a new purchase.....I never really noticed that transition.

Surely the strings will break in....and that said, I may see about trying other strings/guages after a bit. Wondering if DR's would work on this thing.

From what I've read of others' experiences, the Super J's can be set up to use any string set. If you're addicted to super low action, you may need to ask Sheldon for shorter 'saddle screws' if you go with a non-tapered B string. The other option is to grind them to be a bit shorter. My first five-string Super J is still wearing its original strings, so I don't have any specific recommendations.

If by breaking in a bass, you mean that it sounds better with the passing of time, I have never observed this phenomenon.

pmad_bass · #**299** 12-04-2012, 08:06 AM

Thanks Ken. I think string hieght-wise all is good. I kind of dig in a bit...so it's set up pretty good in that regard.

With regards to breaking-in....I was thinking more of the feel.

One thing I'm realizing....and this is true for probably most 5-strings is that in comparison to 4 strings, the neck has a somewhat plank "like" feel to it. Afterall...it is larger than the other basses that I have. That is just something I'll get used to over time.

Another thing I'm noticing (and will surely overcome) is that due to the fanned frets and pickups, slapping could require one to consolidate their right hand a bit. Not a big deal....just something I'll be working in. I don't have a lot of slapping chops per se....and surely less than I did at one time (due to taking a break from the electrics). That said...the string spacing is pretty nice for a 5, in regards to slapping. I doubt that any 5's really play/feels like a 4 in that regard (especially for someone who is just starting out on a 5) but it is pretty easy hit/go back and forth between the individual strings.

Not that I have a 5....I may consider another cabinet...and/or head next time I have a G.A.S. attack.

Thornton Davis · #**300** 12-04-2012, 02:22 PM

I have a new White/Tort Combustion 5 that i'm checking out. I have it for a week to determine if I like it or not. So far i'm liking just about everything this bass has to offer, but I have lots of questions that i've asked the people at Dingwall regarding the preamp and replacement pickups but so far no one has replied. Oh well, onward and hopefully, upward.

TD