Dingwall Owners Club

[silky smoove]

That's me. I appreciate all of the more 'artsy' beauties that Sheldon makes, but I go for simple 'working man's' instruments,

Same here. I love the idea of an "updated" version of a classic instrument. My incoming Super J has a Glockenklang and series/parallel switches, but is otherwise a pretty classic looking Jazz. In my mind it's the best of both worlds for those of us that like classic styling with modern features.

 

[AB Nate]

I'm looking at grabbing a 4 string, it's looking like a d-roc or ng-2. What are y'alls thoughts on the two?

All about personal taste my man.
Wear em high? Wear em low. Need a pre or not?

Not much significant differences beyond that. Tone wood body, fingerboard and appearance be about it.

 

[Nuage420]

All about personal taste my man.
Wear em high? Wear em low. Need a pre or not?

Not much significant differences beyond that. Tone wood body, fingerboard and appearance be about it.

I'm almost geeky high with my strap. Passive is fine I just want low tuning and growl. I have all the pedals I need to tone sculpt.

 

[Challanger2]

I'm almost geeky high with my strap. Passive is fine I just want low tuning and growl. I have all the pedals I need to tone sculpt.

Comparing the pickup positions between ng2 and d-roc, 3/4 are pretty much the same. Bridge only, bridge/middle parallel and middle d-roc/neck ng2 only (effectively the same pickup position, d-roc has an extra neck pickup but not usable by itself). The main difference is for the fourth mode, NG2 has bridge/middle in series, while d-roc has bridge/middle parallel, and that circuit in series with the neck pickup.

Biggest question to ask yourself is if you want the darkglass pre or not, I would say thats the biggest deciding factor for you.

 

[Randy W Lopez]

John is an evil man. Last summer, I bought a mint Z3 from him (see my avatar). The transaction was so smooth, we chatted on the phone, emailed and texted several times. He shipped it quickly and well packed. I mentioned I might order a SP in the fall. However, in the fall, I purchased an amazing 1953 American Standard (upright bass) and decided that since I already have 3 Dingwalls (Z3, SJ & NG3) and my old '70s P-bass, I didn't need another bass, or the added expense. Fast forward to this January, John messaged me about the SP. The hamster starting running like mad in the big wheel in my old brain, the excitement rose again and I ended up giving him my specs along with a deposit. My new SPJ should be here by the end of the summer. Like I said, he's an evil man. But also the nicest guy you can deal with and I'm happy to send my business his way and highly recommend him. OK, back to practicing upright. Carry on.

I 2nd that motion Rocky55

 

[BurningSkies]

Same here. I love the idea of an "updated" version of a classic instrument. My incoming Super J has a Glockenklang and series/parallel switches, but is otherwise a pretty classic looking Jazz. In my mind it's the best of both worlds for those of us that like classic styling with modern features.

My last 'project' Dingwall ended up with 2 preamps that can be used together or separate, several volume controls two push/pulls and a couple switches (2-way and 3-way)..

..then I had my Super P built. I wanted to keep all of that to the simplest barest minimum. Passive, three knobs, no visible switches. They were kind enough to put a push/pull on the volume which takes the bridge pickup coils parallel/series so as to hide it. In all honesty, so far I've been using the split coil pickup maybe 95 percent of the time.

Similarly, no flashy woods or complex finishes.

I don't know if anyone pays attention to the culinary world...ever notice when famous chefs are asked what they eat at home or what their ideal meals are? They're usually the most simple easy home cooking, not lots of fancy ingredients or flash. This bass is sort of like 'coming home' for some good ol' soul food.

 

[retroXvertigo]

I'm really thinking I'll be pulling the trigger on a Super P soon.

I love my Muckelroys, but the siren song of fanned frets from Canada land is becoming to hard to fight off any longer.

 

[AB Nate]

I'm almost geeky high with my strap. Passive is fine I just want low tuning and growl. I have all the pedals I need to tone sculpt.

I also wear it a bit high and that keeps me gravitated towards the non D bird beasts. They are still very comfortable high but just a bit weird.

 

[DingwallDingus]

Also wear mine high or else I couldn't play a lot of what I like to standing.

 

[spiritbass]

My last 'project' Dingwall ended up with 2 preamps that can be used together or separate, several volume controls two push/pulls and a couple switches (2-way and 3-way)..

