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#43,741
Thanks for the feedback, guys! I feel much more comfortable going with wenge. :)

I’ve been convinced enough with my NG3-6 that I’m planning to sell both my Strandberg Prog 5 and Sadowsky WL-5 (both of which I love) to fund the Z3-6. As much as I love them, the NG gives me everything I could get out of those, or close enough, that I doubt I’ll be giving them much playing time in the foreseeable future. The Dingy’s B just stomps all over them, so I’ll never choose those over the NG when I need the B, and I’ve still got my Fender J and P 4-bangers when I need something old school.

Now the hard part is hammering out which top wood and finish to go with. Ergh!
 
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Scott McArron said:
Thanks for the feedback, guys! I feel much more comfortable going with wenge. :)

I’ve been convinced enough with my NG3-6 that I’m planning to sell both my Strandberg Prog 5 and Sadowsky WL-5 (both of which I love) to fund the Z3-6. As much as I love them, the NG gives me everything I could get out of those, or close enough, that I doubt I’ll be giving them much playing time in the foreseeable future. The Dingy’s B just stomps all over them, so I’ll never choose those over the NG when I need the B, and I’ve still got my Fender J and P 4-bangers when I need something old school.

Now the hard part is hammering out which top wood and finish to go with. Ergh!
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You have time on those things. If you see an XTop you like (assuming you're going with one, which, if you're springing for a Z, might as well), jump on it. If you don't see one you like just yet, work with the shop and see if one comes along you do. I didn't pick my top for my latest Z until like, 10 or more months after I got in line.

If you do the thing where you grab a build spot from a dealer, you might have to pick right away.
 
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#43,744
Selta said:
I wonder if or how the neck profiles have changed over the years. I believe a 6 string with the neck profile of the Z's now would be a wonderful feel for me - more agreeable than my AB1 6'er. $3500 USD is actually really flippin' tempting.
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The post-fire Z neck carves have changed as little as possible. Older ones might be very slightly thinner due to the way we sanded them. Pre-fire Z necks feel chunkier.
 
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Sheldon D. said:
That's the first Dingwall 6-string. A matching 4 and 6 were built at the same time for the customer Paul Slagle. Paul had worked at Tobias before the Gibson takeover and at the time of this build was the painter at Tyler Guitars.
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I remember Paul from the Dingwall website forum I think? Very sad circumstances, hope these go to a lovely home.
 
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Scott McArron said:
Thanks for the feedback, guys! I feel much more comfortable going with wenge. :)
Now the hard part is hammering out which top wood and finish to go with. Ergh!
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You could never get wrong with wenge neck when it comes to aggressive tone. Wenge has some compression on the top end, so it's not open and bright as maple but it brings a lot of punch. I would describe that wenge neck bass stands more front in a mix, easier to cut through especially when the guitars are highly distorted. Of course maple neck can do that too, but may need a bit help from the pedals and amp.
On the opposite, wenge neck sometimes sounds too aggressive, when you want to stay low profile in a pop song.

On the top wood and finish, I believe it's the hardest part of ordering a Dingwall cause every top and color combination looks gorgeous :)
You can check out the galleries on their web site and instagram for some idea, or if you got your own idea I believe they're happy to help.
 
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AB Nate said:
another factor I believe that is on the table that I have no experience with is ovangkol.
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Speaking of which, I thought I'd posted this before, but I can't find any evidence of it. I have a Taylor 12 string with ovangkol back and sides. It's apparently similar to rosewood. It can be very pretty:
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akizh said:
On the top wood and finish, I believe it's the hardest part of ordering a Dingwall cause every top and color combination looks gorgeous :)
You can check out the galleries on their web site and instagram for some idea, or if you got your own idea I believe they're happy to help.
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Believe me, mate, I've got my own Dingwall Gallery saved from hours upon hours of searching over several months! :D Heck, I was on their Facebook page for over 2 hours just last night downloading every Z3 pic I could find. Would've been on there longer but my FB app crashed and I didn't want to start again from the top. ;P Some real gems on there! AND I have a spreadsheet of my 3 fave builds (so far) priced out. Might have to sell a kidney...
 
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Scott McArron said:
Believe me, mate, I've got my own Dingwall Gallery saved from hours upon hours of searching over several months! :D Heck, I was on their Facebook page for over 2 hours just last night downloading every Z3 pic I could find. Would've been on there longer but my FB app crashed and I didn't want to start again from the top. ;P Some real gems on there! AND I have a spreadsheet of my 3 fave builds (so far) priced out. Might have to sell a kidney...
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leaning towards a 6-string version of this with Speedo inlays, series/parallel toggles, and considering a transparent natural finish on the back (or white/black ceruse? hmm). Then I second guess myself and wonder if it's too flashy... Probably wouldn't even want to take it to a gig afraid to get it dinged, and then there's goes the whole point, right? ugh...
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Scott McArron said:
leaning towards a 6-string version of this with Speedo inlays, series/parallel toggles, and considering a transparent natural finish on the back (or white/black ceruse? hmm). Then I second guess myself and wonder if it's too flashy... Probably wouldn't even want to take it to a gig afraid to get it dinged, and then there's goes the whole point, right? ugh...
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I’m very up and down with the whole idea of taking the high end basses to gigs. On one hand I don’t want stupid people to do a stupid thing to it, on the other they are meant to be played and ultimately be an extension of the player so, I keep telling myself, “just play the damn thing”. “Keep it safe as possible” and just do it!!!
100% depends on the type of gig. I’ve been tempted to try out for a Celtic punk band this past week as it was presented to me and I’ve seen a vid of the stage show…. Dont think I’d want to take one of my “Nice” dingwalls on stage. Bagpipes flyin around and all….
 
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Scott McArron said:
leaning towards a 6-string version of this with Speedo inlays, series/parallel toggles, and considering a transparent natural finish on the back (or white/black ceruse? hmm). Then I second guess myself and wonder if it's too flashy... Probably wouldn't even want to take it to a gig afraid to get it dinged, and then there's goes the whole point, right? ugh...
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I'm not certain that Dingwall would do that top and a black/white ceruse on the back. That'd be kind of interesting to see though!

I take my Prima Artist to basically every gig and recording session. I bought it for many reasons, top among them the feel and sound. I don't wanna hide it away. I keep a close eye on it and do the best that I can to not have anything happen to it. So far after almost 100 gigs on it and a couple handfuls of recording sessions away from home, no issues. I don't fully understand buying an amazing bass and keeping it at home, but, I do understand people have their reasons to and generally avoid trying to convince them otherwise ;)
 
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AB Nate said:
100% depends on the type of gig. I’ve been tempted to try out for a Celtic punk band this past week as it was presented to me and I’ve seen a vid of the stage show…. Dont think I’d want to take one of my “Nice” dingwalls on stage. Bagpipes flyin around and all….
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This is exactly why I bought my combustion. Well, not the bagpipes part, those should never be played indoors (if at all :P)
 
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