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i like seeing the neck wood from the front and i like the extra colour in the colour pallet

as someone whos owned 10+ dingwalls, i really, REALLY, cannot advise against an ibanez SR enough they're lovely playing basses, but every time i hear one i cant help but think 'well im glad my B, E and A strings dont sound like that

yea i kinda run a similar principle, 4 string and 6 string that sound like classic hyper fender, then a different 4 and 6 for 'different' tones building from a different foundation, a short scale for short scale things ive wanted to add a stock P bass and something like a hofner, along with...

maybe sadowsky? power jazz sound

the wall hangers i got didnt fit ng or abz 6 string necks initially - a few minutes of pulling them apart and everything fits fine - just buy cheap ones m8

while there are mechanical similarities, particularly with the wider string spacing and flamenco stype of play being applicable to both instruments - the whole point of the 2 instrument in different they are (usually) intended to play different roles within a musical context. if you're just...

ok this sounds like your brain is asking for multi-scale

id say scale length/string gauge go hand in hand, string brand/type, construction and hardwear mass, and imo wood - all make a pretty big difference theres also the variance between instruments, dont think for a second that all instruments of the same spec will sound the same, theres gonna be...

This is a request based wholly in ridiculousness but- Can someone talk me out of paying £300 to have someone rip the fretboard off and replace it with an ebony one, refret with the smallest evo gold (or similar brass/brass-like) frets I can find, and maybe a brass nut. I want to change the...

something of note: as dingwall 6'ers get more expensive, their necks get thinner. back-to-back compairing; NG, ABZ, and Z necks, the NG feels like a baseball bat. if you could find a good used deal on a ABZ 6 string and are comfortable with the multi-scale, the neck...

ah i know this pain, little bit of mild distortion at low gain can work really well at 'adding clarifying edge' to a clean muddy tone. eq and technique will be the big things tho, and on top of that, instrument selection (modern/active will beat hofner violin - for example) ive come to find...

as a fellow brit, anyone who paints over that might as well be canadian

well i have a pretty strong preference for long (37-34 format) MultiScale, but like varity so... 4 string MS fender-ish think (dingwall combustion) 6 string MS fender-ish think (dingwall ABZ) 4 string MS alternative (dingwall D-bird - thinking of adding to w/ 1 custom ACG) 6 string MS...

the 'proper' order, start w/ something like that and build/change things around via personal experimentation

find a guitarist with a 1x12, borrow it if it turns out to sound bad, steal it if it turns out to sound good