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02-08-2013, 11:04 AM
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02-08-2013, 12:30 PM
|  | Yeah, I've been registered here awhile... ;-D | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ashland, MO | | | Mumford's beauty...
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02-08-2013, 12:43 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Buffalo, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by spiritbass  | LOVE IT! |
02-08-2013, 01:13 PM
| | Yeah, I've been registered here awhile... ;-D | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ashland, MO | | Quote:
Originally Posted by BuffaloBob4343 LOVE IT! | Me too. With the dark trans-red body, BEM board, and the cool red accent on the headstock, it's a visual feast. He also has push-button switches for each pickup to be in series or parallel so it's even more tonally flexible... 
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02-08-2013, 02:20 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Canton, Ohio, USA | | WOW Quote:
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02-08-2013, 08:06 PM
|  | Talkin' Softly And Sayin' Little | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Massachusetts | | Quote:
Originally Posted by spiritbass Me too. With the dark trans-red body, BEM board, and the cool red accent on the headstock, it's a visual feast. He also has push-button switches for each pickup to be in series or parallel so it's even more tonally flexible... | Thanks! Just one of many beautiful works by Sheldon here on TB. Here's the money shot: |
02-08-2013, 08:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ellicott City | | | Question: Were the switches put on after market?
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02-08-2013, 08:43 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Los Angeles | | | Wow , what a stunning bass ! |
02-08-2013, 08:44 PM
| | Talkin' Softly And Sayin' Little | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Massachusetts | | Quote:
Originally Posted by pmad_bass Question: Were the switches put on after market? | Dingwall custom, actually. Not enough space for the usual toggle switches. |
02-08-2013, 08:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Los Angeles | | | I played my AB1 today and was thinking ... Playing a Dingwall bass makes the day a little sweeter. |
02-09-2013, 07:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Canton, Ohio, USA | | | We will need a gig report on this one. It seems to hit all the right spec points for my preferences. |
02-09-2013, 07:50 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada | | | It is certainly a unique beauty.
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02-09-2013, 11:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Buffalo, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by AmazingMumford Thanks! Just one of many beautiful works by Sheldon here on TB. Here's the money shot: | Shaaaawingggg!  |
02-09-2013, 12:34 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: London, England | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tombowlus Did you let your "supporting member" subscription expire? | re-sub'd and my avatar is back! Yay 
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02-11-2013, 05:59 AM
|  | Does this bass make my butt look big? | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: East Tennessee | | | Wow, everyone is quiet as church mice over here. Must be playing versus being on TB arguing about rounds versus flats.
My quest for a Dingwall was rudely interrupted by my truck. It didn't agree with my choice for where I spend my disposable income and in a fit of rage, decided that it would show its disgust with me by no longer shifting out of first gear.
Now I can't speak for everyone here, but I suspect that many you are like me in that I prefer to buy basses......as opposed to say .......transmissions, intake manifolds, or any other other insanely priced item.
After spending time with multiple mechanics working diligently to pry my checkbook open, I found a saint through a friend. He does things the really old fashoned way and decided that instead of just changing the really expensive parts first, he would execute a little used mechanic move known only as "diagnosing the problem versus the symptom." Now I know that some of you will say that I am making this up, but there are a number of mechanics that deal with with people fairly and honestly. My proof you ask ?
1) Shop # 1 - Transmission rebuild - 2800.00
2) Shop # 2 - MOST LIKELY cracked intake manifold, heavy emphasis on most likely. 1600.00.
3) Saint Willie of Oilstain - Bad throttle position sensor. 37.00 for sensor (no mark up) and 40.00 labor.
Interestingly, the truck runs perfectly and shifts like a dream. Hmmmmm.
I am only slightly ashamed of the fact that I was so relieved at not having to use the Dingwall fund for the truck, that I grovelled at his feet swearing to give my life for his at some point in the future. The bear hug and smooch on the cheek may have been a bit over the top.
Why would I share all of this with you? Simply because I hope to have a firm deal on a Dingwall by day's end.
Please set up a small shrine in your homes for Saint Willie. We need more people on this earth like him !
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02-11-2013, 06:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: London, England | | Well I too have something to celebrate today and although it's not Dingwall related but another brand, to me is nothing short of a milestone, a 27th year anniversary of another bass I own, all documented here: https://www.facebook.com/#!/media/se..._album_comment
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02-11-2013, 07:11 AM
| | Yeah, I've been registered here awhile... ;-D | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ashland, MO | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Zoomie Wow, everyone is quiet as church mice over here. Must be playing versus being on TB arguing about rounds versus flats.
My quest for a Dingwall was rudely interrupted by my truck. It didn't agree with my choice for where I spend my disposable income and in a fit of rage, decided that it would show its disgust with me by no longer shifting out of first gear.
Now I can't speak for everyone here, but I suspect that many you are like me in that I prefer to buy basses......as opposed to say .......transmissions, intake manifolds, or any other other insanely priced item.
After spending time with multiple mechanics working diligently to pry my checkbook open, I found a saint through a friend. He does things the really old fashoned way and decided that instead of just changing the really expensive parts first, he would execute a little used mechanic move known only as "diagnosing the problem versus the symptom." Now I know that some of you will say that I am making this up, but there are a number of mechanics that deal with with people fairly and honestly. My proof you ask ?
1) Shop # 1 - Transmission rebuild - 2800.00
2) Shop # 2 - MOST LIKELY cracked intake manifold, heavy emphasis on most likely. 1600.00.
3) Saint Willie of Oilstain - Bad throttle position sensor. 37.00 for sensor (no mark up) and 40.00 labor.
Interestingly, the truck runs perfectly and shifts like a dream. Hmmmmm.
I am only slightly ashamed of the fact that I was so relieved at not having to use the Dingwall fund for the truck, that I grovelled at his feet swearing to give my life for his at some point in the future. The bear hug and smooch on the cheek may have been a bit over the top.
Why would I share all of this with you? Simply because I hope to have a firm deal on a Dingwall by day's end.
Please set up a small shrine in your homes for Saint Willie. We need more people on this earth like him ! | No shrine construction planned, but I will agree that having the equivalent of a "Saint Willie" in your life is a blessing that should never be taken for granted. Mine is my brother in-law who lives just a couple hundred yards up the driveway. Hallelujah, the Dingwall hunt continues!
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02-11-2013, 07:15 AM
| | Yeah, I've been registered here awhile... ;-D | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ashland, MO | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Grand Wazoo | WAY cool instrument! I also like your Ashdown stool.  I celebrate with you and hope there isn't too much itching going on under your cast!
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02-11-2013, 09:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Buffalo, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by spiritbass WAY cool instrument! I also like your Ashdown stool. I celebrate with you and hope there isn't too much itching going on under your cast! | +1!
You were a cute little bugger back then. I'm surprised that your parents let you make such a purchase at that age. Of course, you were sophisticated enough to make some well-thought out choices as to construction, and it looks like you were able to handle the instrument pretty well as long as you were sitting!
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02-11-2013, 09:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: London, England | | Quote:
Originally Posted by BuffaloBob4343 +1!
You were a cute little bugger back then. I'm surprised that your parents let you make such a purchase at that age. Of course, you were sophisticated enough to make some well-thought out choices as to construction, and it looks like you were able to handle the instrument pretty well as long as you were sitting!
Congrats! | HAHA, that is not me, dude, that is my son Marco who in that pic was about 2 years old, he is going to be 20 in July haha.
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