Hey Ken, Im in line with you...
Just placed my order for a Super P5!
I have a 5 month wait ahead of me - it's not arriving until March...
I'm assuming that my ABZ5 is likely going up for sale in the near future...
oh man-you are in for a treat
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oh man-you are in for a treat
Hey Joebar,
I've seen your SuperP on the forums - and Wow! I'm also getting a standard, so I'm often looking at those pics as a representation of the bass model.
Thanks for the great photos and thanks for making my wait a little bit more difficult.
I've seen your SuperP on the forums - and Wow! I'm also getting a standard, so I'm often looking at those pics as a representation of the bass model.
Thanks for the great photos and thanks for making my wait a little bit more difficult.
oh man-you are in for a treat
Agreed, mine's just been killing it at rehearsal. We were writing a new song last night and I decided to drop a low D with some distortion and it was deadly sounding.
Hey Ken, Im in line with you...
Just placed my order for a Super P5!
I have a 5 month wait ahead of me - it's not arriving until March...
I'm assuming that my ABZ5 is likely going up for sale in the near future...
I assume it's due to demand, but the Super P's are taking a month longer compared to the J's, but it will most definitely be worth your wait. I enjoyed playing an AB-1 for five years before liquidating it to fund a J/P-five. I've found it to be a better 'fit' for me in more than one aspect. I prefer the shorter scales, 19mm string spacing, and the overall tonal pallette. Sheldon and one of his crew members who is 'precision obsessed' put a whole lot of work into developing and fine-tuning the four and five-string precision pickups. They are stellar. I pondered trying a Super P this go-around, but as I already have four and five-string J/P's that are so close sonically, decided to go J/J. My best advice - enjoy the ABZ and try not to even think about goings-on at the Dingwall shop.
Sorry to bring it back to mind already, but what are the specifications?
I feel a bit more agile on my standard scale basses, so the shorter Dingwall scale might be the best of both worlds. I also have some high expectations for the tones and the tone-fusion circuit.
I was hoping you would ask about the specs
- Super P5 Standard
- Chrome Blue (Upcharge for the chrome color) - I think I got lucky since it's not on the official list of colors. Dingwall was awesome at accommodating my request for the perfect color.
- W/B/W Pickguard
- Pau Ferro Fretboard
- Passive
I was on the fence for Maple vs. Pau Ferro board... both would look excellent, I'm hoping the Pau Ferro will bring a bit more warmth to the tone.
I finally defined some of my favorite bass characteristics:
Build Quality: Dingwall
Necks: Dingwall
Tone: Precision
Color: Lake Placid Blue (and similar)
And threw them all together into one expensive package - hoping that this might be a possibility for a "lone-bass" lifestyle.
Pictures should be up before the end of March
In !
the pic from Bass NW , she arrived last night and plays like a dream and sounds amazing . She is a very early 2001 AB-1 4 banger , clocks in at under 8 lbs. and is darn near minty . \m/ # please
Excellent - Blue is the way to go! I always like seeing the earlier models and finishes.
I feel a bit more agile on my standard scale basses, so the shorter Dingwall scale might be the best of both worlds. I also have some high expectations for the tones and the tone-fusion circuit.
I was hoping you would ask about the specs
- Super P5 Standard
- Chrome Blue (Upcharge for the chrome color) - I think I got lucky since it's not on the official list of colors. Dingwall was awesome at accommodating my request for the perfect color.
- W/B/W Pickguard
- Pau Ferro Fretboard
- Passive
I was on the fence for Maple vs. Pau Ferro board... both would look excellent, I'm hoping the Pau Ferro will bring a bit more warmth to the tone.
I finally defined some of my favorite bass characteristics:
Build Quality: Dingwall
Necks: Dingwall
Tone: Precision
Color: Lake Placid Blue (and similar)
And threw them all together into one expensive package - hoping that this might be a possibility for a "lone-bass" lifestyle.
Pictures should be up before the end of March
Oh, now that's gonna be sharp looking! I too am a sucker for blue.
That chrome blue color is just smoking hot! It would keep me up nights waiting for a bass in that color.
Thanks to Rollerberg the natural flame Afterburner 1 is sporting the TI jazz flats!
The action is super low, lower than it's ever been. I needed to shorten some of the saddle screws to get the strings down, especially the B string which is a whopping .136. I was going to have a go with my grinder but found the screws (6/32 hex cap heads in stainless steel) at the local hardware for .30 each.
This bass has the P tone in the neck position and the blueqube scoop switch.
I'm in love all over again.
I took this to a jam on Tuesday and the backline amp wasn't really up to the B string. The Afterburners really like the fEarfuls and a healthy dose of power.
