I'm routing for you! That black abalone is exactly what I would put on my blue NG3 also. Perfect for white and darker blues.
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Would you like one? Let me know. I’m going to try and squeeze a second guard out of this material (material arrives on Saturday). My hope was to recoup some of my cost. If I can do it I wouldn’t charge for my time.
You bet! PM me when you get around to it and happy to pay appropriately. Also I don't necessarily need the lines cut into mine - solid is fine if it's easier.
Ooh ahh! Pics when it's done, please. I have Laguna Seca Blue and would love to see what that looks like. I actually love the carbon fiber look, it's part of what sold me on it, but then black abalone would also look amazing... so many basses, so little time...
You may want to practice on a piece of Cintra (any sign shop will have tons of it)....it's cheap and similar material but a bit softer...be good to make sure everything lines up prior to using the real deal. IMO
Installed some Hipshot HB6Y tuners with a Detuner. Looks awesome!.
Lookin good! I like how the matte tuners look a lot better than the smoked chrome.
I wouldn't recommend cutting sintra with a laser, it's pvc.
(Unless you meant cutting by hand and not with a laser!)
Thought it was time for a family shot.
It's interesting seeing basses I've seen in person show up in different family shots.
You mean this one? Would you call that flame or quilt?
AB2 Redwood top, Maple contrast layer, Walnut neck, Walnut body, Glockenklang pre-amp, FD-3 pickups.
So... what's Selta doing with his next build?
The basics:
Z series, 5 string. Two pickups, in the kinda jazz spacing (I think this is Z2 moniker). Fancy wood top (TBD which in the wood room, none jump out enough yet). Undetermined finish, but, have a couple ideas in mind. Wenge neck, wenge fingerboard, drop-D tuner. From factory it'll come with the glock preamp... but this, my friends is where the magic will happpen.
I have, in my grubby little hands, two preamps. Huh? Well, it was truly about the only option I had that was reasonable to do what I want.
For a long time, I haven't been over the moon about preamp choices out there. Don't get me wrong, the Glock and Darkglass are fine preamps, servicing many thousands of Dingwalls (and other builders). They work well for everything I do with each of my other Dingwalls. I don't intend on putting those preamps down.
Just, over about the past year or so, I've been finding myself wanting... different. In my test mule AB1 (the blue one), I've put probably a dozen different preamps from everyone I could find, and while each does things differently, none were getting me where I was wanting to go with this new build.
So, looping back... how does two preamps solve my issue, if one preamp doesn't really do what I am searching for?
This is where it gets interesting. Or dumb. I dunno which yet. @Sheldon D. and crew are probably sick of Chad (local bass shop, The Bass Shop | Selected Used and Vintage Bass Guitars) calling and asking for absurd things.
So I sourced two preamps. Not just any two though. These things took me the better part of 3 months of emails begging to get.
I have two, ACG EQ-02 preamps sitting here.
The idea is... one preamp, one pickup. Each pickup will have a high and low pass filter, with sweep-able frequency and level.
It's simple, but, it's going to be awesome. I'm not entirely certain the stock Dingwall pickups are going to play particularly nice with this pre, sooo I've been doing some light inquiring to other winders (including a rather unknown local to me winder) for some thoughts and possible options if it comes down to it.
As far as I know, this will be the first and possibly only filter preamp Dingwall out there. I'm super stoked for it, even with things that I still need to figure out (i.e. ripping out the glock, drilling a 6th pot hole, power, etc). I can't wait for the bass to be done so I can start the rest of the work
The basics:
Z series, 5 string. Two pickups, in the kinda jazz spacing (I think this is Z2 moniker). Fancy wood top (TBD which in the wood room, none jump out enough yet). Undetermined finish, but, have a couple ideas in mind. Wenge neck, wenge fingerboard, drop-D tuner. From factory it'll come with the glock preamp... but this, my friends is where the magic will happpen.
