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Dingwall Owners Club

#24,741
NaH said:
Is your 6-string is parallel (not fanned fret)? I assume you are looking at Nordstand's version then?
Dingstrand Nordwall 6
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Yeah sure, I know the right pickups to get. I have essentially a NT 6-string Warwick Thumbbass copy - but shaped like the Dolphin model. Made from Bubinga/Wenge/Ebony. My pickups are in nearly the same position as an NG2. I currently have Seymour Duncan Basslines and Preamp - but one or both of these have started turning to mush - low volume in the mids and treble. - G and C strings half as quiet as the B, E, A and D. [yes i tried raising the pickups on that side :rollno: - and fresh battery] It's Active, but it's only half as loud as my passive Ibanez Musician?
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Anyway, I really want exactly the same sound as my bass unplugged (just a little more bassy). I played an NG2 in a store and WooHoo!!! that neck pickup I believe, is what my bass sounds like acoustically. I spose I'm wondering how the pickup is gonna sound in my bass - I very much like the neck pickup on an NG2 and my neck pickup is in nearly exactly the same spot.
It might be a big ask but:
Does anyone have a Bubinga/wenge Dingwall they could give me a demo of, on the Neck/middle pickup?
It's gonna be a fair outlay for me, nearly $1000aud for 2 Dingers and a John East preamp, so any help would be cool.
 
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Larchi said:
Yeah sure, I know the right pickups to get. I have essentially a NT 6-string Warwick Thumbbass copy - but shaped like the Dolphin model. Made from Bubinga/Wenge/Ebony. My pickups are in nearly the same position as an NG2. I currently have Seymour Duncan Basslines and Preamp - but one or both of these have started turning to mush - low volume in the mids and treble. - G and C strings half as quiet as the B, E, A and D. [yes i tried raising the pickups on that side :rollno: - and fresh battery] It's Active, but it's only half as loud as my passive Ibanez Musician?
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Anyway, I really want exactly the same sound as my bass unplugged (just a little more bassy). I played an NG2 in a store and WooHoo!!! that neck pickup I believe, is what my bass sounds like acoustically. I spose I'm wondering how the pickup is gonna sound in my bass - I very much like the neck pickup on an NG2 and my neck pickup is in nearly exactly the same spot.
It might be a big ask but:
Does anyone have a Bubinga/wenge Dingwall they could give me a demo of, on the Neck/middle pickup?
It's gonna be a fair outlay for me, nearly $1000aud for 2 Dingers and a John East preamp, so any help would be cool.
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I have a bubinga neck and wenge fretboard AB2, but pickup positioning isn't the same. Would this still help?

Dingwall Afterburner 2 - Arbutus Burl

Dingwall Afterburner 2 - Arbutus Burl

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#24,743
NaH said:
I have a bubinga neck and wenge fretboard AB2, but pickup positioning isn't the same. Would this still help?

Dingwall Afterburner 2 - Arbutus Burl

Dingwall Afterburner 2 - Arbutus Burl

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Yeah awesome! That would be a real help, all I can compare to is vids on youtube of ABZ's and NG2s, with alder, and ash bodies - It is a good sign, that so many Dingwalls use the FD3's as their standard pickups.

If you could give me a demo of the front pickup, Flat, Passive with some Pick and Slap that would be fantastic!!!
As I understand it, the front pickup on an Afterburner is a little more "P bass like" than an NG2?

- You can understand I probably won't find any "Thumb-bass with FD3" videos on YT lol
But here is a Thumb-bass on front pickup, slapped.

How much do think FD3's would change this sound?
 
#24,745
xnewyorka said:
Congrats on the new beast! The black is very cool. Just don't handle it, or you will get fingerprints all over it! :)

Glad you asked the question about the Dunlop straplock mod. I have been meaning to try that for months.
Just went through the process on my NG2, and it was dead easy, took 10 minutes.
So simple that I also replaced the other two factory buttons with the same flushmounts, to make it fully stealth.
I recorded the process so you could get an idea of what was involved.
Unfortunately, when I set the phone down at the 3:30 mark, I bumped the Record button.
So when you get to 3:30, just skip ahead to 4:45 unless you want to listen to 75 seconds of drilling and blowing away sawdust while staring at a black screen:


The net result looks factory original on all three buttons.

So how does it feel?
Using the factory button on the end, the "home" position on the bass is the 7th fret. (If I put the bass on, then close my eyes and grab the neck and play a barre chord, I find myself on the 7th fret.)
Using the rear-mounted button, the "home" position becomes the 5th fret, and suddenly the bass feels a whole lot smaller, almost like a toy. It will take some getting used to, but I will probably stick with that position. Even though I'm 6' tall and have no trouble at all handling the long scale Dingwalls for short periods, I do find that with tons of repetitive motion stuck entirely in first position, I have to pause and stretch my left hand muscles once in a while to avoid soreness. This will help reduce that. So thanks!

