Dingwall Owners Club

[dirkhh]

both are insane. #2 though. Over the top.

Good thing my bass rack is full.
Nothing I can do there

 

[AB Nate]

Should have clarified that I don’t run everything full throttle obviously X7 and VT run either/or. The EQ gets probably the most use out of everything due to presets, but I leave amp and bass EQs flat. My NG3 is barely 1 month old, everything is factory, setup was perfect out of the box for my needs too, didn’t touch a thing.

Anyway, experimenting with it more now, cutting bass very aggressively seems to give the best results. I think I’m having difficulty understanding the mid and bass response on this thing. Even with ridiculous levels of mid boost the output is boomy and lacking the definition I want. Granted, I’ve been playing extremely hot fender jazz singles and Nordys almost exclusively for a long time, so my tone dialing habits may need recalibration.

Are you playing through a head or headphones?

 

[TTA]

Here is a way to do any spec comparisons you like

Bass Specs | Dingwall Guitars

Thanks. But did you notice that the ng specs are out of date for the neck and tuners? Mine has carbon fibre reinforced rods and hipshot super-light tuners.

 

[TTA]

For those that live Technical metal….

one of my fav bands is about to drop a new single and it’s the first album Jared used a dingwall NG3 on



This is the epitome of that “Dingwall is a Metal bass” stereotype. Lol.

Looks like a LS model in the video.

i like my metal, but all growling for vocals never did anything for me.

 

[AB Nate]

Looks like a LS model in the video.

No. It’s a customs Z3 6 in the video but the recordings were done with an NG3

 

[AB Nate]

Thanks. But did you notice that the ng specs are out of date for the neck and tuners? Mine has carbon fibre reinforced rods and hipshot super-light tuners.

Good catch on that stuff. Perhaps something for Sheldon to get his web guy on

 

[TTA]

This is my main genre and I still can’t get my NG3 to make a decent aggressive sound, which is baffling. I mostly play j/kpop with it and fall back to the Ibanez EHB for metal duties. So strange I just can’t crack the EQ after a month.

edit: the relevant part of the signal path is boss eq200 -> X7 -> VT DI. So I have all the tone sculpting I could need, I just don’t seem to understand how the bass/pups work.

I find that when i struggle to find a good sound it is often due to expecting things to behave as my old gear.

the adam darkglass pedal was a good example. Originally i was borderline disappointed. Then i gave it time and relearned it… vs expecting it to respond as my other gear does. Now i like the distortion so much it may replace my natural tube overdrive setup for distortion.

you are probably very dialled in, and used to the tones of your ibanez. Your brain wants the same i bet.

For me it was active on, eq full on the bass… pickups in series (ng2). It is just so killer. I tend to roll off some highs and the ultra lows also.

 

[TTA]

How are dingwall sixes for balance? Especially with the wenge neck? Site says 60g heavier.

i ask cause a six seems like a lot of mass out far… and by ng2-5 is probably the best balanced bass i own.

thinking about a 6 string afterburner. But vs a ng2 they will have lighter knobs also.

 

[AB Nate]

How are dingwall sixes for balance? Especially with the wenge neck? Site says 60g heavier.

i ask cause a six seems like a lot of mass out far… and by ng2-5 is probably the best balanced bass i own.

thinking about a 6 string afterburner. But vs a ng2 they will have lighter knobs also.

Neck dive is not an issue.

 

[JUMBO 70]

How are dingwall sixes for balance? Especially with the wenge neck? Site says 60g heavier.

i ask cause a six seems like a lot of mass out far… and by ng2-5 is probably the best balanced bass i own.

thinking about a 6 string afterburner. But vs a ng2 they will have lighter knobs also.

I moved from a 5 string Combustion to a 5 string ABZ. The difference in the neck was quite noticeable. Definitely thinner but mostly there is a better shape to the ABZ neck. I’m guessing you are looking at the pink one that just became available. No idea what that guy is after, given I’ve followed him for a year or something and I’ve seen him buy and sell 4 Dingwalls in that time. I thought Dingwall sent him that one in exchange for the old green AB. Anyway, I just find it odd.

Slightly wider neck for the additional string but I bet you would enjoy the neck on the AB.

 

[Selta]

Neck dive is not an issue.

Hard agree here. My AB1 6 string has basically zero neck dive. I wouldn't be too worried about it on Canadian models. Haven't held a 6 string Import, tho.

 

[shade_1313]

Neck dive is no issue for my NG3 6

 

[AB Nate]

Same on the NG2 I tried, only sitting mind you. Balanced very nice on the lap

 

[lowphatbass]

You know me...I WANT ALL THE DINGWALLS.

“Rollerberg2021”

 

[J Posega]

How are dingwall sixes for balance? Especially with the wenge neck? Site says 60g heavier.

i ask cause a six seems like a lot of mass out far… and by ng2-5 is probably the best balanced bass i own.

thinking about a 6 string afterburner. But vs a ng2 they will have lighter knobs also.

I’ll get photos of how my AB1 6 hangs tomorrow. I dunno the weight yet but my old ABZ6 was maple/maple neck and weighed 8.7 lbs I think.

 

[BurningSkies]

I can't remember who, but someone spec'd out a hot pink Super P a few years ago, I can't get that one out of my head.

Are you talking about the one that Mark Lumpkin had made?

 

[BurningSkies]

I moved from a 5 string Combustion to a 5 string ABZ. The difference in the neck was quite noticeable. Definitely thinner but mostly there is a better shape to the ABZ neck. I’m guessing you are looking at the pink one that just became available. No idea what that guy is after, given I’ve followed him for a year or something and I’ve seen him buy and sell 4 Dingwalls in that time. I thought Dingwall sent him that one in exchange for the old green AB. Anyway, I just find it odd.

Slightly wider neck for the additional string but I bet you would enjoy the neck on the AB.

His post on it said that his car needed a new transmission this week and that he's expecting a baby so he didn't have the cash for his repairs...etc, etc, etc. Who knows if that's the case or not, but I tend to believe people who have those kind of stories.

I personally would love a pink AB, and a Dingwall 6, but again, not in the cards for me right now. I did recently pick up another hobby too and every time you pick up a hobby there's a cost to get on board...Last years hobby to pick up was bee keeping, and that was a few grand of hardware; long before that it was brewing, that was a bunch of cash, etc. It'll come back to basses sometime soon. I also should probably sell that BTB fretless 6 I bought...It's never really spoken to me.

 

[shade_1313]

I also should probably sell that BTB fretless 6 I bought...It's never really spoken to me.

*perks up*
Fretless BTB 6 string? Do tell. What model? I’ve been looking for one, and while I’m going to need to recover from extended travel costs over the next couple weeks, I would be interested, in the near future.

 

[BurningSkies]

*perks up*
Fretless BTB 6 string? Do tell. What model? I’ve been looking for one, and while I’m going to need to recover from extended travel costs over the next couple weeks, I would be interested, in the near future.

This one:

No rush on it...but yeah, eventually I'll move it on.

 

[shade_1313]

This one:

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No rush on it...but yeah, eventually I'll move it on.

Nice. If I might ask, is there anything in particular that’s not doing it for you, or is it just one of those “it’s a good bass, but just doesn’t click with me,” intangible kind of things?