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- Thread starter FroggyOne2
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They just do an incredibly careful job of masking everything off before applying finish. They may do something like apply stain towards the center of the instrument face and then spray paint over the edges so the stain doesn’t bleed. Just a guess, all I know is they do a killer job and now everyone else is getting onboard with reverse and diagonal bursts.
no contrast layers but IIRC Sheldon said this was a combo of stain and paint. Assuming green stain and purple paint?
For the natural contrast layers sandwiched on other painted basses I’m pretty certain it’s just taped off during spray.
I would also assume stain + paint on instruments with natural contrast bodies since stain would bleed under tape.
I have some questions about pickup selection and series/parallel switches. I really don’t have any experience with pickups wired to selector switches, prior to getting my D-Roc, before that it was all individual volume knobs or pickup blend knobs.
I think I understand how the pickup selector switch would interact with S/P switches, but I want more experienced folks to just check me on it. If I am getting it correctly, the S/P toggles would control whether the two could in each pickup are in series or parallel with each other, and then beyond that, the pickup selector can be wired to have the whole pickup wired series or parallel with the other whole pickups. Is that right? So you could, for example, have your bridge with its coils in series with each other, the middle with its coils in parallel with each other, and then the two pickups wired in series with each other? Or any such combination?
I think I understand how the pickup selector switch would interact with S/P switches, but I want more experienced folks to just check me on it. If I am getting it correctly, the S/P toggles would control whether the two could in each pickup are in series or parallel with each other, and then beyond that, the pickup selector can be wired to have the whole pickup wired series or parallel with the other whole pickups. Is that right? So you could, for example, have your bridge with its coils in series with each other, the middle with its coils in parallel with each other, and then the two pickups wired in series with each other? Or any such combination?
Correct.
each switch coordinates with one respective pick up for internal wiring where as the pick up selector controls the combination of the pick ups together
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Thanks for the input on pickup wiring. Seems like the array of tones from a three pickup Dingwall with S/P switches is just enormous. I was already planning to get the switches, knowing that I was on the right track with my understanding just makes me more satisfied with taking that option.
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I’m not sure what I’m looking for with this post but I’ve been struggling with a thought for a while. Recent developments have me thinking of parting with a bass again.
I told myself when I got my last build I’d sell another bass.
I didn’t.
They are all so amazing and there was enough differences between them to justify the variety and keeping them all.
after putting the 6 way switch in Galactus(green/purple above) and having expanded the sonic possibilities of it I find myself thinking I have an “Extra” Dingwall.
They definitely sound different from each other but considering I’m sinking my teeth into a project that I’m passionate about for the first time in a long time as well I’m thinking to hone my tone goal vs have a vast amount of variety. Is it redundant or extra? IDK…. Is it just gluttony to hold onto this bass if it does end up being a safe queen?
On the flip side should I opt to look at partial trades to even further expand the “variety” of my bass family vs having 2 similar instruments?
I went to the extent these last couple days of having my tech dress up the frets thinking it may have a new owner soon.
Restrung it up with payson medium lights, which I’ve never tried and now I’m not certain I should even try them as I’ll most probably talk myself out of these thoughts again….
eiyeiyei…..
first world problems, I know but I do get a bit emotional about these works of art and so I struggle with which direction to take this train of thought. Having sold a few keepers in the past I’ve regretted a couple and I’m sure there could be regret associated with this one as well.
On the other end of that, selling a material good could pad some funds towards a recreational property/investment (this should be the most logical and driving factor or this whole personal problem but somehow it still isn’t.)
anyways, let’s here it!
Open to chatting via PM with some helpful thoughts on this topic
or just give me a virtual pat on the head or internet shame me or whatever all the cool kids are doing these days.
thanks for listening
I told myself when I got my last build I’d sell another bass.
I didn’t.
They are all so amazing and there was enough differences between them to justify the variety and keeping them all.
after putting the 6 way switch in Galactus(green/purple above) and having expanded the sonic possibilities of it I find myself thinking I have an “Extra” Dingwall.
