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#39,941
Jeff Roller said:
Pat Wilkins painted the neck to match the headstock and body. The bridge is a discontinued Payson.
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#39,943
DingwallDingus said:
That's awesome man, I like the knobs as well. Super interesting to see the customizations people do to their Dingwalls. I thought about getting a black pearloid like that for mine but I went with bakelite matte black instead, hopefully it's not too vintage for me.
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Here's a link with all the customization I did on this bass. It devolves into an interesting discussion about intonation on fanned frets, but a fun read nonetheless.
Dingwall NG2 to NG3 conversion
 
#39,944
DingwallDingus said:
Anybody in here have experience/success mic-ing up a loud cab for bass? My 800w Magellan head has a certain type of mojo I'm just not getting from direct in with the same head + cabinet sim. I'm aware that this could be the standing in front of loud rig/louder=better effect.

DI is crazy convient for recording and monitoring purposes but I can't shake the feeling the I could get a crazy awesome sound with my current gear but with a much more time consuming and expensive process. Maybe it would make very little difference and I could save myself the trouble, I'm not sure.

Just mainly looking for input from those of you that have done this, especially in a heavier context. I would need two main tones, fairly compressed and distorted and phat, low and clear.
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@Iv@N has done a video or 2 I think on it.

 
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#39,947
AB Nate said:
@BurningSkies

these Black Daggers are a REALLY good fretless option.

I’m quite excited to actually sit down and play some songs with them in the next couple days versus late night noodling.
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Sort of unsure with descriptions of them being 'higher friction'. After most of a week back on nickel rounds, I've just sort of realized that these are the strings for me on this bass, they make the bass lively and vocal and quicker. If I could find some rounds that had any less friction it would be perfect. Since getting the Super-P I've been dividing my time pretty evenly between the two, but I haven't put this one down all week.
 
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#39,948
DingwallDingus said:
Jealous of the one piece bridge, it looks sweet. I am not a huge fan of coated strings for bass, I love elixir strings on acoustic guitar but have never liked them very much on bass at all.

Did you treat the neck on your bass? It looks super yellow in that pic which is awesome.
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I know a guy in the Netherlands who could probably custom machine an AB bridge for you... wouldn't be cheap, but he'd do various materials some of which you could have powder coated or anodized...
 
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#39,949
BurningSkies said:
Sort of unsure with descriptions of them being 'higher friction'. After most of a week back on nickel rounds, I've just sort of realized that these are the strings for me on this bass, they make the bass lively and vocal and quicker. If I could find some rounds that had any less friction it would be perfect. Since getting the Super-P I've been dividing my time pretty evenly between the two, but I haven't put this one down all week.
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That might be the only side effect of the coatings. I think they do warm up quite quickly with recent practice but I do notice when doing vibrato or something with minute movement the strings can be a bit grippy but over the next couple weeks I’m gonna dig into that more.

I’m using them in a different application this time so I think my fretted experience with them isn’t all as relevant in relation. Tonally, I’m ridiculously pleased with them. Like, caught off guard pleased. They also have a pretty decent “slink” to them.

time will tell.
Also, currently have not done any set up adjustments transferring from the flats.
 
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#39,950
AB Nate said:
That might be the only side effect of the coatings. I think they do warm up quite quickly with recent practice but I do notice when doing vibrato or something with minute movement the strings can be a bit grippy but over the next couple weeks I’m gonna dig into that more.

I’m using them in a different application this time so I think my fretted experience with them isn’t all as relevant in relation. Tonally, I’m ridiculously pleased with them. Like, caught off guard pleased. They also have a pretty decent “slink” to them.

time will tell.
Also, currently have not done any set up adjustments transferring from the flats.
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When I've moved between flats and rounds on the fretless, I'm pretty quick to dial in the intonation and relief...otherwise I feel like I'm playing drunk.
 
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#39,952
Waltsdog said:
Wait 'til you get it and spend some time playing it before you consider making any changes, forget what the magnets are and give it some time. The D-roc can do so many tones with the stock pickups I think you'll be very happy with it stock.

Not saying you wont feel like changing it down the road but considering new pickups out the gate without even laying hands on it just cos the magnet type is not your preference in other basses is probably not the best plan.

P-tone in the middle is kinda pointless IMO, my stock D-bird on the middle pickup sounded better and more P like than my combustion with a P-tone in the middle.
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An inexpensive and easy update is to change the Dbird selector to a 3x selector. I did that to my Dbird because I wanted the neck/bridge combo. Regardless, you can switch it out super easy and jt requires zero solder. Same can be done on a 3x to Dbird switch. Dingwall sells them directly.
 
#39,953
NOLA Bass said:
An inexpensive and easy update is to change the Dbird selector to a 3x selector. I did that to my Dbird because I wanted the neck/bridge combo. Regardless, you can switch it out super easy and jt requires zero solder. Same can be done on a 3x to Dbird switch. Dingwall sells them directly.
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What is the process for swapping selectors? I thought it would require soldering.
 
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#39,955
Waltsdog said:
No soldering the pickup connections but you do need to solder one or two wires I believe:
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This is my remembery too...but it could be dependent on the year of the bass...I believe some of the earlier Combustions had hard soldered connections rather than the standard Dingwall screw-clamp connectors for the switch? But yeah, the hot out and the ground get soldered at the very least.
 
#39,956
Does anyone happen to know if last year's Combustion's came with steel or nickel strings? I bought one new in November and whatever strings it has still sound too bright for my taste so I'm going to change them to Dingwall nickels if it came with steel. Or if it came with nickels then perhaps tapewound or something else.
 
#39,958
jakka1 said:
I say go for it. I used to have a NG2 4 string dedicated to BEAD. Worked and sounded great!! I don’t think there is a better option out there to pull off BEAD on a 4 than a Dingwall. I only moved on from it when my Dingwall fever got worse and a wenge neck Super J 5 showed up for sale locally.
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I am gonna go for it. I do have a Jackson 4 string pointy head, sharks fin inlays, cool color red, nice neck and binding, that I just permanently converted to BEAD. Had the setup done and truss adjusted. It's just not the same. Its not a Dingwall, I know you know what I mean. I want the Dingwall feel, the spongy strings, the killer low B sound that is signature of the Dingwall. When I play the Dingwall, then get on my BEAD Jackson, its like I don't wanna be there..I feel like I'm pressing down on tight trolly car cables. Spoiled rotten I am.
 
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#39,959
SumOne said:
Does anyone happen to know if last year's Combustion's came with steel or nickel strings? I bought one new in November and whatever strings it has still sound too bright for my taste so I'm going to change them to Dingwall nickels if it came with steel. Or if it came with nickels then perhaps tapewound or something else.
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I replied on your facebook post about this. They come with nickel/steel, which are a bit less bright than the steels. :) If you give them some time they'll simmer down. The only current option for flats that are specifically made for 34"-37" fanned basses are are Payson's. There've been some limited runs along the way (La Bella did some), but that's about it for now.
 
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