I have, in my grubby little hands, two preamps. Huh? Well, it was truly about the only option I had that was reasonable to do what I want.
For a long time, I haven't been over the moon about preamp choices out there. Don't get me wrong, the Glock and Darkglass are fine preamps, servicing many thousands of Dingwalls (and other builders). They work well for everything I do with each of my other Dingwalls. I don't intend on putting those preamps down.
Just, over about the past year or so, I've been finding myself wanting... different. In my test mule AB1 (the blue one), I've put probably a dozen different preamps from everyone I could find, and while each does things differently, none were getting me where I was wanting to go with this new build.
So, looping back... how does two preamps solve my issue, if one preamp doesn't really do what I am searching for?
This is where it gets interesting. Or dumb. I dunno which yet. @Sheldon D. and crew are probably sick of Chad (local bass shop, The Bass Shop | Selected Used and Vintage Bass Guitars) calling and asking for absurd things.
So I sourced two preamps. Not just any two though. These things took me the better part of 3 months of emails begging to get.
I have two, ACG EQ-02 preamps sitting here.
The idea is... one preamp, one pickup. Each pickup will have a high and low pass filter, with sweep-able frequency and level.
It's simple, but, it's going to be awesome. I'm not entirely certain the stock Dingwall pickups are going to play particularly nice with this pre, sooo I've been doing some light inquiring to other winders (including a rather unknown local to me winder) for some thoughts and possible options if it comes down to it.
As far as I know, this will be the first and possibly only filter preamp Dingwall out there. I'm super stoked for it, even with things that I still need to figure out (i.e. ripping out the glock, drilling a 6th pot hole, power, etc). I can't wait for the bass to be done so I can start the rest of the work
So... what's Selta doing with his next build?
The basics:
Z series, 5 string. Two pickups, in the kinda jazz spacing (I think this is Z2 moniker). Fancy wood top (TBD which in the wood room, none jump out enough yet). Undetermined finish, but, have a couple ideas in mind. Wenge neck, wenge fingerboard, drop-D tuner. From factory it'll come with the glock preamp... but this, my friends is where the magic will happpen.
I have, in my grubby little hands, two preamps. Huh? Well, it was truly about the only option I had that was reasonable to do what I want.
For a long time, I haven't been over the moon about preamp choices out there. Don't get me wrong, the Glock and Darkglass are fine preamps, servicing many thousands of Dingwalls (and other builders). They work well for everything I do with each of my other Dingwalls. I don't intend on putting those preamps down.
Just, over about the past year or so, I've been finding myself wanting... different. In my test mule AB1 (the blue one), I've put probably a dozen different preamps from everyone I could find, and while each does things differently, none were getting me where I was wanting to go with this new build.
So, looping back... how does two preamps solve my issue, if one preamp doesn't really do what I am searching for?
This is where it gets interesting. Or dumb. I dunno which yet. @Sheldon D. and crew are probably sick of Chad (local bass shop, The Bass Shop | Selected Used and Vintage Bass Guitars) calling and asking for absurd things.
So I sourced two preamps. Not just any two though. These things took me the better part of 3 months of emails begging to get.
I have two, ACG EQ-02 preamps sitting here.
The idea is... one preamp, one pickup. Each pickup will have a high and low pass filter, with sweep-able frequency and level.
It's simple, but, it's going to be awesome. I'm not entirely certain the stock Dingwall pickups are going to play particularly nice with this pre, sooo I've been doing some light inquiring to other winders (including a rather unknown local to me winder) for some thoughts and possible options if it comes down to it.
As far as I know, this will be the first and possibly only filter preamp Dingwall out there. I'm super stoked for it, even with things that I still need to figure out (i.e. ripping out the glock, drilling a 6th pot hole, power, etc). I can't wait for the bass to be done so I can start the rest of the work
mid you need to rehome that glock let me know as I’m really curious to try it in my fretless.
