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Agree to disagree re: "everybody" knowing things which you are fortunate to have learned. They're simply printed words and can be easily ignored if they are somehow irksome but provide valuable information for people without the "common sense" they apparently lack.
I doubt that this had anything to do with a decison not to ship Dingwalls with batteries, but I once bought a Z2 from a fellow TBer and one of the batteries got loose (the magnetic cover was off the bass and the battery was flopping a round inside the bass. It put a crack in the top that was difficult to repair, mainly due to the burst. I let Sheldon know, mainly because I was hoping he could fix it, but they were past doing those kinds of repairs with their backlog. I also wanted him to know because, as unlikley as it was to happen, it did.
Right! And for that reason, any bass shipped in a hardshell case that doesn't have an exact form-fitting liner should be well protected with bubble wrap or other shock absorbing material so that when it is dropped, (which it inevitably will be), the instrument does not receive the full force of the blow. Padding should also be added at the top of the headstock if there is any possible way the tip of the headstock can contact the inside of the case.
Ducati White is my favorite. Congrats on owning a beautiful Dingwall!
I'm I the only one that prefers the 2 pickup NGs to the three pickup models? Love my NG2.
You can take your pick guard off and move them or get a combustion?
That’s pretty wild...perhaps these are machined closer, but it is a really snug fit now and would be difficult for the batteries to fall out. But yeah, the basses in hard shell cases have to be protected.I doubt that this had anything to do with a decison not to ship Dingwalls with batteries, but I once bought a Z2 from a fellow TBer and one of the batteries got loose (the magnetic cover was off the bass and the battery was flopping a round inside the bass. It put a crack in the top that was difficult to repair, mainly due to the burst. I let Sheldon know, mainly because I was hoping he could fix it, but they were past doing those kinds of repairs with their backlog. I also wanted him to know because, as unlikley as it was to happen, it did.
Of course, this was in a hard shell case, and not the standard gig bag they ship them in now. I think hard shell cass that are not a perfect fir allow too much travel if dropped from a significant height. I also once received an ABI in a hardshell case and I received and found a knob floating around inside that had been sheared off at the shaft! Amazingly, the loose knob and the force of shearing off the shaft did not damage the top.
Anyway, just from my experience, when I ship a dingwall I've sold, I remove the batteries and put them in an exterior pocket in the gig bagwrapped in bubblewrap.
Why yes, yes you are. Just joking. I do prefer the 3x but just sold a Z where he only wanted 2x.
I almost went Z2 on the fretless but as I wanted the D bird switch option and I thought the “all 3 on” option would be fun to explore. It is.
