Dingwall Owners Club

[BurningSkies]

Spoken like a true pro!!
Yep, that's the way to do it, as long as you can train yourself not to accidentally bump up the volume bump up the volume bump up the volume when you dance dance.

Yeah, that's a problem lots of guys have, particularly as the night goes on and ear-fatigue causes 'compression' on the highs in your hearing. It can also happen with EQ creep...you keep brightening your tone as the night goes on. Since we play with IEMs and also full backline, I find it easier to not do that. I can have my volume set where I want in my ears and I don't have the urge to goose it up. Also, if I do goose it, I lose some of the other things in my mix...like the click. Also, since I use a pretty decent pedal board where level/dynamics are really important and carefully staged, if I really crank the volume on my bass, it throws my compressor, limiter, envelope filters and synth trigger sensitivities out of whack (you can also do that with too much EQ at the bass). For me (as you've seen and heard my rig in a few settings) I also have a LOT of firepower at command. Having too much volume can be uncomfortable for me on stage and bad in the room, just as bad and maybe more so than having my stage volume too low, where I've had to really work to train myself not to try to hit hard to make up for it.

I've found that I favor parallel to series and vice versa in different rooms or spaces. I can't explain it but I'll try both during soundcheck and usually one just feels and sounds better for a given situation.

 

[pgnbstrd]

Picked this up Sunday. Barely have put it down since.

 

[Thumper]

Picked this up Sunday. Barely have put it down since.View attachment 3827988 View attachment 3827990 View attachment 3827993

Groovy Man!

 

[BurningSkies]

Picked this up Sunday. Barely have put it down since.View attachment 3827988 View attachment 3827990 View attachment 3827993

Nice well distributed swirl on that one.

 

[NaH]

Picked this up Sunday. Barely have put it down since.View attachment 3827988 View attachment 3827990 View attachment 3827993

That is the most swirled swirl I've seen yet.

 

[ThisYouCanTrust]

Yeah, that's a problem lots of guys have, particularly as the night goes on and ear-fatigue causes 'compression' on the highs in your hearing. It can also happen with EQ creep...you keep brightening your tone as the night goes on.

I thought the main advantage of IEMs was not having to be too loud ?

 

[alecvbass]

Hey guys,

I was thinking of modding my ABZ 6 to make it basically a ABZ 6/3 since I find myself missing the middle pickup from my old NG2. Did anyone make this modification on theirs? Should I ask the guys at Dingwall for the CNC plan?

 

[SemiDriven]

I thought the main advantage of IEMs was not having to be too loud ?

Actually, it's so that you can be louder.

I'm warming up to IEMs in that the wall-of-sound is blocked to a degree. Happy ears! We (band) use IEMs along with cabs. I feel the bass and can hear the vocalists, guitars, etc.

But yeah, as a session / gig progresses, volume creep is natural.

 

[Infidelity]

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I think I know the owner of that bass!

I sent him a SJ5, few days back!

 

[BurningSkies]

I thought the main advantage of IEMs was not having to be too loud ?

In actuality, IEMs mean you can set your own volume level, loud or not. We're playing with live drums, and at some point no matter what, you'll need to be able to match what's coming off the kit. But I was talking in general. IEMs or live amps, with a long night of music your ears do compress down, especially in the highs.

Actually, it's so that you can be louder.

I'm warming up to IEMs in that the wall-of-sound is blocked to a degree. Happy ears! We (band) use IEMs along with cabs. I feel the bass and can hear the vocalists, guitars, etc.

But yeah, as a session / gig progresses, volume creep is natural.

I'm all for IEMs, but at the same time there's nothing like a live band that has some SPL happening. We have the best of both worlds. Our stage volume is well under control so that the sound engineer has full ability to sculpt the room the way he wants, we have enough of our own sound on stage to hear/feel what you want. We have enough power on stage so that in rooms that have underpowered PA systems we can make up the needed difference.

 

[buckstar]

I’ve been tempted by the very same bass locally but I just can’t justify the purchase of a 4 string.

I was in the same boat: was going to get an NG-2 5-string, but while I was waiting at the shop, I picked up the D-Roc 4-string... and went home with it. I have 6, 5, and 4-string basses at home, and the D-Roc 4-string is absolutely outstanding. Don't miss the B string at all.

 

[pgnbstrd]

I think I know the owner of that bass!

I sent him a SJ5, few days back!

My purchase of this one helped fund the purchase of yours I believe.

 

[AB Nate]

My purchase of this one helped fund the purchase of yours I believe.

Everybody WINS!!!!

 

[NaH]

Just posted some Dingwall goodies for sale. Check out my signature. I've heard the F# is glorious, but now that I sold my Combustion, I can't justify going through all of the process to get a new nut put on just to try it.

 

[AB Nate]

@AB Nate let me know how the flats sound, i've been curious to slap a set of flats on my combustion, since i also have a p-tone on my bass.

well.......

I love these strings on my fretless. Love them there. Really love them on that fretless.

but...
I'm just failing to dig them on the fretted Z. not to say anything negative about the strings or the strings on a fretted bass combo. Not at all.
The thing is, I was curious about a different sound. Something more vintageeee.
It’s not really what I got.

