Lowendtech
Happily trending in my own peculiar direction.
Standard SP/J 4 way switch. P Solo, P+J Series, P+J Parallel and J Solo. My P-Tone J is Series wired.
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Dingwall Owners Club
- Thread starter FroggyOne2
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Currently the Payson Fanned SS sets have the most tension. But they don’t feel like it because of the nature of SS. You think it would be the opposite. Probably the best set for drop tuning.
Followed by the PFNS RED set the PFNS-Medium Lights tension-wise.
Curious what polish is everyone using on their Dingwall’s?
Most my basses in the past 20yrs have been oil finishes.
I recently got an ABII and am loving.
It has a nice lacquer finish on the body and I not sure the best way to maintain it.
Thank you in advance for your replies.
Most my basses in the past 20yrs have been oil finishes.
I recently got an ABII and am loving.
It has a nice lacquer finish on the body and I not sure the best way to maintain it.
Thank you in advance for your replies.
I don't polish mine. Just keeping them clean with a cloth.
Lowendtech
Happily trending in my own peculiar direction.
Meguiar’s (Fender branded) Mist and Wipe Finish Enhancer gets the job done for me for fingerprints etc.
BurningSkies
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The finishes on Dingwall gloss-bodies are actually a superhard poly rather than lacquer. Forever and a day I've been using microfiber polishing cloths. They clean the finish well...but never leave those super fine scratches that haze finishes.
johnsonabq
Watch out where the huskies go...
I've been assured by Jason at FretNation that this option has now been added.
To be honest, I'll probably use just the Ptone pup for the great majority of my playing. But maybe adding the bridge pup would add a touch of bite for finger style.
Also, I'm planning on it being all passive, so I'll add s/p switches for variety.
Color? Top? let's hear the full spec you're dreaming about.
The founders of the band I'm currently in really wanted to play downtuned so I convinced them to go from Drop C to Drop B so I can just play my five string Dingwall without retuning.
In the past I played a five string with Drop D guitars and I really enjoyed having the low C sometimes but of course this only works if the guitarists don't always play open string riffs. But then it's really nice because it forces you even more to come up with interesting bass lines.
Since I have my NG-3 I'm really thinking about selling most of my other basses. My only interaction with them is to wipe of the dust they are gathering. I have a problem with my Dingwall, though. If I solo the bridge pickup 90 % of the time there's a significant drop in volume. It's so quiet that I thought there was no output at all, so it's not just bad EQ or pickup height. Sometimes switching back and forth works. I thought it could be a lose cable, so I tried to tie it to the electronics but since just switching back and forth works some times, I don't think it's really a lose cable. Does anyone have any ideas? I don't think it's a problem in pickup selector positions 1–3 but it's difficult to say for sure.
You'd need to sort out if that pickup has low output in the other positions.The founders of the band I'm currently in really wanted to play downtuned so I convinced them to go from Drop C to Drop B so I can just play my five string Dingwall without retuning.
In the past I played a five string with Drop D guitars and I really enjoyed having the low C sometimes but of course this only works if the guitarists don't always play open string riffs. But then it's really nice because it forces you even more to come up with interesting bass lines.
Since I have my NG-3 I'm really thinking about selling most of my other basses. My only interaction with them is to wipe of the dust they are gathering. I have a problem with my Dingwall, though. If I solo the bridge pickup 90 % of the time there's a significant drop in volume. It's so quiet that I thought there was no output at all, so it's not just bad EQ or pickup height. Sometimes switching back and forth works. I thought it could be a lose cable, so I tried to tie it to the electronics but since just switching back and forth works some times, I don't think it's really a lose cable. Does anyone have any ideas? I don't think it's a problem in pickup selector positions 1–3 but it's difficult to say for sure.
If it DOES, it could be a problem with the pickup itself (or the wiring to it).
If it DOES NOT, it could be a problem with the rotary switch.
Figure that out first, then the next steps become more clear.
The founders of the band I'm currently in really wanted to play downtuned so I convinced them to go from Drop C to Drop B so I can just play my five string Dingwall without retuning.
In the past I played a five string with Drop D guitars and I really enjoyed having the low C sometimes but of course this only works if the guitarists don't always play open string riffs. But then it's really nice because it forces you even more to come up with interesting bass lines.
Since I have my NG-3 I'm really thinking about selling most of my other basses. My only interaction with them is to wipe of the dust they are gathering. I have a problem with my Dingwall, though. If I solo the bridge pickup 90 % of the time there's a significant drop in volume. It's so quiet that I thought there was no output at all, so it's not just bad EQ or pickup height. Sometimes switching back and forth works. I thought it could be a lose cable, so I tried to tie it to the electronics but since just switching back and forth works some times, I don't think it's really a lose cable. Does anyone have any ideas? I don't think it's a problem in pickup selector positions 1–3 but it's difficult to say for sure.
do positions 1-3 sound almost the same?
Try swapping the leads for bridge and neck on the pickup selector switch. Then if the neck becomes the quiet one, the problem is the switch. And if the bridge, now in position 4, is still the quiet one, then the issue is the pickup.The founders of the band I'm currently in really wanted to play downtuned so I convinced them to go from Drop C to Drop B so I can just play my five string Dingwall without retuning.
In the past I played a five string with Drop D guitars and I really enjoyed having the low C sometimes but of course this only works if the guitarists don't always play open string riffs. But then it's really nice because it forces you even more to come up with interesting bass lines.
Since I have my NG-3 I'm really thinking about selling most of my other basses. My only interaction with them is to wipe of the dust they are gathering. I have a problem with my Dingwall, though. If I solo the bridge pickup 90 % of the time there's a significant drop in volume. It's so quiet that I thought there was no output at all, so it's not just bad EQ or pickup height. Sometimes switching back and forth works. I thought it could be a lose cable, so I tried to tie it to the electronics but since just switching back and forth works some times, I don't think it's really a lose cable. Does anyone have any ideas? I don't think it's a problem in pickup selector positions 1–3 but it's difficult to say for sure.
johnsonabq
Watch out where the huskies go...
I'm still working on the details. I'm going with a five string ABZ. I'd like it to be more of a workhorse than a showpiece (like my AB1). Shooting for a more subtle style. At the moment I was thinking of a flamed maple top w/trans black finish, maple/maple neck, two pickups, passive, black ghost blocks. Of course, I have a wait so this will probably change.
Position 1 sounds more bassy but I guess that makes sense. 2 and 3 sound very similar.
I wanted to do that and looked up the wiring and that made me realize that I always looked at the wrong cables. I think I found the issue, there is a lose cable. I guess I just have to find out where it's supposed to go and if I understand it correctly I can fix this without soldering, right?
I feel very stupid. In the past I looked at the cables from all the pots which are obviously not relevant to the problem.
johnsonabq
Watch out where the huskies go...
I'll have to try that as mine is switchable. I know I do prefer it in series, but I don't recall hating parallel.
Maybe this will help (this is 2x, but it will give you an idea) I think on 3x the grounds are soldered:
johnsonabq
Watch out where the huskies go...
Concept for the connections is the same but the 3x has the grounds soldered, so yes to same color wires, but you'll have N (neck), M (middle), B (bridge)