..then I had my Super P built. I wanted to keep all of that to the simplest barest minimum. Passive, three knobs, no visible switches. They were kind enough to put a push/pull on the volume which takes the bridge pickup coils parallel/series so as to hide it. In all honesty, so far I've been using the split coil pickup maybe 95 percent of the time.

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Similarly, no flashy woods or complex finishes.

I don't know if anyone pays attention to the culinary world...ever notice when famous chefs are asked what they eat at home or what their ideal meals are? They're usually the most simple easy home cooking, not lots of fancy ingredients or flash. This bass is sort of like 'coming home' for some good ol' soul food.

My SJ/P may as well not have a bridge pickup. The split-P sounds so good, it's all I want to hear.

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

My SJ/P may as well not have a bridge pickup. The split-P sounds so good, it's all I want to hear.

I prefer the sound of mine as a P too. Strangely enough, I converted it from a P to a P/J and I still prefer the look of it as a P/J.

 

[AB Nate]

There’s just something about a solo’d P pick up. Adding the bridge pup sweetens and rounds it out nicely but it takes away from “that P tone”.

 

[DingwallDingus]

There’s just something about a solo’d P pick up. Adding the bridge pup sweetens and rounds it out nicely but it takes away from “that P tone”.

Good thing you didn't say P-Ness like my dad did one time when talking about P basses to me...

 

[Nuage420]

Good thing you didn't say P-Ness like my dad did one time when talking about P basses to me...

 

[BurningSkies]

My SJ/P may as well not have a bridge pickup. The split-P sounds so good, it's all I want to hear.

I honestly haven't been plugging in much. No gigs are happening (legally anyway); no practices since we'e all of different 'bubbles' and on hiatus anyway. I also have a propensity to playing 'at volume (if you've seen my stage rig, all 2500w RMS of it) you know what I mean. So I play about 8 hours a day unplugged... Today I grabbed my old Korg Pandora which was my sole practice amp for the many years I lived in an apartment and after playing fretless for a few hours, I moved over to Super-P for a bit...and damnit if that split P doesn't just sound right. I have a tailored sound which is clean but EQ'ed close to all my live rigs and it just instantly felt just like home. (though honestly, while at 'work' I played fretless for the rest of the day...

I prefer the sound of mine as a P too. Strangely enough, I converted it from a P to a P/J and I still prefer the look of it as a P/J.

Oh, yeah...the two pickup model just looks badass. It really does. Its got some serious muscle.

There’s just something about a solo’d P pick up. Adding the bridge pup sweetens and rounds it out nicely but it takes away from “that P tone”.

The series/parallel options do bring a bunch to the table...sort of add ons to what's already a pretty amazing sound.

 

[DingwallDingus]

On the topic of P pickups, I still don't really understand the wizardry of the FD3s. How are they a split coil but different from the P-Tone/a true P pickup? Is it a series/parallel thing or just voicing?

 

[spiritbass]

Putting the pickups in series on the SJ5 or SJ/P4 is OMG territory. Years ago, the band I was playing with opened a Blues fest. I was playing through a ThunderFunk/AccuGroove 115 on stage (sounded great). I thought I had the pickups is parallel, but they were in OMG mode. One of the few times I recall getting compliments from on-listeners. I can only imagine what it sounded like out front.

I've seen your potent stage rig!

 

[BurningSkies]

On the topic of P pickups, I still don't really understand the wizardry of the FD3s. How are they a split coil but different from the P-Tone/a true P pickup? Is it a series/parallel thing or just voicing?

There's indeed a lot of wizardry involved. Type of magnets, type and gauge of wire, number of wraps, how each coil is wrapped and how much its wrapped, etc. Lots and lots variables involved.

 

[BurningSkies]

Putting the pickups in series on the SJ5 or SJ/P4 is OMG territory. Years ago, the band I was playing with opened a Blues fest. I was playing through a ThunderFunk/AccuGroove 115 on stage (sounded great). I thought I had the pickups is parallel, but they were in OMG mode. One of the few times I recall getting compliments from on-listeners. I can only imagine what it sounded like out front.

I've seen your potent stage rig!

Right now it's only the top half, raised and in my music room. I go between the custom Monique & the the Kern IP-777 into the M2500. And I seem to have a couple pedal boards going right now.

 

[whirledpeas]

My SJ/P may as well not have a bridge pickup. The split-P sounds so good, it's all I want to hear.

Yeah, I like having the bridge pickup available on my SPJ5, but I’m almost always soloing the neck pickup.