Dingwall Owners Club Part 4 - Page 24

dangerouscello · #**461** 01-20-2013, 11:37 PM

Thanks for the welcome. With or without a number, I think I'm stuck in this club for good.

BuffaloBob4343 · #**462** 01-21-2013, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Smallmouth_Bass

I think the newer ones have a push/pull pot to go between passive and active.

And some older ones as well! I have an older ABII with Mahogany body, FD1s that has a push-pull active/passive switch as well.

**Stephent28** · #**463** 01-21-2013, 08:42 AM

dangerouscello,
that is a realy beauty! Enjoy.

scannermann · #**464** 01-22-2013, 04:05 PM

recently bought an AB1 5 string. Feel part of the community all ready...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrscannermann/8368926506

TodB · #**465** 01-22-2013, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by scannermann

recently bought an AB1 5 string. Feel part of the community all ready...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrscannermann/8368926506

Looks beautiful. Congrats and welcome aboard.

BuffaloBob4343 · #**466** 01-22-2013, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by scannermann

recently bought an AB1 5 string. Feel part of the community all ready...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrscannermann/8368926506

Is that a blackburst that looks purple in the light, or is that one actually purple? Beautiful either way!

tombowlus · #**467** 01-22-2013, 10:37 PM

We have some very cool new Dingwalls to check out at NAMM!

dukeorock · #**468** 01-22-2013, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by tombowlus

We have some very cool new Dingwalls to check out at NAMM!

Whoa...loving the Super P

anezthes · #**469** 01-23-2013, 04:58 AM

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Originally Posted by tombowlus

We have some very cool new Dingwalls to check out at NAMM!

Sexy! If it had the Prima Artist/Sklar bridge ... can that be custom ordered?

BuffaloBob4343 · #**470** 01-23-2013, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by dukeorock

Whoa...loving the Super P

+ 100000000!!!

TheEmptyCell · #**471** 01-23-2013, 10:25 AM

I'd kill for a passive version of the ABXXX. That yellow matches my vintage Schwinn.

eloann · #**472** 01-23-2013, 05:09 PM

Got my SP5 today. It felt weird at first coming from the longer scale ABZ but at the rehearshal it really shined. This week-end I'm taking both to the studio.

BuffaloBob4343 · #**473** 01-23-2013, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by eloann

Got my SP5 today. It felt weird at first coming from the longer scale ABZ but at the rehearshal it really shined. This week-end I'm taking both to the studio.

Duuuude!

Love it! Want one! Going to order one! As soon as I can make up my mind on options.

Grand Wazoo · #**474** 01-23-2013, 05:44 PM

Well as I am recovering from an operation on my right leg, I am presently at home arrests for 12 weeks in a cast and can't walk, so this friend of mine who also happens to play a little bass now and then came to visit me and brought along a very nice Super P prototype with an inverted p/bass pickup and we compared the sound with that of my Super J/P and wow, I was impressed. Sheldon did a great job for this guy, he swapped the pickup around and we believe he positioned it also a little closer to the fretboard, in the elusive sweet spot, but my friend was very pleased with the result and happy to confirm that from now on, his Super P is going to be his main TV gigging and touring bass.

Here are a few shots

spiritbass · #**475** 01-23-2013, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by eloann

Got my SP5 today. It felt weird at first coming from the longer scale ABZ but at the rehearshal it really shined. This week-end I'm taking both to the studio.

Cool - he's offering an ash body as an option now. Enjoy!

BuffaloBob4343 · #**476** 01-23-2013, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by spiritbass

Cool - he's offering an ash body as an option now. Enjoy!

I think he always was, wasn't he? The SPZ model is ash with matte finish, and the SP-Standard is alder with gloss finish if I recall correctly.

Blues Cat · #**477** 01-23-2013, 09:35 PM

Man, as Sheldon was developing the SP I asked about a reversed pu version. He said he couldn't do it because it would look weird.

The tone has got to be way more even across the strings with Dave's reversed P configuration.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grand Wazoo

Well as I am recovering from an operation on my right leg, I am presently at home arrests for 12 weeks in a cast and can't walk, so this friend of mine who also happens to play a little bass now and then came to visit me and brought along a very nice Super P prototype with an inverted p/bass pickup and we compared the sound with that of my Super J/P and wow, I was impressed. Sheldon did a great job for this guy, he swapped the pickup around and we believe he positioned it also a little closer to the fretboard, in the elusive sweet spot, but my friend was very pleased with the result and happy to confirm that from now on, his Super P is going to be his main TV gigging and touring bass.

