Maybe a hair over the top????
A little harder to get past the wife... “but it matched!”
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A little harder to get past the wife... “but it matched!”
I thought about this one. A little more practical, but I still think she would notice....View attachment 3775968
Yes. I like that color better, too. I dunno - spare spot in the garage she never looks at?
How old is the bass?
for the most part FDVs are labeled but I believe there was an earlier period before they added the engraved designation on the cover.
That said, depending on its age, it could predate the FDVs as they are a pretty young addition to the Dingwall options list.
They switched from from FD3 to FDV for the default pups around December 2017 I believe. Email [email protected] with the serial number and they could tell you what the bass was originally built with.
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Speaking of pickups, is there any chart out there that shows all or a good amount of Dingwall's pickups?
This is the best I've seen yet, but none of the older stuff is included.
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This is the best I've seen yet, but none of the older stuff is included.
Dingwall Bass Accessories Guitars:: Pickup conversion kits :: Combustion, Afterburner, ABZ, Super J, Z2, Z3, Super J, P Fan fret :: Custom hand made basses, exclusively at Bassdirect: For sale, UK, EU, London, Birmingham, Manchester, USA, Canada
That or honestly, if you have the Allen key it’s really easy to pop one out.2017. I will email them
All said and done about 20 min of your time and it will say on the backside of the pick up. You really only need to pop one out to know.
Yep. Very easy to do. And you have a definitive answer. All Dingwall pickups have a label specifying type and date.
Has anyone found that brand new instruments need more neck adjustment initially? My ABII has needed adjustment every week or so to stop buzzing, but I rarely need to adjust any others.
If there is a big difference between the humidity in the builder's shop vs. the humidity at your place, this behavior is expected. You should notice the adjustments will gradually become smaller and smaller, reaching zero after it stabilizes.
Do you have a humidity gauge? (And if not, you should!)
That’s what I was wondering; although I’ve had basses from overseas before and not had the issue.
Cheers!
My guess is that it's dry in SK right now, and not as dry where you are, so the fretboard is absorbing moisture, thereby flattening out the neck, and you are needing to loosen the truss rod - is that what's happening?
Duh - I just re-read your post, and that's exactly what you said was happening. So yes, totally expected, I would think. I've had the same thing happen with several new basses that arrived here as I brought them up to 49% - 50% humidity from something that was clearly much lower than that.
Found an el cheapo temp/humidity meter laying around, so I can get an idea of the conditions in the room. Not sure how accurate it is, but it's something.