They definitely sound different from each other but considering I’m sinking my teeth into a project that I’m passionate about for the first time in a long time as well I’m thinking to hone my tone goal vs have a vast amount of variety. Is it redundant or extra? IDK…. Is it just gluttony to hold onto this bass if it does end up being a safe queen?
On the flip side should I opt to look at partial trades to even further expand the “variety” of my bass family vs having 2 similar instruments?
I went to the extent these last couple days of having my tech dress up the frets thinking it may have a new owner soon.
Restrung it up with payson medium lights, which I’ve never tried and now I’m not certain I should even try them as I’ll most probably talk myself out of these thoughts again….
eiyeiyei…..
first world problems, I know but I do get a bit emotional about these works of art and so I struggle with which direction to take this train of thought. Having sold a few keepers in the past I’ve regretted a couple and I’m sure there could be regret associated with this one as well.
On the other end of that, selling a material good could pad some funds towards a recreational property/investment (this should be the most logical and driving factor or this whole personal problem but somehow it still isn’t.)
anyways, let’s here it!
Open to chatting via PM with some helpful thoughts on this topic
or just give me a virtual pat on the head or internet shame me or whatever all the cool kids are doing these days.
thanks for listening
Absolutely. And have a DGTC then install a six way switch and it’s just insane the possibilities of frequency control.
I’ve got DG in my NG3, of course, and I installed a Tone Capsule in my ESP B-206 myself, and found I was much happier with the sound than with the original stock preamp. But I’m also waiting to see how the Glockenklang sounds with various settings. John Fox is planning to do some videos on its sounds through various band boosts and cuts, after he gets done moving house and shop. I’d mentioned having a hard time finding a good demo on YouTube, so he aims to remedy that. The man really wants to go to every effort for his customers to be totally happy with their purchase.
It’ll probably be a while before I go trying to put a six-way into a custom bass, but I might do my NG3 in the next couple months. I want to really play around with the positions on both my D-Roc and NG3 to see if I want a custom 6-way made, though.
He sure does. He’s in a total frenzy right now and it’s amazing that he can afford the time to help anyone at all. He puts sooo much effort into customer satisfaction, on top of raising a family of youngins, working massive hours and now moving his estate! The man never sleeps!!!
the glock England is a glorious preamp as well. I love it greatly but I just referred to the DG as it is the more popular option and it really is a precise tool for dialling frequency
I’m on the preamp fence right now; installed the Tone Capsule in my bass about 18 months ago, but I’ve been playing my bass passive lately (abetted by tweaking all of my HX Stomp patches to 1Meg input impedance) and really enjoying the more organic, open feel.
So I’m thinking that I’d prefer a preamp that doesn’t have a default tone with the knobs at their center detent.
So I’m thinking that I’d prefer a preamp that doesn’t have a default tone with the knobs at their center detent.
Hello Dingwall Fans,
I’m enjoying my “new to me” AB1 enough that I’m already planning my next Dingwall bass….
This might be a dumb question, but would it be possible to have a 6-way switch that would select a pickup configuration and a separate series/parallel toggle?
This would be the ideal setup for me. I would keep the bass passive and go:
Neck
Neck and Middle
Middle
All 3
Middle and Bridge
Bridge
This setup (along with a series/parallel toggle) would give me more flexibility than I would ever use.
Thanks in advance!
I’m enjoying my “new to me” AB1 enough that I’m already planning my next Dingwall bass….
This might be a dumb question, but would it be possible to have a 6-way switch that would select a pickup configuration and a separate series/parallel toggle?
This would be the ideal setup for me. I would keep the bass passive and go:
Neck
Neck and Middle
Middle
All 3
Middle and Bridge
Bridge
This setup (along with a series/parallel toggle) would give me more flexibility than I would ever use.
Thanks in advance!
