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#29,302
AB Nate said:
I hope so too. Really looking forward to hear what you do with it.

I’m going to take mine to practice for the first time this eve.
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When I first took the bass (in it's original fretless form) to practice, I didn't say a word to anyone. I EQ'ed it a little darker than normal and waited for someone to notice something different. It took about 50 minutes before a single comment. That told me I was on the right track.

Then I practiced relentlessly at home and only brought it to band practice (here and there)...until I had the confidence that it wasn't going to be a trainwreck. I have to think differently in a few ways. Not just tonally/melodically but also when I play fretted, even though I play right up on the frets I'm thinking of the positions between the frets. With fretless I have to re-program to think 'fretlines' rather than the space between. Weird mental things...
 
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#29,303
BurningSkies said:
When I first took the bass (in it's original fretless form) to practice, I didn't say a word to anyone. I EQ'ed it a little darker than normal and waited for someone to notice something different. It took about 50 minutes before a single comment. That told me I was on the right track.

Then I practiced relentlessly at home and only brought it to band practice (here and there)...until I had the confidence that it wasn't going to be a trainwreck. I have to think differently in a few ways. Not just tonally/melodically but also when I play fretted, even though I play right up on the frets I'm thinking of the positions between the frets. With fretless I have to re-program to think 'fretlines' rather than the space between. Weird mental things...
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Indeed. A few of those mental things here too. Not having any markers almost at all has me paying a different kind of attention to things. I sure am doing a lot more listening vs looking now.
Lol. I added some bedazzling at 5 (12 fell off I just left it off) until I figure out what mods to proceed with. I don’t want to do much but I’m really hoping to add luminlay side dots ON the lines. And perhaps Fbass style dots between 12-24 between the G/C.
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Every jam for us right now is “experimental” as we are working with a new drummer who is learning and it seems we touch on new material(to me as well) almost every practice. Along with the fact the BL is more incline to me exploring the music vs mimicking what is existing, this allows me to to be a little less regimented which I’m hoping with work well with the fretless at this stage. I kinda felt thrown to the wolves on many levels so what’s one more.
My previous experience the songs were always mapped where as this is really a lot of improv. Fun and stressful. Ha.
 
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#29,305
BurningSkies said:
Whelp, it has a DGTC on board...and they love that $hit, so it must, right?

Lets add up some costs:
Dingwall Combustion (used): $900
Darkglass Tone Capsule: $170
Dunlop Strap-loks: $14
Custom pickguard: $80
First de-fret: $200
Luminlay: $136
Neck inlay removal-clean up and re-inlay, refinish, level etc: $530 (a bargain for the amount of actual work)
Graphtech bass piezo preamp: $130
Graphtech Bass piezo ABM bridge saddles/pickups: $110
Customization to existing ABM saddle hardware, modify body, customization to Graphtech hardware, design/implement new electronics setup for both pickups: $290

Meet the $2560 Combustion.

:roflmao::roflmao: :beaver:

But still, given new Combustion pricing and the 'options' I've chosen... Is this worth $600 more than off the shelf? I think so.
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If I told you how much (little) I paid for my ABHS, you'd all be grabbing your pitchforks... :D
 
#29,309
BurningSkies said:
When I first took the bass (in it's original fretless form) to practice, I didn't say a word to anyone. I EQ'ed it a little darker than normal and waited for someone to notice something different. It took about 50 minutes before a single comment. That told me I was on the right track.

Then I practiced relentlessly at home and only brought it to band practice (here and there)...until I had the confidence that it wasn't going to be a trainwreck. I have to think differently in a few ways. Not just tonally/melodically but also when I play fretted, even though I play right up on the frets I'm thinking of the positions between the frets. With fretless I have to re-program to think 'fretlines' rather than the space between. Weird mental things...
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The lines really help for bandmates. I brought a lined fretless for months before my old drummer realized it was fretless. The second I opened up my unlined - "well jeez, how are you going to play that thing."

The_Owl said:
If I told you how much (little) I paid for my ABHS, you'd all be grabbing your pitchforks... :D
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I can assure you I have seen Dingwalls go for much less. Heck, I've seen Dingwalls go for a fraction of artist prices.
 
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AB Nate said:
Indeed. A few of those mental things here too. Not having any markers almost at all has me paying a different kind of attention to things. I sure am doing a lot more listening vs looking now.
Lol. I added some bedazzling at 5 (12 fell off I just left it off) until I figure out what mods to proceed with. I don’t want to do much but I’m really hoping to add luminlay side dots ON the lines. And perhaps Fbass style dots between 12-24 between the G/C.
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Every jam for us right now is “experimental” as we are working with a new drummer who is learning and it seems we touch on new material(to me as well) almost every practice. Along with the fact the BL is more incline to me exploring the music vs mimicking what is existing, this allows me to to be a little less regimented which I’m hoping with work well with the fretless at this stage. I kinda felt thrown to the wolves on many levels so what’s one more.
My previous experience the songs were always mapped where as this is really a lot of improv. Fun and stressful. Ha.
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I really liked the Stuart Semple "LIT" glow powder to mark my lines on the side of the neck, even temporarily. Brighter than Luminlay and it stayed put until I wanted to remove it. Mixed it w/ the acrylic base they make and it's pretty usable. Looking forward to the full luminlay job though.
 
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#29,316
Smallmouth_Bass said:
I feel like I got a good deal on my AB's (especially ABI) when I bought them new over 10 years ago compared to what they go for now!
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I remember about 20 years ago. Bass player mag had a buyers guide issue with tons of brands, pics, and info. I was enamored with Dingwall, Kinal, and Elrick. Sadly, my financial situation precluded a purchase. My combustion in indigoburst was a nice do-over from 20 years a ago. Now I feel old
 
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#29,319
Smallmouth_Bass said:
I say 10 years, but just checked and it is 15 years. My first Dingwall was bought in 2004.
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Yep. Mine was early 2005.

Bad news: After being 'on truck for delivery' ALL FREAKIN' day. The tracking magically changed to 'exception...delivery Wednesday May 29'. Because it takes 5 days to deliver something that's already in town.
 
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