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BurningSkies said:
Sometimes we're our own hardest critic. You totally could have done that gig.
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Y'all, I'm going to suggest if you haven't read Effortless Mastery you do. It's not long, and it's not a 'technical' music book, but it really helped me and I know it's helped others. Specifically, there's a bunch of mind games and emotional baggage that comes from being a human and a musician that can hold us back from some of our potential as players. This book helped me realize that we struggle from this common non-technique related stuff and helped me get some of that off my back. I see guys in my own band, other bands and here with the same situations. It really helped me be kinder to myself in stage & general playing situations. And has helped me be kinder to other players as well.

Musicman1901 said:
I have an NG-2 and not having a tone control in passive mode drives me nuts! I always run it active
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I think if you're using your amp and/or down chain devices to shape your tone mostly or completely this would be doable, especially if you're using a single specific base tone most of the time.

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That said, I'm back to 100% stock NG-3 setup again. Last night we did a somewhat rare rehearsal for this weekend's road gigs and I ran the NG in B/M series...and did a bit of re-thinking-re-EQing and really ended up finding a sound I loved, worked wonderfully in our context and was great fun. I'm really looking forward to exploring it this weekend on stage as my 'anchor tone'. By pushing the lows at amp and DGTC a bit more, I found I could fill things out while keeping a really coherent, fast sounding and reggae friendly tone.
 
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I'm supposed to be refraining from the classifieds and reverb, but I can't help searching specifically for Dingwall stock here and there. Looks like, aside from maybe Bass Direct, supply is dwindling powerfully. Hopefully that means many more are becoming enlightened. Still, one can't help but envy the other-brand players of the world who can find great deals on the instrument they want. Should bode well for anyone looking to part with their current Wall to get a down payment in on that custom build!
 
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A-Ro said:
There’s not a passive tone control on any of the Combustion/NG Dingwalls.
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It is not a function of the model of the bass, it is a function of the preamp. The tone controls on the Darkglass Tone Capsule preamp are all entirely active, and they do not function whatsoever in passive mode.

On the Glock preamp, the lower half of the range of the treble control still functions as a passive cut in passive mode. That is a nice touch. But the Darkglass doesn't even have a treble control, so there is no passive tone control available.

Moving your string contact point farther from the bridge lets you roll off a significant amount of treble, whether using fingers or plectrum.
 
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spiritbass said:
I see the Combustion, especially the NG-2 as the fuel firing up Dingwall awareness and demand beyond previous levels.
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Yes, we see NG2 demand much higher than the standard Combustion, although IMO people are missing out to not also consider the standard Combustion every bit as much as the NG2.
 
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I think the NG-3 brings the standard Combustion & NG series closer together.

I would also guess a non-NG styled Combustion-3 would be a winner. More traditional finish palate and aesthetics, 3X switching and traditionally voiced EQ points on a preamp would probably slay the Sub-$2K import-boutique market.
 
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xnewyorka said:
It is not a function of the model of the bass, it is a function of the preamp. The tone controls on the Darkglass Tone Capsule preamp are all entirely active, and they do not function whatsoever in passive mode.

On the Glock preamp, the lower half of the range of the treble control still functions as a passive cut in passive mode. That is a nice touch. But the Darkglass doesn't even have a treble control, so there is no passive tone control available.

Moving your string contact point farther from the bridge lets you roll off a significant amount of treble, whether using fingers or plectrum.
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This finger positioning adds a great deal of tonal variation and was probably the thing I initially forgot the most when going back and forth to a parallel fret bass, although it only took a single bright hit on the D/G string to realize I needed to move up the neck a bit. It is ingrained now, though.
 
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BurningSkies said:
I think the NG-3 brings the standard Combustion & NG series closer together.

I would also guess a non-NG styled Combustion would be a winner. More traditional finish palate and aesthetics, 3X switching and traditionally voiced EQ points on a preamp would probably slay the Sub-$2K import-boutique market.
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I can’t stand the look of most of the NG finishes. When I saw neon green, yellow, orange etc...I was stunned that people were buying them. I don’t wanna use the term ugly but I’m just truly not a fan of such a “loud” and obscure color scheme.
 
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BurningSkies said:
I think the NG-3 brings the standard Combustion & NG series closer together.

I would also guess a non-NG styled Combustion would be a winner. More traditional finish palate and aesthetics, 3X switching and traditionally voiced EQ points on a preamp would probably slay the Sub-$2K import-boutique market.
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We do have the new Combustion colors of Whalepoolburst and Indigoburst, as well as fretboard choice which should bring out the Combustion awareness more. And yes, I love this 3x idea for the Combustion and probably will no longer order 2x. With the Ash body, which I prefer over Alder, and the Maple top, this will bring the "standard" Combustion awareness to a new level, IMO.
 
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Musicman1901 said:
I can’t stand the look of most of the NG finishes. When I saw neon green, yellow, orange etc...I was stunned that people were buying them. I don’t wanna use the term ugly but I’m just truly not a fan of such a “loud” and obscure color scheme.
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Whatcha think about the purple and the purple swirl? Color choice is always a difficult thing to predict, but so far I have seen no one who didn't like the purple swirl when seen in-person.
 
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bebass said:
Whatcha think about the purple and the purple swirl? Color choice is always a difficult thing to predict, but so far I have seen no one who didn't like the purple swirl when seen in-person.
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The swirl is a little crazy for my taste but I do love purple. This bass above is on reverb right now and is gorgeous
 

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