To clarify, you want the 6-way rotary to select the pickups, then a separate method to select whether the pickups are in Series or Parallel with each other, correct? You're not talking about the coils within the pickup?
If it's the first of those two, it's certainly possible but it'll be complex, especially with your "All 3" setting (how would you want the pickups in this case?).
What's the end goal? With coil S/P toggels and the normal switching, not even a 6-way, I've never found myself for wanting in my Dingwalls.
Well, the six-way would have to be installed after the fact. Seems like you’d want a custom one from Mo. Now, do you mean the series/parallel toggles for individual pickups, as in the optional option from Dingwall, where you have one switch per pickup? Because that is absolutely doable, and we just discussed that this morning.
Also realize that for the multiple (2 or 3) pickup options you list for the six-way you want, you’d have to figure out if you want those pickups wired to the overall circuit in series, parallel, or some combination with each other.
I think you are going to really like the Payson medium lights. The Payson Reduced cores also felt great.
With four excellent basses that I really like, including three Dingwalls, on hand, I might have three more basses than I need. You could even call them “extra basses”.
One will rotate to the front every few months, the other three wait for a turn. So, each might get used three months out of the year. I’ve been doing lots of experimenting with strings, the one in player position will get a new set and set up. The Super P’s turn is coming up now that a long awaited TI flat .034 single has arrived.
If something really cool, at a great price, caught my eye, things could get shuffled. Since I only hunt the used market, I’m much more about rolling the dice than meticulously planning a build. They come and they go.
In 2016, I cleaned house, a ruthless purge of gear. And this year, still more gear got turned into cash. It’s been liberating, clearing stuff out.
I’m late to the party, but have finally realized that the hours I’m working on playing are more valuable than any of the gear. Just like any pursuit, snow sports, biking, racing cars or motorcycles, sailing....the gear is important, but the guys putting in the hours will win.
I don’t think any of this mixes with retirement planning. The music income/expense, gear coming and going, lives in its own bubble. It’s never allowed to swim in the bigger pool of life. If I sold every last bit of music gear, it wouldn’t amount to a used Corolla. It might kick the can down the road for a couple months. It can’t be part of the big picture.
It’s ok to have some nice stuff.
Retirement age: can’t come soon enough, and comes at you lot faster than ya think . And you don’t get to know how long you got.
Time for more coffee and some Dingwall AB-1.
With four excellent basses that I really like, including three Dingwalls, on hand, I might have three more basses than I need. You could even call them “extra basses”.
One will rotate to the front every few months, the other three wait for a turn. So, each might get used three months out of the year. I’ve been doing lots of experimenting with strings, the one in player position will get a new set and set up. The Super P’s turn is coming up now that a long awaited TI flat .034 single has arrived.
If something really cool, at a great price, caught my eye, things could get shuffled. Since I only hunt the used market, I’m much more about rolling the dice than meticulously planning a build. They come and they go.
In 2016, I cleaned house, a ruthless purge of gear. And this year, still more gear got turned into cash. It’s been liberating, clearing stuff out.
I’m late to the party, but have finally realized that the hours I’m working on playing are more valuable than any of the gear. Just like any pursuit, snow sports, biking, racing cars or motorcycles, sailing....the gear is important, but the guys putting in the hours will win.
I don’t think any of this mixes with retirement planning. The music income/expense, gear coming and going, lives in its own bubble. It’s never allowed to swim in the bigger pool of life. If I sold every last bit of music gear, it wouldn’t amount to a used Corolla. It might kick the can down the road for a couple months. It can’t be part of the big picture.
It’s ok to have some nice stuff.
Retirement age: can’t come soon enough, and comes at you lot faster than ya think . And you don’t get to know how long you got.
Time for more coffee and some Dingwall AB-1.
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The complexity of this circuit would be daunting, I think, both in use and in configuration. It's basically like asking for an eleven way switch once you figure out the various 3-pickup options.
It can be overwhelming, for me, deciding which side of the hybrid tone circuit to use on my Super P. 