Here is the finished product:
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Here are pics of the other two buttons as well:
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Nice John. Now you have me thinking. Hmmm....
 
#24,746
"Chirp..." Chirp..." A little quiet here.
I found some Dingwall love in the latest Bass Player magazine. It's an article about Lisa Dodd from Canada. I'm sure @Sheldon D. knows her.
Question: How do you dial in your tone. Answer: I don't. I actually don't touch any settings on the bass, because I play Dingwall basses. Those are just perfect all by themselves. I don't need to turn a knob or do anything.
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Larchi said:
Yeah awesome! That would be a real help, all I can compare to is vids on youtube of ABZ's and NG2s, with alder, and ash bodies - It is a good sign, that so many Dingwalls use the FD3's as their standard pickups.

If you could give me a demo of the front pickup, Flat, Passive with some Pick and Slap that would be fantastic!!!
As I understand it, the front pickup on an Afterburner is a little more "P bass like" than an NG2?

- You can understand I probably won't find any "Thumb-bass with FD3" videos on YT lol
But here is a Thumb-bass on front pickup, slapped.

How much do think FD3's would change this sound?
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I can't slap to save my life, but I'll give it my best shot. Buried the next couple days but I'll get you something however rough.
 
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I wonder why @Sheldon D. stopped doing mandolin frets except on the Sklars? I'm guessing they wear out too quick? I have a 4-string Super PJ w/mandolin frets that I love. I know they are out there on Z's of the past, but anyone seen an AB2 with mandolin frets?
 
#24,756
Larchi said:
Yeah awesome! That would be a real help, all I can compare to is vids on youtube of ABZ's and NG2s, with alder, and ash bodies - It is a good sign, that so many Dingwalls use the FD3's as their standard pickups.

If you could give me a demo of the front pickup, Flat, Passive with some Pick and Slap that would be fantastic!!!
As I understand it, the front pickup on an Afterburner is a little more "P bass like" than an NG2?

- You can understand I probably won't find any "Thumb-bass with FD3" videos on YT lol
But here is a Thumb-bass on front pickup, slapped.

How much do think FD3's would change this sound?
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No slap or picks, but this is my Bubinga/wenge ABHS in all pickup modes. Parallel setting first, then series. Three pickups, starting on neck. P-bass-ish, but not exactly. I'm thinking of installing a P-tone pickup in there.

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The_Owl said:
No slap or picks, but this is my Bubinga/wenge ABHS in all pickup modes. Parallel setting first, then series. Three pickups, starting on neck. P-bass-ish, but not exactly. I'm thinking of installing a P-tone pickup in there.

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Hey thanks for that, it seems like i'm worrying about nothing - That is pretty much what my bass sounds like. My bass is gonna sound like a Thumb bass with Dingwall pickups in it :laugh:!
Other questions:
What is actually under the cover of these pickups?
And how are they individually setup if you just hook them up - in terms of Serial/Parallel etc?
For example: I like the neck pickup on the NG2 - how is that solo pickup wired?
 
#24,758
Larchi said:
Hey thanks for that, it seems like i'm worrying about nothing - That is pretty much what my bass sounds like. My bass is gonna sound like a Thumb bass with Dingwall pickups in it :laugh:!
Other questions:
What is actually under the cover of these pickups?
And how are they individually setup if you just hook them up - in terms of Serial/Parallel etc?
For example: I like the neck pickup on the NG2 - how is that solo pickup wired?
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Under the pickups shells are two neodymium magnet pickups arranged in a "reverse-P" configuration. I purchased my 2016 NG-2 used. When I opened up the control cavity, the pickups were wired in parallel with themselves. It is very easy to change the wiring to series if you like (I do). When I play mine, I'm soloing the neck pickup.
 
#24,759
spiritbass said:
Under the pickups shells are two Neodymium magnet pickups arranged in a "reverse-P" configuration. I purchased my 2016 NG-2 used. When I opened up the control cavity, the pickups were wired in parallel with themselves. When I play mine, I'm soloing the neck pickup.
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Ok, so on an NG2, the 2 pickups are setup individually in Parallel, and the Pickup knob is just switching between Bridge solo/Bridge and neck Parallel/Bridge and neck Series/Neck solo...Have I got that right?
Hmmmm, I wonder how my Seymour Duncans are set...
 

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