Dingwall Owners Club

[AB Nate]

Sidebar...that's not the bass that came with that gig bag. I hope you don't think we didn't notice...Ok, resume gig bag discussion

Look up ^

 

[BassBH]

Look up ^

That's more like it! Lol. Wow! So dreamy, it looks like I could reach right through the screen and pluck a string.

 

[Jason42]

Ok. No more pictures from me today after these.
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Holy...

 

[packrat]

They’ve used various levy’s bags but I will say I’ve seen quite old worn ones holding up really well. That would be my concern.

 

[Applejacks]

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Best $35 ever. Luminlay is easy to install. I put them in this AB -1 six string. Maybe two hours start to finish, including removing the neck, cleaning, some fret filing, Luminlay install, neck back on, new strings and setup. $35 included one rod of Luminlay ( plenty for a 24 fret bass) the little keychain led light charger, and shipping, plus a few bucks at the hardware for super glue and a couple drill bits.

Just drill out the soft plastic markers, glue in 5mm of Luminlay rod, trim it off flush and repeat. Sand smooth. Luminlay is very soft, easy to sand. The only reason the neck had to come was to get to the upper few dots. Super easy.

I like the bigger diameter solid color, blue dots over the dots with black outer layers.

The Super P has the black outlined dots. The bass came with them.

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I got a huge kick out of the glowing dots.

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Best $35 ever. Luminlay is easy to install. I put them in this AB -1 six string. Maybe two hours start to finish, including removing the neck, cleaning, some fret filing, Luminlay install, neck back on, new strings and setup. $35 included one rod of Luminlay ( plenty for a 24 fret bass) the little keychain led light charger, and shipping, plus a few bucks at the hardware for super glue and a couple drill bits.

Just drill out the soft plastic markers, glue in 5mm of Luminlay rod, trim it off flush and repeat. Sand smooth. Luminlay is very soft, easy to sand. The only reason the neck had to come was to get to the upper few dots. Super easy.

I like the bigger diameter solid color, blue dots over the dots with black outer layers.

The Super P has the black outlined dots. The bass came with them.

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I got a huge kick out of the glowing dots.

Hi singlemalt
Where did you order the Luminlay from?

Thanks
AJ

 

[AB Nate]

Beautiful bass. I hope you love it.
I'd sure love to play it.

Thanks. We are bonding nicely I think.

 

[----GODMODE----]

Thanks. We are bonding nicely I think.

Good. I hope you get lots of hours in.
I found mine easy to play. I posted a video, only one still up, of playing mine the next day after bringing it home. Having said that, there were some interesting challenges I found that needed work. Since I now have my Super fretless, I noticing a repeat as the scale is very different, string spacing and 2 less strings.
I've already played it out of the house numerous times, it is already famous in my city. ...
Anyways, take care!

 

[singlemalt]

Luminlay high quality phosphorescent fluorescent inlays

I ordered from Luminlay in Japan, it’s been five or six years since. My product arrived with a week and included some cool Japanese stamps on the envelope. The web site does the Yen to dollar thing.

I see that there are now domestic sources.

 

[BurningSkies]

Luminlay high quality phosphorescent fluorescent inlays

I ordered from Luminlay in Japan, it’s been five or six years since. My product arrived with a week and included some cool Japanese stamps on the envelope. The web site does the Yen to dollar thing.

I see that there are now domestic sources.

Yep. I used paypal for the transaction I recently did and received a mailing envelope within about a week and a half that required signature...the USPS carrier commented on how pretty the stamps were too.

I ordered one piece of the 'side-dot-marker' and the end payment was $24.49. If you're unsure of what size you want, it's reasonable enough to buy a few things and then probably resell what you don't want.

 

[BurningSkies]

Hey guys. Got a couple questions here, wondering if someone knows how to fix or address the issues that I'm having. Just purchased a Dingwall NG3 5-String, and I absolutely LOVE it. Rich B string, equal tonality across all strings, pretty much all the ecstasy one experiences when they play a Dingwall lol.

