Dingwall Owners Club

[spiritbass]

Interesting. I was just reading comments in the FB Dingwall Owners Group about the new Sklar model. The discussion turned to headless basses and DINGWALL GUITARS posted that there will eventually be a headless model.

 

[Waltsdog]

So what do you think of the new Combustions? What's your favorite burst color? I'm partial to the two on the right. I was told by the Dingwall staff at NAMM that these will be hitting the streets next month!

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If I had to give one a home it would be the whalepool followed by the indigo.
Open it up the NG colours and I'd order the green sparkle NG over both, remove the tone capsule and add a plain black gloss pickguard, all black hardware and racing stripe to match my black and white Combustion.

 

[spiritbass]

If I had to give one a home it would be the whalepool followed by the indigo.
Open it up the NG colours and I'd order the green sparkle NG over both, remove the tone capsule and add a plain black gloss pickguard, all black hardware and racing stripe to match my black and white Combustion.

Sheldon's statement that his basses "don't need much EQ" really is true, IME. That being said, the tone capsule is staying in the cavity of my NG.

 

[Waltsdog]

Sheldon's statement that his basses "don't need much EQ" really is true, IME. That being said, the tone capsule is staying in the cavity of my NG.

Yep, I mostly have it flat. I would probably stick a 3 band Glockenklang in there though just for the passive high cut.

 

[S-Bigbottom]

So what do you think of the new Combustions? What's your favorite burst color? I'm partial to the two on the right. I was told by the Dingwall staff at NAMM that these will be hitting the streets next month!

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My opinion is that they are neat but too busy for me. The quilt looks more like fish scales than wood.

 

[pbass6811]

Interesting. I was just reading comments in the FB Dingwall Owners Group about the new Sklar model. The discussion turned to headless basses and DINGWALL GUITARS posted that there will eventually be a headless model.

It sorta makes sense. Headless basses seemed fairly prominent at NAMM this year. I actually really dug the new Strandberg bass! Really nice feature set and construction materials, but the fan wasn't aggressive enough and it was built in Indonesia. Not that the Indonesian people can't build a boutique bass, I'm sure they can, but come on! Its $3k+! For $3k+, I'll buy a Canadian-built Dingwall every time. The Headless thing is a logical extension of awesomeness that is Dingwall currently.

I'm totally down for this.

 

[BurningSkies]

I could hang with the purple. If it only came with a Darkglass pre. (but then it would be an NG )

Super easy to switch out the preamp. I did it on my Combustion.

 

[Bassheart365]

If I were to buy another made-in-Asia Dingwall, it would now be a Combustion, and I would switch out the preamp to a 3 band Glock. I prefer ash to alder, prefer the selector switch on the Combustion (because it has a "jazz bass" selection) and because I've never been big on the "vents' on the pickguard of the NG models. The tend to tear up my knuckles/fingers when slapping.

 

[groovaholic]

Yep, I mostly have it flat. I would probably stick a 3 band Glockenklang in there though just for the passive high cut.

I pulled the preamp in my Z3 conversion and replaced it with a dual-input buffer (Bartolini AGDB since the existing Bartolini pickups had significantly less output than the P-Tone that I added) with master volume and passive tone control.

It’s a bright sounding bass, so I typically run the tone control dialed back about 40% - and I’ve recently started using a Quilter Bass Block, which has minimal EQ

 

[Blues Cat]

Have Payson stopped making 5 string bridges? I could have sworn they made them, but I can't see them on their website anymore...

We’ve been sold out of the 5 string bridges for about 6 mos approximately. We’re out of the 4 string Fanned bridges as of last week.

 

[xnewyorka]

Well that makes it super easy to place an order then.

if you are placing an order, why not just order one of each, that way you can coordinate the instrument with the outfit and always have a fresh look on stage.

 

[bebass]

We’ve been sold out of the 5 string bridges for about 6 mos approximately. We’re out of the 4 string Fanned bridges as of last week.

Are you planning on another run?

 

[Blues Cat]

Are you planning on another run?

Not at this time.

 

[BrBss]

Not at this time.

Somewhat unrelated, but did you mention working on a coated string for Dingwalls? Still in the market for that and none of the usual folks (Elixir, DR, etc) seem to offer their coated strings long enough for the 37" B.

 

[been_effected]

Not at this time.

Bugger

Rest assured if you did, I’d be there to grab one!

 

[Flabzilla]

So what do you think of the new Combustions? What's your favorite burst color? I'm partial to the two on the right. I was told by the Dingwall staff at NAMM that these will be hitting the streets next month!

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Mmm... purple.

 

[Bassheart365]

Somewhat unrelated, but did you mention working on a coated string for Dingwalls? Still in the market for that and none of the usual folks (Elixir, DR, etc) seem to offer their coated strings long enough for the 37" B.

La Bella has "extra long scale" tapewounds:

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[Dave W]

Not at this time.

Bugger

Rest assured if you did, I’d be there to grab one!

Same here. 5 string in black please.

 

[Lowendtech]

La Bella has "extra long scale" tapewounds:

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I was interested and clicked on that link.
Then I read this.

All standard bass sets are LONG scale length. The 1st (G), 2nd (D) & 3rd (A) strings are 38” from ball-end to silk/taper. The 4th (E) & 5th (B) string are 36 ¾” from ball-end to silk/taper. Only the silk portion of the string should wrap around the tuning post or else the string will break. Also available in other scales for 4-String, 5-String & 6-String Sets:

I’m not so sure that’ll work for the B.

 

[Bassheart365]

I was interested and clicked on that link.
Then I read this.

All standard bass sets are LONG scale length. The 1st (G), 2nd (D) & 3rd (A) strings are 38” from ball-end to silk/taper. The 4th (E) & 5th (B) string are 36 ¾” from ball-end to silk/taper. Only the silk portion of the string should wrap around the tuning post or else the string will break. Also available in other scales for 4-String, 5-String & 6-String Sets:

I’m not so sure that’ll work for the B.

That information pertains to the "standard" long scale set. Look below and you will see the info re the "extra long scale" set:

• Extra-Long Scale: 750N-B-XL (38″ Ball-End to Silk)

Trust me. The Extra-Long Scale will fit a 37" Dingwall. I posted a youtube video here recently showing me recording on a Z3 strung with La Bella Extra-Long-Scale flats. They sound fantastic. Especially for studio work.