I feel I got a highly advanced modern bass with incredible responsiveness and dynamic, just dulled down. I could see this working for many people in a few settings but it didn’t work for me.
The power under the strings is freaking thumpy!! Very thumpy but yet still quite clear and accurately punchy. Hard, fast jabs with lots of kinetic energy and not a big meaty tooby roundhouse.

I wasn’t expecting vintage but I thought it would be a neat experiment, and it was.

I think the problem is I’m craving a P bass.A Big wooly round P. I don’t have this even with the P tone in this Z. I really like the P tone pup and I do feel it rounded the sound out somewhat without any losS of the modern dingwall sound But it just made an already awesome sound bass sound awesome.

the flats were more because I have extra sets and thought it would be fun to try. it was. Sorta.
2 weeks prior I just restrung with Payson Reduced core strings(my goto on this bass) and this bass sounded amazing as usual with them strung up. perhaps coming from that happy place to a highly abnormal place has something to do with my feelings this far.

Further to my opinion forming on this, what I LOVE about the long scale Dingwalls is theit clarity and how they sound so piano like. With the flats on it it just seems to grind against all my instincts (I bought my fretless for obviously different purposes).

bottom line:

-The flats.

It’s an experiment that was not a success for me... at this time. My fretless will wear them faithfully but not this particular bass.

-The P tone.

I say success. At first I wasn’t sure of the significant differences and were they worth it. The more I’ve played this bass in the week it’s been installed, the more and more I can here it.
I really like what it’s done to this instrument. It’s just sweetened up an already beautiful sounding instrument.

The reduced cores are going back on tonight.

 

[NaH]

@AB Nate let me know how the flats sound, i've been curious to slap a set of flats on my combustion, since i also have a p-tone on my bass.

well.......

I love these strings on my fretless. Love them there. Really love them on that fretless.

but...
I'm just failing to dig them on the fretted Z. not to say anything negative about the strings or the strings on a fretted bass combo. Not at all.
The thing is, I was curious about a different sound. Something more vintageeee.
It’s not really what I got.

I feel I got a highly advanced modern bass with incredible responsiveness and dynamic, just dulled down. I could see this working for many people in a few settings but it didn’t work for me.
The power under the strings is freaking thumpy!! Very thumpy but yet still quite clear and accurately punchy. Hard, fast jabs with lots of kinetic energy and not a big meaty tooby roundhouse.

I wasn’t expecting vintage but I thought it would be a neat experiment, and it was.

I think the problem is I’m craving a P bass.A Big wooly round P. I don’t have this even with the P tone in this Z. I really like the P tone pup and I do feel it rounded the sound out somewhat without any losS of the modern dingwall sound But it just made an already awesome sound bass sound awesome.

the flats were more because I have extra sets and thought it would be fun to try. it was. Sorta.
2 weeks prior I just restrung with Payson Reduced core strings(my goto on this bass) and this bass sounded amazing as usual with them strung up. perhaps coming from that happy place to a highly abnormal place has something to do with my feelings this far.

Further to my opinion forming on this, what I LOVE about the long scale Dingwalls is theit clarity and how they sound so piano like. With the flats on it it just seems to grind against all my instincts (I bought my fretless for obviously different purposes).

bottom line:

-The flats.

It’s an experiment that was not a success for me... at this time. My fretless will wear them faithfully but not this particular bass.

-The P tone.

I say success. At first I wasn’t sure of the significant differences and were they worth it. The more I’ve played this bass in the week it’s been installed, the more and more I can here it.
I really like what it’s done to this instrument. It’s just sweetened up an already beautiful sounding instrument.

The reduced cores are going back on tonight.

Interesting - I have these same flats on a fretted AB2 (though with FD-3s and no P-Tone) and I love them. Then again, I tend to shelve EQ the highs anyway.

 

[AB Nate]

Interesting - I have these same flats on a fretted AB2 and I love them. Then again, I tend to shelve EQ the highs anyway.

Yeah.... it’s all subjective.

This bass is sparkly pristine wondertone and that’s what lured me in. They just didn’t work for me.
They sure are fun to play though and have some major oomph.

now that I’ve opened a set and put em on a fretted bass, I would have liked to try them on the black combustion I had.

 

[pbass6811]

Hey guys,

I was thinking of modding my ABZ 6 to make it basically a ABZ 6/3 since I find myself missing the middle pickup from my old NG2. Did anyone make this modification on theirs? Should I ask the guys at Dingwall for the CNC plan?

Honestly, I'd be surprised if this was an option. I think the angles of the 2-pickup basses is different than the 3-pickup basses. As usual, I could be wrong, but looking at a 2 pup ABZ 6, the space between the pickups is wider at the top than it is at the bottom...

Some of the other 2-pickup basses did look more parallel, but this one does not. I wish I had a better answer for ya'.

 

[ThisYouCanTrust]

Some of the other 2-pickup basses did look more parallel, but this one does not. I wish I had a better answer for ya'.

It looks like they changed from not parallel to parallel at some (recent) point in time.
Maybe too many people complained they couldn't easily route and add a 3rd pickup ?

Oh and beautiful bass.

 

[CameronJohnson]

Does anyone know, off the top of their head, whether a Dingwall Super uses Hipshot 3/8” or 1/2” tuners? Thinking of getting a detuner for my 2017 SP4.