Dingwall Owners Club

[groovaholic]

Their regular headstock looks kinda weird paired with fanned fret neck…

Seconded! Warwick should/could easily slim down their headstock which would improve balance AND give the strings a straight pull over the nut. Like Fender, it seems Warwick is too entrenched in their "formula" to follw the design where it really needs to go.

 

[BurningSkies]

Don't mention it to the other TB guys here ( ) but Warwick & Spector (aka the Stuart Spector design inspired stuff) just do nothing at all for me. The body and headstock shapes just are kind of lumpen and undefined in my eyes. I'm also probably not enough of a child of the 90's to have much appreciation for them.

 

[pravus]

But then there are examples such as this.

Dingwall Afterburner II 2010 Dark Orange | Mr. PLEASANT's Shop | Reverb

That's in my collection. I purchased it from that Reverb ad years ago. It has a transition look/feel to it and the pickup shells are part of that. It also seems like the knobs are slightly different but that could be my imagination. It came with some of the old Voodoo strings which definitely aren't the same as the modern ones. It is absolutely fantastic, of course.

 

[wvbass]

Don't mention it to the other TB guys here ( ) but Warwick & Spector (aka the Stuart Spector design inspired stuff) just do nothing at all for me. The body and headstock shapes just are kind of lumpen and undefined in my eyes. I'm also probably not enough of a child of the 90's to have much appreciation for them.

Dingwalls are a work of art, and the "fully carved" NS body is a work of art by a different artist. True art rarely has universal appeal, IME.

 

[anton72]

Don't mention it to the other TB guys here ( ) but Warwick & Spector (aka the Stuart Spector design inspired stuff) just do nothing at all for me. The body and headstock shapes just are kind of lumpen and undefined in my eyes. I'm also probably not enough of a child of the 90's to have much appreciation for them.

Spector endorsing artist here original Spector NS body is one of the most recognized bass designs. I Only speak for original NS-2 bass, Warwick copies don’t count.

 

[BurningSkies]

Dingwalls are a work of art, and the "fully carved" NS body is a work of art by a different artist. True art rarely has universal appeal, IME.

Spector endorsing artist here original Spector NS body is one of the most recognized bass designs. I Only speak for original NS-2 bass, Warwick copies don’t count.

No trying to hurt anyones' feelings...just obviously my opinion.

That's in my collection. I purchased it from that Reverb ad years ago. It has a transition look/feel to it and the pickup shells are part of that. It also seems like the knobs are slightly different but that could be my imagination. It came with some of the old Voodoo strings which definitely aren't the same as the modern ones. It is absolutely fantastic, of course.

The knobs are the original design ones, so if you're used to newer Dingwalls, they ARE different.

The old Voodoo strings were GHS made and the current strings are D'Addario made.

 

[wvbass]

No trying to hurt anyones' feelings...just obviously my opinion.

I don't think anyone online could possibly hurt my feelings, but you're welcome to give it a shot!

Along those lines, I'm not in love with the look of the Spector Dimension. I think the "slap fanned frets on an existing design" works better on the Warwick.

 

[anton72]

Along those lines, I'm not in love with the look of the Spector Dimension.

Seconded. As much as I like the original NS Design, their Dimension looks like a lazy approach to a new take. I can hardly imagine comfortable playing this bass on strap looking at the strap pin position on the short upper horn…

 

[AB Nate]

I’m really curious to experience the electronics on the dimension. I’m gonna give one a play as soon as I can.

as for the Spector body…. I don’t really care a lot about it either way. I will say my NS5XL is very comfortable and plays/feels way better then I would have imagined prior to getting my hands on it. I bought it chasing a tone and now love the dang thing. Same as my NS6JH

They have a well earned place in the bass guitar hall of fame no doubt.

 

[anton72]

They have a well earned place in the bass guitar hall of fame no doubt.

Agree. I’ve been playing Spector basses exclusively for 10 years, and if I hadn’t stepped into their 5 string ones, I’d probably still be playing my Spector 4 strings. But with their short upper horn 35” became a show stopper for me on their 5ers. Long reach to first frets and shifted center of weight. If it’s under 9 lbs it has neck dive. If it balances good means it’s heavier than 9,5 lbs…

 

[NaH]

I’d say the Zero is the most mysterious Dingwall creation in my mind

Yeah - I would likely try to buy it if it came up again.

 

[anton72]

Sorry for derailing the thread, just killing time waiting for my D-Roc 5 Standard to be shipped…

 

[Waltsdog]

Don't mention it to the other TB guys here ( ) but Warwick & Spector (aka the Stuart Spector design inspired stuff) just do nothing at all for me. The body and headstock shapes just are kind of lumpen and undefined in my eyes. I'm also probably not enough of a child of the 90's to have much appreciation for them.

I am a child of the 90s and wouldn't give a Warwick or Spector house room, never even picked one up as the look just doesn't do it for me.

 

[AB Nate]

I am a child of the 90s and wouldn't give a Warwick or Spector house room, never even picked one up as the look just doesn't do it for me.

It’s about the tone man! The tone! They have a distinct flavour quite unlike dingwall which I greatly appreciate.

 

[IvanBassist]

My band’s first single is out now
Recorded using my Super P

 

[Nuage420]

My band’s first single is out now
Recorded using my Super P

Yes!!!

 

[J Posega]

Jacob has suggested a tutorial on his signal chain and processing might follow. He had some kind of multi unit, I'm not sure if he mentioned the make and model. But there was some cool stuff going on. I noticed the split in distortion levels at different frequencies, more fuzz and snarl on the top end, but the bottom had much less, a surprisingly clean (ish) low end. I've always wondered how these guys get great definition and punch with all that distortion. Distortion seems to suck the bottom out of my bass.

I've had a number of Darkglass pedals come and go. The Alpha Omega Ultra was my favorite, mostly for the excellent clean eq.

I've had the impeccable technique on back order for years. One day, maybe, it'll show up.

He’s using the Neural DSP Quad Cortex.

A cheaper way to approach that tone is a Darkglass X7, which lets you low-pass the distortion so that it only distorts on the high end, and it lets you add a limiter on the lows. Which makes for a big fat, clean bottom and grinding top end.

 

[wvbass]

My band’s first single is out now
Recorded using my Super P

My Super P sounds really good, but I've never managed to make it sound that good! Now I have a tone to chase!

 

[AB Nate]

My band’s first single is out now
Recorded using my Super P

Nicely done! I feel like that’s part of GTA radio. Content wise it totally reminds me of blasting through one of those games back in the day!!!

Killer tones too Ivan!

 

[IvanBassist]

My Super P sounds really good, but I've never managed to make it sound that good! Now I have a tone to chase!

Thanks! I’ve got a video coming where I explain how i got that sound