Dingwall Owners Club

[Callum Gibson]

The Whalepool Burst is a beautiful finish, but I might be a bit biased!

Indeed.

 

[Sheldon D.]

My goodness! The Man himself!
Thank you for your reply! I am quite sure he did not mute the strings.

Methinks the salesman (who is quite new) might have been a bit nervous too because I've been a customer at the shop (the best in town) since the late 70's.
Your instruments had their own display there, and as my wife was, I was knocked out by the "Whale Pool Burst" finish. Mighty pretty!

My wife would gladly support the purchase but I want to be sure it sounds as good as it looks.

Again, Thank YOU!

If the muting doesn't solve the popping, have the store contact our tech Jeff [email protected] We'll get it sorted.

 

[Indiedog]

If the muting doesn't solve the popping, have the store contact our tech Jeff [email protected] We'll get it sorted.

Will do!

 

[Peter Lufrano]

Hey all,
Anyone have a handle on the Tone-Fusion control operation that they could explain to me like I’m a 2 year old?
I just converted one of my SJ/P’s to fully passive, and the control doesn’t operate as I’d expected it to, so I’d like to have an accurate understanding of what the control is doing lol

 

[Subscript]

Hey all,
Anyone have a handle on the Tone-Fusion control operation that they could explain to me like I’m a 2 year old?
I just converted one of my SJ/P’s to fully passive, and the control doesn’t operate as I’d expected it to, so I’d like to have an accurate understanding of what the control is doing lol

Tone control in one direction, mid cut in the other. Or something.

 

[johnsonabq]

Tone Fusion - From center detent, rotate one way and you get the standard passive high end roll off. Rotate the other way and you get a midrange cut for slap etc...

 

[Peter Lufrano]

Tone Fusion - From center detent, rotate one way and you get the standard passive high end roll off. Rotate the other way and you get a midrange cut for slap etc...

Ah yes. Thank you! Now it’s making sense to me!

 

[NaH]

So - saw this picture and wondered - if you have a preamp by Darkglass, you have to have cut outs in the pickguard (ala NG2/NG3)?

 

[Chrishi87]

These are air vents. For the raw power

I love how this brand went from "Fender" to "Lakland,Dingish"

 

[djaxup]

oh man, thats a clear citing of the Dingwall NG design, isn't it?

 

[IvanBassist]

These are air vents. For the raw power

I love how this brand went from "Fender" to "Lakland,Dingish"

As far as i know, they were threatened by fender because of their old body shapes, so they changed them

 

[AB Nate]

So - saw this picture and wondered - if you have a preamp by Darkglass, you have to have cut outs in the pickguard (ala NG2/NG3)?

Yeah. I saw that too! Lol. I’m sure it’s a nice bass but........ definitely didn’t pull aaannyy inspiration from the NG.

I mean, eventually everyone is gonna have a bass that resembles someone else’s design...... maybe they shoulda went with 4 “vents”.

 

[Indiedog]

If the muting doesn't solve the popping, have the store contact our tech Jeff [email protected] We'll get it sorted.

Everything sounded and looked great with the Combustion 5. It was quiet as a church mouse when changing the pick-up selector. And I did that a lot because it is clearly one of the great elements of the bass. It can achieve so many different tones with that selector. And then the tone controls give you another layer of very useful control of course. I was also pleased with the tonal differences available by moving my right hand from close to the bridge to close to the fretboard. It was very musical everywhere.

Fit and finish? Perfect. Killer looks. The ergonomic elements are very well-designed. And again, its weight is very manageable.

You have created a great combination of value and tone, Sheldon!

 

[djaxup]

tried to lower the pickups on the D-Bird... not the best idea apparently. For one, the margin before some resistance set in while trying to screw the pickups lower was like 1-2 turns, at best. The pickups did not move down visually. I mean there are three of them, I should see some movement down in comparison to the others, but nothing really. I tightened them down just a little more - mind you not against some unreal resistance, I didn't use much strenght to screw them down - the bridge pickup E side suddenly moves up all the way. It was no longer in contact with the body, I could feel that.

So I took the strings off the bass, I unscrewed the pickup and see that the little metal thread socket has come out of the body wood. Nothing broke or splintered, it just moved out, with little opposition so it seems.