I noticed recently that I have the adjust the bridge action for my B String waaayy too often, whereas I haven't even touched the action of the others. I use stock Dingwall stainless steel strings, and I've already adjusted the truss rod, so no fret buzz towards the nut (buzzing happens towards the neck/pickups actually). Does everybody run into this occasionally if they like to play on the fifth string often? Or should I be concerned as to what's happening at the bridge?

The other problem I'm having are the pickups. Long story short, whenever I'm playing in the fourth position with all pickups on (bridge + middle in parallel, neck in series), occasionally the volume suddenly drops, and the only solution is to strike my strings hard until it picks up a loud signal for it to start working again.

Any help would be much appreciated. I already reached out to Dingwall, so I thought I could find some solutions here before getting a response back from them.

If you're having the B string saddle drop, the answer is some of the non-permanent loctite on the threads. I think that's the purple.

(buzzing happens towards the neck/pickups actually) Is it actually happening at the frets at the end of the neck, or is it the B String rattling off of the pickup covers? I find that the Dingwall pickup height from 'factory' is a bit higher than I like and I see a whole lot of pictures of pickup covers on Dingwalls out there with wear from the actual strings vibrating against them. I always lower my pickups by at least a turn or more on each pickup.

occasionally the volume suddenly drops, and the only solution is to strike my strings hard until it picks up a loud signal for it to start working again. Ah, intermittent electronics problem. While it's possible it's a pickup, I think you have a contact problem somewhere else. Faulty switch or switch wiring would be my first thought. You're only having it in one switch position...and when you 'play hard enough' you return to full volume. You're thumping the bad connection back into place when you're doing that.

You've got something that's not making the full contact it wants. I'd start out by flipping that rotary a bunch of times back and forth and see if that 'cleans' a dirty contact. If you get no traction there, I'd want to make sure all the wires to the switch are where they should be and secure. To me, since it's happening at one position at the switch I don't think its your preamp, pickups or other electronics.

If you're not versed in any electronic work and/or nervous at all about opening the back of your new instrument...don't. Take it to a professional or if you've bought from someone with warranty service talk to them.

 

[dazmond]

(buzzing happens towards the neck/pickups actually) Is it actually happening at the frets at the ned of the neck, or is it the B String rattling off of the pickup covers? I find that the Dingwall pickup height from 'factory' is a bit higher than I like and I see a whole lot of pictures of pickup covers on Dingwalls out there with wear from the actual strings vibrating against them. I always lower my pickups by at least a turn or more on each pickup

This was the case for me. Bought my AB2 used and the pickup covers had scuffs from the string and I had to lower the pickups to not get rattle

 

[bebass]

Hey guys. Got a couple questions here, wondering if someone knows how to fix or address the issues that I'm having. Just purchased a Dingwall NG3 5-String, and I absolutely LOVE it. Rich B string, equal tonality across all strings, pretty much all the ecstasy one experiences when they play a Dingwall lol.

I noticed recently that I have the adjust the bridge action for my B String waaayy too often, whereas I haven't even touched the action of the others. I use stock Dingwall stainless steel strings, and I've already adjusted the truss rod, so no fret buzz towards the nut (buzzing happens towards the neck/pickups actually). Does everybody run into this occasionally if they like to play on the fifth string often? Or should I be concerned as to what's happening at the bridge?

The other problem I'm having are the pickups. Long story short, whenever I'm playing in the fourth position with all pickups on (bridge + middle in parallel, neck in series), occasionally the volume suddenly drops, and the only solution is to strike my strings hard until it picks up a loud signal for it to start working again.

Any help would be much appreciated. I already reached out to Dingwall, so I thought I could find some solutions here before getting a response back from them.

If you're having the B string saddle drop, the answer is some of the non-permanent loctite on the threads. I think that's the purple.

