Here's my unboxing of the worst kept secret of my channel ;P. Mod vid will be coming soon!
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Here's my unboxing of the worst kept secret of my channel ;P. Mod vid will be coming soon!
BurningSkies
CRAZY BALDHEAD
- Feb 20, 2005
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Many a person has been led astray by whatever switch has come with their bass.
You're one of a very select club of people who have bought multi-$K basses only to mod the poop out of 'em.
Many a person has been led astray by whatever switch has come with their bass.
You're one of a very select club of people who have bought multi-$K basses only to mod the poop out of 'em.
Heheh thanks man. I just loooooove modding and the more I do it and become comfortable with it, the more daring I get ;P.
BurningSkies
CRAZY BALDHEAD
- Feb 20, 2005
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Sad for me to see the comments on that video about how people have only heard Dingwalls under piles of distortion. They sound good that way, but there's plenty of players who use them in a super-wide variety of contexts.
Any quick fix for this issue? One of the height adjustment screws on my Combustion monorail bridge has been moving on its own, resulting to flat tuning and that I have to adjust the height again. I'm not sure if its cuz of vibration from the string or its just too loose.
Or is there replacement parts sold somewhere(couldnt really find by search).
Or is there replacement parts sold somewhere(couldnt really find by search).
Id be tempted to suggest a dab of lock tite but that may be over kill.
a little bit of wax, like hard candle wax might do the trick. I do this with arrow heads which also see a load of vibration and it does wonders.
another less aggressive then locktite solution could be:
-Plumbers putty
-common kitchen and bath silicone
they both will set given 24 hrs but it won’t be an aggressive hold. It’ll be One that could be broken easy enough with the Allen wrench.
Nail polish (transparent...) can also be a simple, non-agressive thread lock alternative.
BurningSkies
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The locktite to use is purple, and only a very tiny amount.
Yep, just a tiny amount can do in a pinch...just to hold the threads in place and the bond can break pretty easily when you need to and intend to move it. Just make sure not to use too much.
Pretty sure purple loctite is what Dingwall recommends for this, it's the lowest strength one so it'll hold but not be impossible to adjust later.
Using the stronger one by mistake (red is it?) and you will require a flame thrower to unlock the thread
Been there, done that. Not on a guitar fortunately.
- May 7, 2014
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Hey all, I just made a shootout of all of Payson's E-standard 34"-37" string sets! Every set goes through a bunch of styles, and each style has consistent pickup and EQ settings throughout. Let me know what you think! Happy to make more videos showcasing these strings in more detail if that's something you're all interested in.
Recently this was discussed about its usage on an super bridge. It has a pretty solid grip still especially on these tiny screws.
I wouldn’t want to have to break that grip every time if I was exploring set up/ alternate strings, etc.
If I was dialed in on how I want that bass set up for the long term then sure.
I’ve had to break the grip a few times on the super bridges and it’s a bit stressful.... I’ve also seen a couple of stripped bridge screws where some previous individual struggled and failed to break that lock tite. More caution required is all but literally come close to bending the Allen wrench breaking the lock-tite.... coming from a guy who’s career is dealing with threaded connections.
I’ve been playing around with setup lately and had to remove a couple of bridge height screws and scrape some crud off the thread before it’d move easily, in one case it wouldn’t go lower until I did it. The stuff I removed looked black in colour, didn’t look like loctite.
I was wondering if anyone here has used both the Payson Black Daggers, and DR Black Beauties, and could contrast/ compare them.
I just put some Black Beauties on my Tribute L-2500 and like them so far.
And I was thinking black strings on my maple fret board ABZ would look pretty good.
I just put some Black Beauties on my Tribute L-2500 and like them so far.
And I was thinking black strings on my maple fret board ABZ would look pretty good.
If anyone would know, it's you lot. Would you put an all-wenge neck on a mahogany body or roasted swamp ash (both available)?
Sooooo tasty. Levin could makee a 2x4 with rubber bands sound good, but, he sounds SO MUCH better on a Dingwall than his Stingray.
I totally agree with this. Many more videos need to be made available with players of all sorts of genres. Too much total grunge or it is slapping and tapping all over the place.
Wow, I didn’t know he had played anything but MM basses in decades. His tone on this does sound really nice.
That's kinda the point, it looks great with either. Both bodies are light (each 4 lbs 6 -
ozs), weight not really an issue.
