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Dingwall Owners Club

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Katoosie said:
Dingwall and spector clubs.
I'm looking to snatch either an euro LT 4 or a combustion 3 CE 5, tell me which one to get. Go!
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Both outstanding basses. I don't think there's really a 'genre' difference between them and much more a tone difference. The low B on a Dingwall is in a class of its own. Playability of the fan frets is great - some people who play a lot of chords above the 12th/15th fret sometimes complain that fingerings are different on the fan frets.
There are many people here with both Spector and Dingwall basses. I think the Dingwall tends to have more tonal range, but that may depend a bit on which specific pre amp you'll have in either of those two basses.
 
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Jack Deth said:
What genre do you play most?
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Mostly metal but I'm all over from death metaltto funk, jazz etc.

dirkhh said:
Both outstanding basses. I don't think there's really a 'genre' difference between them and much more a tone difference. The low B on a Dingwall is in a class of its own. Playability of the fan frets is great - some people who play a lot of chords above the 12th/15th fret sometimes complain that fingerings are different on the fan frets.
There are many people here with both Spector and Dingwall basses. I think the Dingwall tends to have more tonal range, but that may depend a bit on which specific pre amp you'll have in either of those two basses.
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Euro has darkglass with bartolinis, split P and J.

Combustion has the emg with 3 ding pickups as usual.

5 string ding and 4 string spector.
 
#43,428
Katoosie said:
Mostly metal but I'm all over from death metaltto funk, jazz etc.


Euro has darkglass with bartolinis, split P and J.

Combustion has the emg with 3 ding pickups as usual.

5 string ding and 4 string spector.
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For a 5 string the Dingwall definitely has a faster tighter feeling neck.

both are fun for slap and tap techniques.

It really comes down to what tone and feel your going for.
 
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vivaknoxvegas said:
What tool do I need to do a neck adjust on a Combustion / NG3? I saw some conflicting answers in a Google search.
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Depends upon the year. They've had two different wrench sizes over the years.

The more current one is a 4mm wrench. The older one is 9/64.
 
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AB Nate said:
ftfy
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You know I had that...then I did a quick check online just to make sure...and saw this:

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...so I switched it...

fixed again.
 
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Katoosie said:
Mostly metal but I'm all over from death metaltto funk, jazz etc.
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This is why I asked about genre: from those you mentioned, pick a song or two from each genre that highlights the specific sounds you hear in your mind which you are after, and focus on those. The question then becomes: can one of those basses do all of the sounds you seek? Given the world situation today, I’ve been acquiring basses sight unseen over the last 18(ish) months as I try to catch up since I’ve been out of the game for years, and there is no way to try (most of) them out ahead of time. I have used recommendations from TalkBass, YouTube videos (both reviews and music vids), and done research into what basses were used in which songs, specifically songs that have the sound I’m after.

If my question made it sound like some basses belong in specific genres, that was not my intention at all. I was going to point out the above as it helps to have a frame of reference when mentally hearing the sounds you like.
 
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