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Dingwall Owners Club

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i'm over in Cali, looks doubtful i'll be out there anytime soon, but i'll hit you up if i do.


MAN i want to get a second Dinger. i feel silly not bringijg a backup to shows, but i HATE the way my other basses feel. just bought a new car but a second Dingal's for sure my next big expenditure.
 
#2,122
Moose, keep an eye on the GTG section, there's a pretty active bunch here in the Portland, Columbia River Gorge area, Seattle, and Boise.

We have a GTG at least once a summer in Hood River.

The two scales are different, that's for sure. Another factor in the mix is string spacing, which is not adjustable. 19mm on the Super J's vs 18mm on the AB series. If you are a slapper and used to the 19mm on most Jazz and P basses, the 18mm is going to feel tight.

Did you buy the SJ you tried?

What I notice most is the huge sonic presence of the long scale AB-s after playing the Super J's. The strings and individual notes are even more articulate and resonant. The sixer is a big bass, no getting around it. You'll be reaching for the lowest notes and they will be super defined. The chords in the middle range are just stellar, the fingering gets a little trickier up high, but its worth it for the clear harmonies. What's really amazing is the sixer weighs in at just over 8 lb.

Not that the Super J's lack any thing in sound, but they are quicker, punchier with less overtone. After playing the AB, you'll notice how wide open and fast the Super J's feel.

Either way you'll love what you get.

I took the blind leap into a SJ and I've never looked back. Get one and you'll want another.
 
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MooseLumps said:
Hey guys,
Prospective owner here. I was in Seattle at Bass NW a few weeks ago, and tried a 4 string Super J. Now I have the bug for a Combustion or ABZ in 5 or 6 string config. The issue is that I've not tried the longer scale necks and I would hate to shell out that sort of dough for a bass I didn't really love, so I was wondering if there were any owners within a few hundred miles of North Idaho that would let me plunk around on your Dingwall. I'd be more than willing to bring a six-pack for your time.
I'm located in Moscow, ID, but would be willing to drive 200 miles or so to jam out. Is there anyone around who could help me out?
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If you can make it to... London England you are welcome to try any of these

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Don't worry about the 6-pack, I am t-total, but seriously

We should have a database of who has what bass in which town / country, that'll be a good idea for prospective owners such as the gentleman in Moscow, Idaho!

Who is clever with IT stuff that can make one we can all access via the forum?
 
#2,124
No, I could not justify the purchase of a Super J. That's why I'm looking at the ABZ or Combustion.

I'm pretty flexible when it comes to string spacing. I prefer tighter, but 19 does not pose any problems. It's nut width that really haunts my playing.
 
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MooseLumps said:
Hey guys,
Prospective owner here. I was in Seattle at Bass NW a few weeks ago, and tried a 4 string Super J. Now I have the bug for a Combustion or ABZ in 5 or 6 string config. The issue is that I've not tried the longer scale necks and I would hate to shell out that sort of dough for a bass I didn't really love, so I was wondering if there were any owners within a few hundred miles of North Idaho that would let me plunk around on your Dingwall. I'd be more than willing to bring a six-pack for your time.
I'm located in Moscow, ID, but would be willing to drive 200 miles or so to jam out. Is there anyone around who could help me out?
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I'm a little further away than the 200 mile range but the weather is starting to get pretty nice in the Okanagan Valley. You would be more than welcome to try mine out. Maybe by the time you get here I will have received my B string booster kit from Sheldon.
 
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spiritbass said:
Well thanks, Minty! Yeah, the frets are all crooked too. :hmm: I have begun a second honeymoon with this one since I dropped one of the P-tone FD-3's in the neck position - YUM!
What finish is your P/J-5? Did I miss the obligatory pic?
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scroll up to post #100 in this thread and you will see them all in their glory or just click here: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/dingwall-owners-club-part-3-a-740795/index5.html#post10671117

p.s.: the black Super J 5 belongs to a friend of mine who is the guy playing my Fiesta Red P/J
 
#2,135
Wow now you ask me a very difficult question. I'll try to give you the essence of it.

The ABZ is my first "Dingwall" love and no one forgets their first love, do they?

ABZ & ABII are very similar in dimensions, string spacing, scale etc. also the actual feel, action, and playability are very close, except that if you play them unplugged you will feel that extra resonance and acoustic that the chambered ABII has, and it is a very nice resonance too I have to admit.

Also the ABII played passive is 90% close to the sound of the ABZ however you do feel a slight difference in sustain due to the chambering.

Now comes the difficult part for me to describe: and that is the Glockenklang active preamp in the ABII, I am finding it either too powerful or too much of a departure from it's passive state, that I am still learning how to use it (I mean how to apply it in my own music contest) in very little doses. The fact is that the bass boost you get from it, it is very powerful (perhaps a tad too much for my liking) and if you overdo it, you'll have your speakers flapping in pain, whereas the high boost can morph you ever so quickly to the extreme opposite end making the sound a little to brittle and sharp.

So you've got to be careful but the bass has big balls of fire, and a great sound spectrum presence.

However this is not a bad thing, because as I found out the Glockenklang has saved the day on a few occasion when muddy stages have sucked all the frequency out of my speakers where a normal passive bass would have been buried in the mix.
 
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Do you have the same Glockenklang in the Super P/J?

I with you on the Glock preamp. That thing is super hot. Just turning it on makes for a whole new ball game. The bass becomes very active sounding, without a big jump in volume. The controls have huge range, wandering to far from the detent spot can be scary. When I turn it on I run a little bass boost, and cut the treble back.

Most of the time I put the Super P/J on the P pickup and run it passive. That's the cool sound for me. I get the pre dialed in just right for a bit of boost and I can just push the volume pot down to engage the extra power.

I've got a FEA Labs dual band compressor that I'm still in the early stages with, but it does a nice job of focusing the sound even further. A little squash to thicken the lows and a little more squash taming high peaks. I can by pass the the high section to get more cut and dynamics. There are separate gain controls for both high and low sections, and you can adjust the crossover point. Like the Glockenklang, it's best to keep it subtle.

What's really interesting is to watch how much my right hand position can change what's going on. Right on top of the pickup there are lots more highs, move away and the highs quickly fade. The compressor high section indicates when its working, so it is really easy to see what it is doing.

The first night I ran this I was on the fence about how much I liked it. Then the battery died, and I found out just how much it was helping. And it wasn't just me that noticed.
 
#2,138
Help!

I've searched and searched and can't the answer.

I'm putting an active preamp in my 4-string ABZ (serial# 424X purchased new 2/10) and need to know the color code for the FD-3 4L pickups in my bass so I can wire some series/parallel switches.

I looking to find what color wire North Start, North Finish, South Start, South Finish is for the Dingwall FD-3 4L pickups.

Something like this...

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Many thanks!!!!
 

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