(buzzing happens towards the neck/pickups actually) Is it actually happening at the frets at the end of the neck, or is it the B String rattling off of the pickup covers? I find that the Dingwall pickup height from 'factory' is a bit higher than I like and I see a whole lot of pictures of pickup covers on Dingwalls out there with wear from the actual strings vibrating against them. I always lower my pickups by at least a turn or more on each pickup.

occasionally the volume suddenly drops, and the only solution is to strike my strings hard until it picks up a loud signal for it to start working again. Ah, intermittent electronics problem. While it's possible it's a pickup, I think you have a contact problem somewhere else. Faulty switch or switch wiring would be my first thought. You're only having it in one switch position...and when you 'play hard enough' you return to full volume. You're thumping the bad connection back into place when you're doing that.

You've got something that's not making the full contact it wants. I'd start out by flipping that rotary a bunch of times back and forth and see if that 'cleans' a dirty contact. If you get no traction there, I'd want to make sure all the wires to the switch are where they should be and secure. To me, since it's happening at one position at the switch I don't think its your preamp, pickups or other electronics.

If you're not versed in any electronic work and/or nervous at all about opening the back of your new instrument...don't. Take it to a professional or if you've bought from someone with warranty service talk to them.

I agree with possible contact problem. Possibly as simple as the pickup leads to the switch. Try isolating which pickup is involved and loosen the tiny screw, re-strip the tiny wire, re-insert and tighten. You could try shotgun approach and loosen one at a time, remove, strip wire as needed, and re-insert and tighten, but you should be able to isolate to one pickup. If you do find it is the pickup itself, make sure to order the proper one, and I would advise taking a couple of nice pics of the setup before removing anything.
I replaced a pickup and switch and had a similar situation as you describe . In my case it was the bridge pickup (left to right the last screw on the switch) I loosened and found one lead simply wasn't making good contact. I will admit to hating to work with such small wires.

 

[BurningSkies]

This was the case for me. Bought my AB2 used and the pickup covers had scuffs from the string and I had to lower the pickups to not get rattle

Honestly, these pickups have really strong output anyway, they don't need to be right up against the strings. Even pulled back they have more level than most traditional basses.

 

[CameronJohnson]

Honestly, these pickups have really strong output anyway, they don't need to be right up against the strings. Even pulled back they have more level than most traditional basses.

If the pups in my Super P are anything to go by, this is an accurate statement!

 

[Waltsdog]

My Super J got some new hardware today, string tree solved my buzzing issue. There was not enough break angle even with the strings as low down the post as they'd go with the recessed tuners.

 

[bebass]

Wait, is that all Dingwalls now, or is this just the gigbags they're newly putting with the combustions?

My understanding is that the existing Levy's will be used up then all basses will ship with the new gigbag.
We have received two basses with the new gigbag; a Darkglass NG3 and a D-Bird Standard.

 

[whirledpeas]

A few more comparable shots from the levy’s to the YinYueYiZhan(music area)

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Interesting about the new gig bags. I took a chance on the unknown (and lucked out) when I scored a Music Area gig bag for cheap last year after someone posted an amazon link to the Hot Deals forum. It’s probably the nicest one I own... IMO on par with something like the Reunion Blues RBX... maybe better.

I think it protects better than either iteration of the Levy’s DW bags I’ve had. And it fits my hollowbody, so I can leave its hard shell at home (with care of course!)

 

[johnsonabq]

My two cents on gig bags. I've been using the bag that came with my Z3 (the version before the current one). It has great storage and seem to protect well. My only complaint is that the velcro strap that holds the neck had poor velcro on it that hardly held together. I am going back to my old MONO M80 bag. I have a single bag and a dual bag. IMO these are top of the line in construction, utility, and protection. They're not cheap, but ya gets what ya pays for.

 

[BuffaloBob4343]

My two cents on gig bags. I've been using the bag that came with my Z3 (the version before the current one). It has great storage and seem to protect well. My only complaint is that the velcro strap that holds the neck had poor velcro on it that hardly held together. I am going back to my old MONO M80 bag. I have a single bag and a dual bag. IMO these are top of the line in construction, utility, and protection. They're not cheap, but ya gets what ya pays for.

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I have the dual M80 and a Vertigo and they are both great.

 

[Applejacks]

NBD.....