Dingwall Owners Club

[Ricky Rioli]

The current versions of the AB line run 21mm to 24mm in thickness from 1st to 12th frets. The Z runs 19mm to 22mm. You can compare all the stats on one page at Bass Specs | Dingwall Guitars.

I was just looking at some Dingwall specs and noticed that the mm to inch conversions aren't all correct, eg

0.787" is 20mm and 0.906" is 21mm.
21mm is 0.827" and 24mm is 0.945".

 

[AB Nate]

The input jack on my Combustion is a little “wiggly”. I can’t for the life of me figure out how to get it out to tighten it up. Any help please.

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Dude. You have no screws or locking nut around the threaded Jack input

 

[jaco944]

Dude. You have no screws or locking nut around the threaded Jack input

Thanks man, it came that way and never occurred to me. Will a standard Switchcraft nut fit in that cup?

 

[Cantstandsya]

Thanks man, it came that way and never occurred to me. Will a standard Switchcraft nut fit in that cup?

You’re definitely missing the screws but there is no locking nut for those jacks. I was just at Nordstrand this morning and Mo explained to me that they don’t have one because of the way they screw in from the inside. Here’s a picture of my NG3, which I bought new a month ago. There’s no locking nut.

 

[singlemalt]

Huh. I wonder if that chrome dish threads on the jack and then gets screws?

 

[BurningSkies]

Oh, hey ..

≥ Dingwall Prima Artist Voodoo bass - Snaarinstrumenten | Gitaren | Bas - Marktplaats.nl

Yeah, someone else pinged me on this one. The price is just about where it should be for a 4 of this era. Not too many 4's out there. In the past 10 years I can count two other Voodoo Primas that have come up.

By the way...there's no such thing as a voodoo prima artist. There's a Voodoo Prima and there's a Prima Artist. They're not the same.

 

[BurningSkies]

Well this is an unusual and Old specimen

one of the first AB2 I’m guessing.

a few shaping details look like they have been refined since this thing was made
Dingwall Voodoo 5-String Bass | Emerald City Guitars | Reverb

Nice early Afterburner 2...Price is also about what I'd expect. Not a bad one.

 

[BurningSkies]

thanks mate!
what I am missing most is the zingy top end and attack of the HiBeams and something in the mids just don't feel right to me... hard to describe. maybe it's the combination of HiBeams + single coils on the jazz vs. nickels + humbuckers on the NG2.
so far I like the b//m pickup selection the most. maybe because of it's the closest to the tone of my jazz, which was burned into my ears over years.



shipping costs aren't my problem... but I drove to many times to the german customs office, which is 60km away from me.

which Payson set would be the closest to the HiBeams?

That bass does ship with Dingwall nickel/steel strings. I'd suggest an easy try would be to grab a set of the Dingwall stainless steel strings to try. They're closer to what you're feeling.

On the pickup...First off, under those shells, they're not humbuckers. They're split coils closer to a P-Bass setup. Here's something that you can do at home if you're fairly comfortable with opening it up. There's a good chance that some or all of the pickups' coils are wired in series. That gives some low-mid emphasis but at the expense of extension in the highs and deep lows. For more of a Jazz bass tone, the coils in each pickup can be easily changed to parallel.

Here's an example of how to tell:

Pickups that are wired in series have the green/black leads terminated together. Pickups that are in parallel have the red/green and black/white paired and heading to the switch terminals.

 

[BurningSkies]

You’re definitely missing the screws but there is no locking nut for those jacks. I was just at Nordstrand this morning and Mo explained to me that they don’t have one because of the way they screw in from the inside. Here’s a picture of my NG3, which I bought new a month ago. There’s no locking nut.
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Concur. There's no nut for the jack...they actually screw onto the socket-plate. But definitely missing the two screws that should anchor the plate to the wood.

That is similar to mine, only the body looks like walnut and the top something else. Mine is mahogany with a bubinga top.

It is most definitely an Afterburner II and not a Voodoo.

The earliest of the AB2's are mahogany/bubinga and the later ones are walnut bodied. The bubinga often was pomele (figured) but there's been some unfigured ones too...I'd think that's what this one is. That little bump down by it's tailbone is something I don't know that I've seen before...this one must be one of the first. The edge radius also appears softer than most.

 

[kirkdickinson]

Definitely not a voodoo

I think this thing has a walnut body and walnut top. Bribing a neck/wenge fretboard.

lovely wood combo. If it was a six string I’d be looking at trying some EMGs and an 18v haz in it me thinks.

 

[NaH]

Used Dingwall pricing seems to have gone up quite a bit over the last 2 years, especially on Canadian models. Either that, or I was a fool for selling a couple for what I did.

 

[NaH]

That little bump down by it's tailbone is something I don't know that I've seen before

You mean on the end of the bridge? Or do you mean by the input jack - ABs have always had that (at least all of mine).

 

[BurningSkies]

You mean on the end of the bridge? Or do you mean by the input jack - ABs have always had that (at least all of mine).

At the B string on the bridge. I don't ever remember a little bump-out there.

 

[J Posega]

Used Dingwall pricing seems to have gone up quite a bit over the last 2 years, especially on Canadian models. Either that, or I was a fool for selling a couple for what I did.

It’s been climbing steadily for years. It might have been about 8 years ago that I bought an ABZ5 barely used for $1550. You can barely grab a used Combuation for under $1500 now. I do feel like I stole my Sklar for the price I paid, but I didn’t even make an offer, just bought it outright.

 

[BurningSkies]

It’s been climbing steadily for years. It might have been about 8 years ago that I bought an ABZ5 barely used for $1550. You can barely grab a used Combuation for under $1500 now. I do feel like I stole my Sklar for the price I paid, but I didn’t even make an offer, just bought it outright.

My AB1 was 1600$ in 2005. Yeah, pricing continues to go up and older ABs keep up pace and appreciate at a pretty amazing rate.

 

[spiritbass]

I think the Combustion series getting more Dingwalls in players' hands raised the overall demand and used prices.

 

[monsterthompson]

Guess I’ll keep holding my D Bird

 

[spiritbass]

Guess I’ll keep holding my D Bird

You know what they say about a 'bird in hand...

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

Concur. There's no nut for the jack...they actually screw onto the socket-plate. But definitely missing the two screws that should anchor the plate to the wood.


The earliest of the AB2's are mahogany/bubinga and the later ones are walnut bodied. The bubinga often was pomele (figured) but there's been some unfigured ones too...I'd think that's what this one is. That little bump down by it's tailbone is something I don't know that I've seen before...this one must be one of the first. The edge radius also appears softer than most.

Mine is the straight non-figured bubinga top. It feels great as a neck wood as well. It also has more of an orange tinge to it that matches the mahogany well. Walnut seems to be more greyish.

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

My AB1 was 1600$ in 2005. Yeah, pricing continues to go up and older ABs keep up pace and appreciate at a pretty amazing rate.

Same as mine in the same year. I don't play it much anymore, but every time I contemplate selling it, I figure I'll never be able to get one back for that price and the money is already spent.