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#44,561
goldendomer04 said:
I had made up my mind to go with a SPJ, but then I had the idea of adding a ptone to my AB1 and going the SJx3 route.

This opened up my current can of worms….
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Do you have a body style preference?

I’ll admit here. I’ve never been a traditional bass guy(J or P). I always thought if it was one or the other I’d be a J all day. I think the real outcome is opposite. I seem to feel more comfortable on the P. I’d start there.

if your putting a P tone in the long scale it’s gonna give you something different but it’s not a single pup P. IMO a SP offers the most contrast to any long scale.

I’d perhaps keep the electronics simple on your first super and find how you bond with the medium scale to begin with. If you find yourself still coming back to the AB then perhaps putting the funds to a 3x long may be an option you’d prefer over a loaded J.

food for thought

I know @dtsamples has a really nice PJ in the classifieds right now as another option
 
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#44,562
AB Nate said:
Do you have a body style preference?

I’ll admit here. I’ve never been a traditional bass guy(J or P). I always thought if it was one or the other I’d be a J all day. I think the real outcome is opposite. I seem to feel more comfortable on the P. I’d start there.

if your putting a P tone in the long scale it’s gonna give you something different but it’s not a single pup P. IMO a SP offers the most contrast to any long scale.

I’d perhaps keep the electronics simple on your first super and find how you bond with the medium scale to begin with. If you find yourself still coming back to the AB then perhaps putting the funds to a 3x long may be an option you’d prefer over a loaded J.

food for thought

I know @dtsamples has a really nice PJ in the classifieds right now as another option
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thanks for the thoughts!
 
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#44,563
goldendomer04 said:
Hey Dingwall Lovers,

I am currently playing an older AB1 equipped with FD3 pickups and Blue EQube.

I am having a difficult time enjoying my parallel basses as much as I did pre-Dingwall, (and I’ve been thinking about downsizing for a while now) so I have decided to sell a couple basses and order a Super… :)

I’m having an embarrassingly difficult time choosing between a SJ 3x and a SPJ. Either way, I’ll be going passive, but if I go with the SJ I’ll be going with the 3-toggle option.

Do you all think one of these two options would better compliment my AB1? If so, why?

Thanks in advance
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I was all ABll for a while. Then went all Super for a while (P and PJ.) Ended up going back to all AB because I liked the slimmer neck and killer B. It’s nice to have choices!
 
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goldendomer04 said:
Hey Dingwall Lovers,

I am currently playing an older AB1 equipped with FD3 pickups and Blue EQube.

I am having a difficult time enjoying my parallel basses as much as I did pre-Dingwall, (and I’ve been thinking about downsizing for a while now) so I have decided to sell a couple basses and order a Super… :)

I’m having an embarrassingly difficult time choosing between a SJ 3x and a SPJ. Either way, I’ll be going passive, but if I go with the SJ I’ll be going with the 3-toggle option.

Do you all think one of these two options would better compliment my AB1? If so, why?

Thanks in advance
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Are we talking about 4 or 5 strings for the Super basses?
 
#44,567
AB Nate said:
I know @dtsamples has a really nice PJ in the classifieds right now as another option
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Lovely Bass! If it was a 4 string, I would probably be trying to figure out how to bring it home.

It's likely that I end up with a 4 string Super Series, I was hot for an SJ 3X but now that I have the Z - I think I want a PJ. Has anyone ever augmented the electronics on their PJ for VVT?
 
#44,571
DeltaPhoenix said:
Lovely Bass! If it was a 4 string, I would probably be trying to figure out how to bring it home.

It's likely that I end up with a 4 string Super Series, I was hot for an SJ 3X but now that I have the Z - I think I want a PJ. Has anyone ever augmented the electronics on their PJ for VVT?
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I find the Dingwall switch to be far superior to a dual volume setup. For the subtle difference you can get by dialing one volume down while the other is at max, I find it too finicky and unreliable for on-the-fly tone changes. You could really easily get a solderless wiring harness from someone and be able to change them out without issue.
 
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#44,572
Selta said:
I just use my Z or Prima Artist for all gigs. While I'd love a Super as well, I'm not sure it'd do any better in that regard? I might've missed something, I've barely been skimming this thread the past few days :)
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Right now I regularly (and happily) play my NG3-6, but sometimes my hands and forearms become fatigued after 3-4 hours, especially if I'm playing down in 1st position for extended periods at a time. Doing it two to four times in a weekend can be sort of brutal by the end and it would be nice to have the Dingwall sound and construction in a more compact package.
 
#44,573
TheLowDown33 said:
Right now I regularly (and happily) play my NG3-6, but sometimes my hands and forearms become fatigued after 3-4 hours, especially if I'm playing down in 1st position for extended periods at a time. Doing it two to four times in a weekend can be sort of brutal by the end and it would be nice to have the Dingwall sound and construction in a more compact package.
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Does your NG3 have the reach reducing pin on the back? If so have you tried using it? With my Canadian basses, it's a good bit of help with that. If you don't have it, it might be worth having one put in.

Or, I mean, it is a great reason to eye up a Super too :)
 
#44,574
J Posega said:
I find the Dingwall switch to be far superior to a dual volume setup. For the subtle difference you can get by dialing one volume down while the other is at max, I find it too finicky and unreliable for on-the-fly tone changes. You could really easily get a solderless wiring harness from someone and be able to change them out without issue.
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Good point, it's like having presets with the pickup selector. I have read from the vast majority of folks with a PJ that they use the P only 99% of the time - they find they J to add little. I figured this might be a way to get more out of those pickups together.
 
#44,575
DeltaPhoenix said:
Good point, it's like having presets with the pickup selector. I have read from the vast majority of folks with a PJ that they use the P only 99% of the time - they find they J to add little. I figured this might be a way to get more out of those pickups together.
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I've never loved any solo bridge pickup, but I use my SPJ in P only, series, and parallel equally.
 
#44,576
Selta said:
Does your NG3 have the reach reducing pin on the back? If so have you tried using it? With my Canadian basses, it's a good bit of help with that. If you don't have it, it might be worth having one put in.

Or, I mean, it is a great reason to eye up a Super too :)
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Ha! The supers are on my radar regardless, but that's a nifty little trick and one that I think I'll make arrangements to try soon. It will be a good test too, to see if my fatigue is because of the scale length or because of the neck thickness.
 
#44,577
DeltaPhoenix said:
Good point, it's like having presets with the pickup selector. I have read from the vast majority of folks with a PJ that they use the P only 99% of the time - they find they J to add little. I figured this might be a way to get more out of those pickups together.
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I use it in P a lot and in parallel a lot. I use it J only on recordings sometimes. Rarely in series.
 
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TheLowDown33 said:
Right now I regularly (and happily) play my NG3-6, but sometimes my hands and forearms become fatigued after 3-4 hours, especially if I'm playing down in 1st position for extended periods at a time. Doing it two to four times in a weekend can be sort of brutal by the end and it would be nice to have the Dingwall sound and construction in a more compact package.
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Then you would be really happy on how the Supers sit on a strap. It's like losing two positions on the neck length. The only downside is the upper fret access can be more difficult at times. It's definitely not as easy access as the super long scale models.
 
#44,580
BurningSkies said:
I think it's earlier. By 2008 they'd moved to round pickup shells. This also has the BluEQube but the v1 of the knobs (thinner diameter than the current ones). I'd guess it's 2006-2008 though could be earlier with changed out knobs, since a lot of us did that when they first came out.
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Nice guess @BurningSkies! I got the word my bass was made in Jan 2007.

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