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It's really hard to capture how pretty this bass is, how deeply 3D the flame on the top is.
I've been playing the Super P/J 4 exclusively, (obsessively) the last eight months, and the switch back to a fiver string, long scale, 18mm spacing and 24 frets has been a wake up call.
The Super J's just feel like home, and I love the punchy shorter scale on the treble strings.
Thanks to Rollerberg the natural flame Afterburner 1 is sporting the TI jazz flats!
The action is super low, lower than it's ever been. I needed to shorten some of the saddle screws to get the strings down, especially the B string which is a whopping .136. I was going to have a go with my grinder but found the screws (6/32 hex cap heads in stainless steel) at the local hardware for .30 each.
This bass has the P tone in the neck position and the blueqube scoop switch.
I'm in love all over again.
I took this to a jam on Tuesday and the backline amp wasn't really up to the B string. The Afterburners really like the fEarfuls and a healthy dose of power.
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It's really hard to capture how pretty this bass is, how deeply 3D the flame on the top is.
I've been playing the Super P/J 4 exclusively, (obsessively) the last eight months, and the switch back to a fiver string, long scale, 18mm spacing and 24 frets has been a wake up call.
The Super J's just feel like home, and I love the punchy shorter scale on the treble strings.
I'm glad you didn't have to grind anything to fit the B.
For some reason that bass looks familiar. Is that the one that went up for sale on the TB boards last summer and was sold in about 2 minutes?
Here is the photo from Musikmesse that inspired my SP5 order. Add another string and a pau ferro board and, oh la la...
For some reason that bass looks familiar. Is that the one that went up for sale on the TB boards last summer and was sold in about 2 minutes?
Here is the photo from Musikmesse that inspired my SP5 order. Add another string and a pau ferro board and, oh la la...
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That's matte black, right? I can't really tell, but can you see/feel the wood grain through the finish, or is it a thicker painted finish?
On the DW forum, they posted a trio of SPZ's being sent to Bass Central, my favorite being this one:
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I'd prefer a matte black pickguard with the satin finish, though.
A Super P is definitely in my future, maybe by the time I can afford to order, I'll also get to play one. I love my ABZ5, don't have any real problems with the long scale B even though I'm a small dude. I'd like to keep the ABZ forever, so if I get an SP, it'll be a 4 with Hipshot Xtender, 2 tone burst (unless they start to offer candy tangerine OR even better; capri orange), black pickguard (white pearl if they offer orange in the future), maple fingerboard.
On the DW forum, they posted a trio of SPZ's being sent to Bass Central, my favorite being this one:
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I'd prefer a matte black pickguard with the satin finish, though.
A Super P is definitely in my future, maybe by the time I can afford to order, I'll also get to play one. I love my ABZ5, don't have any real problems with the long scale B even though I'm a small dude. I'd like to keep the ABZ forever, so if I get an SP, it'll be a 4 with Hipshot Xtender, 2 tone burst (unless they start to offer candy tangerine OR even better; capri orange), black pickguard (white pearl if they offer orange in the future), maple fingerboard.
That's one of the design considerations on this bridge is that if/should you ever need to replace the screws, they are relatively common and inexpensive.
Can't shake the Prairie mentality no matter how hard I try.
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While gazing at the image that maguire posted of the chrome blue beauty, it occurred to me how awesome one of these would look in candy tangerine!
Nice run of images. Here's another not to send spirit bass over the top on the color discussion!
A pair of EBMMs in Blue and Orange. Side by side with the ABZ5. They look inseparable, but something will be going up for sale upon the arrival of the SP5 in March.
I admit this collection is insane, especially for my sub-par skill level.
A pair of EBMMs in Blue and Orange. Side by side with the ABZ5. They look inseparable, but something will be going up for sale upon the arrival of the SP5 in March.
I admit this collection is insane, especially for my sub-par skill level.
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That's a beautiful roasted maple neck on that stingray, specially the tiger stripes I can see.
Sadly all your Dingwalls will inevitably render the EBMM basses idle, it happened to me, and I had a bunch of 'em
Sadly all your Dingwalls will inevitably render the EBMM basses idle, it happened to me, and I had a bunch of 'em
2001 AB-1 in metallic blue .
She sounds fantastic !
Beautiful! Sheldon can set you up with another 'Big D' for your head stock if you're interested. It looks good 'naked' tho...
For a while he used a paint pen to do the headstock art on the Afterburners which I accidentally damaged before realizing its fragility. I put up with it for years. I decided to do something about it before putting mine up for sale (to fund another Dingwall, of course). I sent him $10 and he mailed me a couple of replacement decals. The decal had a big gold 'D' vs. the original black (and "Afterburner I" in smaller black type). It looked nice.
