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For sale Dingwall Super-J 5-string (Piano Black and Maple)

Sold
$3,800.00
Strings
5
Status
This item has been sold and is no longer available!

Details

This was my first Super-J but not my last! I really hate to part with it, but I have other purchases to fund and I just can't keep everything. If you know Dingwall, you know the fit, finish, sound, and playability are amazing. And this one is beautiful.

This is one of the first 5-string Super-Js, supposedly purchased from NAMM when this configuration was introduced in mid-2008. It is in excellent shape, it was pretty much a case queen from 2009 until I bought it in 2019. I have gigged it frequently since then, but still cannot find any dings or blemishes on it. The fretboard maple has some natural variation in appearance and is starting to get a little bit of an aged-mellow vibe. I've never yet needed to adjust the saddle or the truss rod, despite living in a 4-season climate. It's currently strung with (slightly battered) Payson Black Daggers from @Blues Cat , because they are made for the 32-35" multi-scale and look killer with the black inlays and black body. Questions welcome!

Price includes a 2018-era Dingwall gig bag or a TKL semi-hard case (your choice) and shipping within CONUS. If you want to switch it out from the stunning "Geddy" color scheme, there's also a second pickguard in gray pearloid (shown slapped on in one photo). Payment accepted with Paypal F&F, Venmo, Zelle, suitcase full of fivers, etc.

Here is some more info, some from me and some passed to me when I bought it as info that was "according to Dingwall":
Ship Date - most likely mid-2008
Body - alder
Neck - maple
Fingerboard - maple
Inlays - flat black
Side Dots - black
Strap Buttons - standard
Preamp - Aguilar OBP1
Switch - active/passive
Bridge - Dingwall
Tuners - Hipshot Ultralite cloverleafs
Scale Length - 32" - 35" (BEADG)
Pickups - 2
Pickup Selector - 4-way
Weight - 8 lbs. 12 oz. (3.97 kg or 0.63 stone if you must)

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Comments

Joeynone

The Neon Skyline
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Aug 2, 2011
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Wouldn’t be interested in both a 1 of 1 neckthru Musicman stingray 5 HS and a very rare Musicman reflex 5 HSS would you?
 

KPopOnBass

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Sep 12, 2008
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St. Louis
Wouldn’t be interested in both a 1 of 1 neckthru Musicman stingray 5 HS and a very rare Musicman reflex 5 HSS would you?

Hmmm... I've never really been a MusicMan man, man, so I don't want to waste your time. But I do love a good rarity (kinda how I ended up with this one, LOL). PM me a couple of pics?!? Or post 'em here, it couldn't hurt.
 

KPopOnBass

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Sep 12, 2008
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What I want to know is how you liked the Black Daggers????

I really liked the Black Daggers! The visual aspect is of course perfect for this bass. The coating on the strings is pretty "grippy" so it's a small adjustment from normal roundwounds or flatwounds. I didn't find it made it harder to play at all, just... different. Sound wise, they are somewhere between roundwounds and flatwounds, good compromise IMHO. I like my strings pretty broken in and not real bright, so I had these on there several years and liked them the whole time. The coating did wear off over time, both at some of the frets and over the pickups where I did not refrain from hitting it with a pick from time to time. You can see that in some of the pics... I didn't really find that this amount of wear affected the sound or playability, if you don't mind the way it looks.

My one (totally unenforceable!) condition when selling this to @BGeetr169 was that if he ever got tired of it and wanted to sell it off, he'd hit me up first in case I was having Seller's Regret. After reading the description and seeing these pics again, I'm kind of hoping that happens one fine day, LOL!
 
Jul 15, 2010
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Studio City, CA
I play primarily with fingers or rubber picks, occasionally a Dunlop Primetone. But a couple of years ain't bad. I usually run my coated strings for years.
 

KPopOnBass

Supporting Member
Sep 12, 2008
282
845
St. Louis
If you already like coated strings and already run them for a long time, I'm sure you'd be happy with the Black Daggers. If @BGeetr169 hadn't bought it, I'd probably still have mine on there, LOL.

Assuming you've got a Dingwall or similar multi-scale, Payson is just about your only option for coated strings or flats that are made specifically for multi-scale, to keep the tension even across the strings. I'd love to see Dingwall produce some, but I guess it's a pretty small niche.
 

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