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Dingwall Owners Club

#35,741
BassikBrad said:
Finally got my Nordstrand Big Splits, in Dingwall covers, after 7 week lead time.
They look & sound great . Much more musical on the D&G string than the original
FD3n. Very punchy, & with daily height adjustments I think I have found the sweet
spot. Life is good but lonely, lost so many gigs.

Todays challenge, Spot the Deliberate Mistake.....

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Looks cool! Is one of the pickups reversed or upside down? The Bridge pickup?
 
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#35,748
lowphatbass said:
Being that there looks to be some considerable downtime, in the gigging at least, I’m feeling motivated to get something done here. These frets have been dressed a few times over the years. Should I bother with these things or just replace em. Plus, these are pre banjo/mando frets which I believe are standard jumbo and I’ve been wanting to put small frets on this for a while...I’m guessing they’d be pretty small anyway by the time they got ironed out.
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You and me...we're the same.

I've been waiting to take my Voodoo Prima to a good tech...I just can't get the action down no matter how many of the standard setup tricks I use...but I'd really like to get it re-fretted with smaller frets than those original jumbos, which I really have come to not like very much.
 
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#35,749
JRMK said:
Just wondering... For 3x basses the mid PU is only active in one setting (bridge+middle). Wondering if anyone ever tried mid + neck? Or was it deliberate left off?
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I've done this. When I first got my NG3 (one of the earlier shop-upgraded ones), I re-did the wiring for the switch in reverse so I had:

Neck solo
Neck/Bridge parallel
Neck/Middle Series
Bridge solo.

I found the neck/middle series was too tubby/bass & non-distinct. I had a brief discussion with Sheldon about it and it sort of confirmed what he'd thought. The niddle/neck series setting benefits from a little more clarity due to the bridge placement.
 
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#35,750
Here I am! My new Combustion arrived a week ago! :hyper:

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#35,757
BurningSkies said:
I found the neck/middle series was too tubby/bass & non-distinct. I had a brief discussion with Sheldon about it and it sort of confirmed what he'd thought. The niddle/neck series setting benefits from a little more clarity due to the bridge placement.
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Thanks a ton! I knew it must have been ventured by someone throughout and happy to see the takeaway confirms the pickup selection is perfect as it is.
:cool:
 
#35,759
JRMK said:
Thanks a ton! I knew it must have been ventured by someone throughout and happy to see the takeaway confirms the pickup selection is perfect as it is.
:cool:
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Its easy enough to try it if you really want with a standard 4-way 3X Dingwall switch. just switch the leads for the neck and Bridge pickups and you can have a go. I thought it would be a great fit for me and it wasn't.
 
#35,760
BassikBrad said:
Finally got my Nordstrand Big Splits, in Dingwall covers, after 7 week lead time.
They look & sound great . Much more musical on the D&G string than the original
FD3n. Very punchy, & with daily height adjustments I think I have found the sweet
spot. Life is good but lonely, lost so many gigs.

Todays challenge, Spot the Deliberate Mistake.....

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So...what's the deliberate mistake?
 
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