40" scale Quake bass in production (2000USD)

[maturanesa]

If you said the earth is flat that'd also just be your opinion, but you can't expect not to be called out on it.

Using a binary logic example for a non-binary topic... typical of an ignorant..

 

[BruceWane]

Using a binary logic example for a non-binary topic... typical of an ignorant..

You really need to go over here and have a discussion with @Rumbledore. It'll be epic.

 

[bassbenj]

"but guys I have strong opinions which I will present as facts despite the fact I have no idea what I am talking about"

Btw, this is a guy who suggested just straight up using THICKER strings to get MORE CLARITY. Don't forget that. At some point, string thickness starts decreasing clarity because it's worse at being a string. I am sure he gets a low F# with great clarity of a .135 string
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[InternetAlias]

Using a binary logic example for a non-binary topic... typical of an ignorant..

I reallly won't pretend your opinions are nuanced, you just shift goal posts when called out on ********.

 

[Razman]

@maturanesa, Vayase, trolear a alguien mas en otro foro.

@InternetAlias, stop baiting him! I ran out of popcorn a long time ago; obviously he won't get it, and none of us can change that.

As for me, I'm trying to come up with some $$ to pick up this six stringer made by a local luthier and a wireless system. Sheesh...

 

[NaH]

As someone who's played Dingwall's long scale offerings for a few years, I can definitely see the appeal of going even longer. I've actually got an Ibanez BTB7 strung F#BEADGC with a .170 D'addario nickel. It's only a 35" bass, and I'm already thinking of stringing my Dingwall ABZ6 to F#BEADG when I get back to CNY later next year. I'd love to hear one of these Quake's, recorded well in a real studio by an experienced engineer tuned down an octave (E0).

That said, the headstock is ugly, the pickups just look cheap, the placement of the pots isn't aesthetically quite right to me and that limited edition inlay at the 12th fret is just ugly (it clutters up the fretboard in a displeasing manner) and those X's at quick glance look like an extra pair of K's. All in all, I guess I just don't like the way they look.

They've essentially done what Dingwall has been doing for years by shifting the position of the bridge farther to the right of the players right hand to bring the nut closer to your left shoulder, lessening the reach. It's something that EVERY manufacturer of >34" scale basses needs to get through their thick, money grubbing heads. You can't just have the nut an inch farther from your left shoulder and end up with an ergonomically pleasing instrument to play.

I agree - those pickups look like you forgot to route it out so you just grabbed some random screws and drilled it in. I also don't like the inlay and the output jack does not make sense. I suppose they did it as a way to provide "protection" like a Neutrik without installing one? Still - doesn't seem practical. Get that to come loose and you'll have to flip the guitar to get at it properly. Competitive starting point, but I feel there are some compromises that it doesn't interest me.

 

[Hambone70]

Somehow my wife's attitude doesn't seem so bad any more...