I've done my own setups for years, I've never experienced this before. I've tightened pickups a LOT more than this time. No idea what went wrong, I can only suspect that it was loose from the beginning.

What now? Back to Bass Central since it's basically new? Or try to fix this myself?

 

[Lowendtech]

tried to lower the pickups on the D-Bird... not the best idea apparently. For one, the margin before some resistance set in while trying to screw the pickups lower was like 1-2 turns, at best. The pickups did not move down visually. I mean there are three of them, I should see some movement down in comparison to the others, but nothing really. I tightened them down just a little more - mind you not against some unreal resistance, I didn't use much strenght to screw them down - the bridge pickup E side suddenly moves up all the way. It was no longer in contact with the body, I could feel that.

So I took the strings off the bass, I unscrewed the pickup and see that the little metal thread socket has come out of the body wood. Nothing broke or splintered, it just moved out, with little opposition so it seems.

I've done my own setups for years, I've never experienced this before. I've tightened pickups a LOT more than this time. No idea what went wrong, I can only suspect that it was loose from the beginning.

What now? Back to Bass Central since it's basically new? Or try to fix this myself?

That’s a bit of a bummer.
I’d probably just glue it back in myself. That’s probably all they would do anyway, I would think.

 

[steve_rolfeca]

Got to get one of these made up as a case sticker...

 

[BurningSkies]

Everything sounded and looked great with the Combustion 5. It was quiet as a church mouse when changing the pick-up selector. And I did that a lot because it is clearly one of the great elements of the bass. It can achieve so many different tones with that selector. And then the tone controls give you another layer of very useful control of course. I was also pleased with the tonal differences available by moving my right hand from close to the bridge to close to the fretboard. It was very musical everywhere.

Fit and finish? Perfect. Killer looks. The ergonomic elements are very well-designed. And again, its weight is very manageable.

You have created a great combination of value and tone, Sheldon!

Awesome! I'm glad you revisited and had a positive experience.

tried to lower the pickups on the D-Bird... not the best idea apparently. For one, the margin before some resistance set in while trying to screw the pickups lower was like 1-2 turns, at best. The pickups did not move down visually. I mean there are three of them, I should see some movement down in comparison to the others, but nothing really. I tightened them down just a little more - mind you not against some unreal resistance, I didn't use much strenght to screw them down - the bridge pickup E side suddenly moves up all the way. It was no longer in contact with the body, I could feel that.

So I took the strings off the bass, I unscrewed the pickup and see that the little metal thread socket has come out of the body wood. Nothing broke or splintered, it just moved out, with little opposition so it seems.

I've done my own setups for years, I've never experienced this before. I've tightened pickups a LOT more than this time. No idea what went wrong, I can only suspect that it was loose from the beginning.

What now? Back to Bass Central since it's basically new? Or try to fix this myself?

Bummer. I'd probably try to reglue myself...

View attachment 3473288 Got to get one of these made up as a case sticker...

I dunno man. I always hesitate to use any cases that have branding on them. I'd rather keep 'em guessing as to whether I have a 100$ starter bass or a multi-thousand dollar instrument in my cases. While i believe in making them 'recognizable' so I can differentiate someone walking away with one of my cases...I ever want to advertise what I have.

 

[EMoneySC2]

I dunno man. I always hesitate to use any cases that have branding on them. I'd rather keep 'em guessing as to whether I have a 100$ starter bass or a multi-thousand dollar instrument in my cases. While i believe in making them 'recognizable' so I can differentiate someone walking away with one of my cases...I ever want to advertise what I have.

Thus my solution!

I shoddily paint all of my stuff bright green and or yellow.

 

[BurningSkies]

Thus my solution!

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I shoddily paint all of my stuff bright green and or yellow.

Perfect. Identifiable from across the room, but shoddy enough that it doesn't look like high-value stuff to steal.

 

[jakka1]

Dropping this link in case anyone is interested in trading for my SuperJ. Ideal trades would be AB 4s or 5s Wenge neck 3xxx pickups or SuperJ 4s Wenge neck 3xxx. Super PJ with Wenge J neck. +/- $$ or even trades considered. Might consider other options/spec's but it needs to be Canadian built.

For Trade - Dingwall Super J