Here are a few shots

Grand Wazoo · #**478** 01-23-2013, 10:46 PM

I kinda see what Sheldon meant and agree that the inverted P on a fanned fret bass looks slightly weird more so on a 5 strings bass, but the improvement in sound that we experienced yesterday when we tried it against the normal P on my bass was quite remarkable, problem is, this one might well be the only one we see like this, because I doubt Sheldon is willing to re-rout all the cavities of the Super P built from now, and of course re-jigging of pickguards.

The most important think is that my friend said he is so impressed with the result he is now going to (try to) order an exact same one but with the ash body, i.e. non lacquered as you get in the new Super P / Z

The question is, will Sheldon do it again for him?

Blues Cat · #**479** 01-23-2013, 11:47 PM

I actually think it looks better imho. That configuration, without a pg and rear routed, would look and sound killer. I have another idea but I'm going to keep it close to the vest.

Dave was saying he was using SS strings for his B and E and Nickel for his A, D and G to even out the tone when he 1st got it. If you search Jules' NYE live show on YT you can hear the string mixing in action.

I also noticed he had his recent Nordstrand ordered with a reversed P config.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grand Wazoo

I kinda see what Sheldon meant and agree that the inverted P on a fanned fret bass looks slightly weird more so on a 5 strings bass, but the improvement in sound that we experienced yesterday when we tried it against the normal P on my bass was quite remarkable, problem is, this one might well be the only one we see like this, because I doubt Sheldon is willing to re-rout all the cavities of the Super P built from now, and of course re-jigging of pickguards.

The most important think is that my friend said he is so impressed with the result he is now going to (try to) order an exact same one but with the ash body, i.e. non lacquered as you get in the new Super P / Z

The question is, will Sheldon do it again for him?

Grand Wazoo · #**480** 01-24-2013, 01:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blues Cat

I actually think it looks better imho. That configuration, without a pg and rear routed, would look and sound killer. I have another idea but I'm going to keep it close to the vest.

Dave was saying he was using SS strings for his B and E and Nickel for his A, D and G to even out the tone when he 1st got it. If you search Jules' NYE live show on YT you can hear the string mixing in action.

I also noticed he had his recent Nordstrand ordered with a reversed P config.

Wow! I am impressed as to how well informed you are on this, however things didn't go exactly as Dave planned and I'll explain to you why:

Yes originally Dave did ask Sheldon to replace the pickup sections with Nordstrand ones, but unfortunately these wouldn't fit inside the Dingwall made shells, and since Sheldon was not going to re-cnc a set of shells just for this one application, that idea was abandoned and in the end the pickup remained unchanged but simply reversed and to be honest, both myself and Dave were in agreement that even though it isn't a Nordstrand pickup, it really needn't be now that it has been reversed, because it has given his bass a whole new voice and as I've said, he is pleased with the result.

As for the strings yes Dave has been using 4 flatwound D'Addario strings but with a Dingwall roundwound low B, however yesterday he said that now that the pickup has more body and mid punch he wondered what it would sound like with a whole set of Dingwall roundwound, and it just so happened that I always keep 2 spare sets here at home and since I am not going to be able to go out and play until the end of March, I said well take one of my spare sets you can replace them later on your next visit, so we put a fresh set of Super J roundwound on his bass and oh boy, what a sound.

Tomorrow night he has rehersal with Jools and it will be the deciding factor for him on whether or not he will stick with these strings or go back to flats for the Super P but one thing is for sure his Fender American Standard 5 Olympic White will now take a back seat because while it was good for Dave during the period that his Super P was awating p/up swap, it just does not come close to this new sound of his Super P.

I've just enlarged 2 pics and made them over bright and unfortunately very grainy but you know I wasn't doing a photo shoot when I took these pics, anyway the pics give you an idea how the placement of the pickup and how the top part seems to be sticking out a bit too much but when you look at the overall shot and how closer to the neck it is, it all makes sense.