Dingwall: More than Metal

[5StringBlues]

My Ding Ding does Reggae, 40's-80's Country thump, Soul, and some Funk then Church music on Sunday.
Never had a distorted tone or been played with a pick.

Or been played on a moving lawn mower.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Nothing really. From when I first heard it back in 74 that tone he gets on "Your Smilin face" is his plain ole P bass.....incredible tone. I suspect he plays the DWall more for feel than tone.

That was not a P-bass. It was a Jazz modded with two Precision pickups, neither one in the sweet spot.

 

[two fingers]

This place is close to Wilmington? Often I go to Myrtle Beach in the summer as part of visiting family. I may visit that shop myself.

As much as you like to try different basses, allow time to go by Bass Pluckers as well. They usually have some out-of-the-ordinary stuff.

By the way, Music Loft is also a Spector dealer. Between those two places you could probably crank out 50 videos!

Let me know if/when you're going!

 

[MultiScaleMale]

As much as you like to try different basses, allow time to go by Bass Pluckers as well. They usually have some out-of-the-ordinary stuff.

By the way, Music Loft is also a Spector dealer. Between those two places you could probably crank out 50 videos!

Let me know if/when you're going!

Music Loft currently has a 4 string Super J that's calling my name.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

As much as you like to try different basses, allow time to go by Bass Pluckers as well. They usually have some out-of-the-ordinary stuff.

By the way, Music Loft is also a Spector dealer. Between those two places you could probably crank out 50 videos!

Let me know if/when you're going!

Where is bass pluckers? I checked Music Loft’s website, and they have a lot of beautiful custom Spectors. I will certainly film some videos if they allow me too.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Where is bass pluckers? I checked Music Loft’s website, and they have a lot of beautiful custom Spectors. I will certainly film some videos if they allow me too.

I see Bass Pluckers is in Wilmington too, cool!

 

[two fingers]

I see Bass Pluckers is in Wilmington too, cool!

Dude that runs Bass Pluckers is about as friendly a guy as you'll ever come across. He'll talk bass with you all day if you let him.

 

[definenredefine]

Dude that runs Bass Pluckers is about as friendly a guy as you'll ever come across. He'll talk bass with you all day if you let him.

This is very true. He's super nice!

 

[dfreeland83]

Music Loft. They actually have a pretty big Reverb presence. Hit me up if you go on a weekend. We're usually at Topsail.

Most definitely! Topsail's one of our go-to's when we head to the coast. We like that it's not as crowded as the beaches a bit further south, but it appears that a lot of folks are learning that little trick as well.

 

[definenredefine]

That was not a P-bass. It was a Jazz modded with two Precision pickups, neither one in the sweet spot.

I may be wrong, but that looks like a modded Music Man to me. There's a wood plate where the humbucker would be, and the control plate definitely looks like it came from a Stingray.

 

[MrClassicMetal]

I may be wrong, but that looks like a modded Music Man to me. There's a wood plate where the humbucker would be, and the control plate definitely looks like it came from a Stingray.

It does have a Fender neck though.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

I may be wrong, but that looks like a modded Music Man to me. There's a wood plate where the humbucker would be, and the control plate definitely looks like it came from a Stingray.

Lee Sklar has few videos where talks about it.

 

[definenredefine]

Lee Sklar has few videos where talks about it.

I'll take a look. Thanks!

 

[prom311]

No offense, but I don't think any metal bassists use those beyond Nolly fanboys.

There are tons

These guys from The Omnific are doing it right

 

[VoodooJazz]

The D-Roc is fully passive, no preamp at all.

Uh-oh…

 

[groovaholic]

Here's another great demo of non-metal Dingwall capabilities:

 

[MDBass]

If you are looking into trying a Dingwall and dont want to play metal I recommend trying to find a model other then the Ng series with the darkglass preamp unless you've already tried a bass with that preamp and like it enough to play non metal based music. That preamp is a big part of that type of sound

It actually isn’t at all.

For some reason a lot of people seem to think that the Tone Capsule has built in distortion: it doesn’t, it’s just a normal onboard preamp with lo and hi mid controls instead of mid and treble controls.

It’s also bypass-able via the active/passive switch on the bass.

Will Shively uses an NG with Boyz II Men, and his RnB tone is fantastic.

 

[MDBass]

Uh-oh…

 

[S-Bigbottom]

Or been played on a moving lawn mower.

'Tis best bass for mowin'.

 

[higain617]

These guys from The Omnific are doing it right

I've checked out some of the suggestions of those who took me to task, and there seems to be a general similarity to Periphery, Animals As Leaders, and other djent-y music.