Dingwall Owners Club

[EMoneySC2]

I’d agree with a hypothesis that strings, pickup, and pickup placement + height make up a majority of tone. I really enjoy what Dingwall does with pickups, pickup placement, and pickup wiring options.

I also believe that all of the other elements make up a non-zero part of the tone you end up with, but whether that part is 51% or 1% I have no clue - and I’m ok with that.

I think there is something to the “liveliness” of an instrument that is hard to quantify, but it has a lot to do with construction and material selection. All of my Dingwall basses have nailed this feel, and have been very fun to play.

Like others note, my favorite basses are the ones that sound good and look good to me - and high grade wood really often looks really good to me

 

[IronSpatula]

I think there is something to the “liveliness” of an instrument that is hard to quantify, but it has a lot to do with construction and material selection.

I would never have said I had a problem with sustain on my other basses, but my NG rings like no other. Not only do the notes go on for ever, but the harmonic content of each note seems more lively and even throughout. And this is evident in every register, even unplugged.

It's like an acoustic multiband compressor.

 

[darren1970]

I'm the same with the D-roc 5.
Thought my other instruments were fine for sustain, but this thing holds notes for days

 

[CoarseBass]

I think sustain was literally the first thing I noticed about my DRoc. I sat down withnit and plucked a low E, and it just kept going...also strikingly resonate, you can really feel that E in the fretting hand and through the body wings.

 

[kbob]

Brief rant, please excuse me. I am supposed to be a Dingwall owner. Instead, I'm the owner of an increasing number of UPS delivery promises.

I ordered an NG2 from Bass Freaks in Belgium last Tuesday. It's been sitting in the local UPS distribution center since Thursday. UPS scheduled delivery for Friday. When that didn't happen, they scheduled delivery for Monday. On Monday, they scheduled it for today (delivery window started 20 minutes ago). Now their tracker says, "Delivery date will be provided as soon as possible."

I'm staying home for each of these delivery windows. Tomorrow I have to be out for the whole day. I fully expect to come home to a "We tried to deliver your package" notice.

Thank you for listening. We now resume multiscale adoration.

 

[TTA]

I think sustain was literally the first thing I noticed about my DRoc. I sat down withnit and plucked a low E, and it just kept going...also strikingly resonate, you can really feel that E in the fretting hand and through the body wings.

 

[TTA]

Lol… so after 22 years of mostly hobby bass playing… i just learned how to properly measure the scale of a bass. I literally never thought about it beyond “neck is longer or shorter”.

 

[retroXvertigo]

Brief rant, please excuse me. I am supposed to be a Dingwall owner. Instead, I'm the owner of an increasing number of UPS delivery promises.

I ordered an NG2 from Bass Freaks in Belgium last Tuesday. It's been sitting in the local UPS distribution center since Thursday. UPS scheduled delivery for Friday. When that didn't happen, they scheduled delivery for Monday. On Monday, they scheduled it for today (delivery window started 20 minutes ago). Now their tracker says, "Delivery date will be provided as soon as possible."

I'm staying home for each of these delivery windows. Tomorrow I have to be out for the whole day. I fully expect to come home to a "We tried to deliver your package" notice.

Thank you for listening. We now resume multiscale adoration.

Sounds like it's in customs.

I got an Afterburner from Bass Direct in the UK last month.

It sat in Philadelphia for a week. It would just show a "warehouse scan" everyday.

 

[Nuage420]

Sounds like it's in customs.

I got an Afterburner from Bass Direct in the UK last month.

It sat in Philadelphia for a week. It would just show a "warehouse scan" everyday.

Do we pay duties or extra taxes when we order from Europe to the US?

 

[retroXvertigo]

Do we pay duties or extra taxes when we order from Europe to the US?

I didn't think so, but I definitely got a $110 bill from UPS for the import.

 

[Derek Williams]

Do we pay duties or extra taxes when we order from Europe to the US?

you would probably get charged any state taxes at least, the shipping company would probably charge that separately

 

[NKBassman]

I didn't think so, but I definitely got a $110 bill from UPS for the import.

This happens even when shipping things from USA to Canada. UPS and DHL are really bad for tacking on extra fees at delivery. USPS not so much.

 

[kbob]

Sounds like it's in customs.

Could be. The tracking info is unclear.

 

[Nuage420]

This happens even when shipping things from USA to Canada. UPS and DHL are really bad for tacking on extra fees at delivery. USPS not so much.

I'll need to keep that in mind. I just traded pedals with a canadian and shipped UPS. I guess we'll both get some extra charges

 

[retroXvertigo]

This happens even when shipping things from USA to Canada. UPS and DHL are really bad for tacking on extra fees at delivery. USPS not so much.

Yeah. I've had goalie gear go back and forth to Canada. I've never gotten hit with fees coming in though.

I know Canada got banged pretty bad with gear coming in.

 

[Nuage420]

Yeah. I've had goalie gear go back and forth to Canada. I've never gotten hit with fees coming in though.

I know Canada got banged pretty bad with gear coming in.

woohoo hockey! Just started taking my family on the weekends to watch the local team play. The kids love it and I hadn't been to a game since the 90's watching the Caps.

 

[NKBassman]

I'll need to keep that in mind. I just traded pedals with a canadian and shipped UPS. I guess we'll both get some extra charges

IME, USPS is always the way to go if you can swing it, especially for small things like pedals. Every now and then I'll have to pay tax/duty on a pedal or something (and fair enough I suppose), but it's few and far between. With the private carriers its almost guaranteed to pay tax, duty, brokerage charges, and/or additional "handling fees" upon arrival.

If we're talking about shipping a bass, I'd almost rather have it arrive by private carrier and bite the bullet, since it ought to be in transit for considerably less time.

 

[TTA]

Fodera does that too, same pieces of quartersawn cut in 3, and then the edge are installed in the opposite direction, I think that's a clever method that makes the neck twisted "proof", but Fodera is still not nearly as stable as my Combustion Dingwalls, they often require small adjustments while Dingwall can hold on for months, if not seasons.



I asked them about NGs, but they are combustions as well.
Mainly my question was about an Afterburner order, and since my action is really low, they recommended me graphite reinforcement. But I told them that I prefer without, because it does affect the tone, but also the neck would be much harder to move in case of quick needed adjustments.

When were told that carbon fibre reinforced necks an option? I just messaged dingwall sales and was told it is no longer an option… but was for some necks in the past.

 

[TTA]

Yeah. I've had goalie gear go back and forth to Canada. I've never gotten hit with fees coming in though.

I know Canada got banged pretty bad with gear coming in.

I am bad. I had a 4000$ dingwall shipped to me with a 350$ declared value through fed ex. I told the seller i would take the risk… and it was fine. I will probably be charged 150$ for that from fed ex based in my last “400$ bass.”

i rebuilt and hotrodded vintage porsche 911 with parts shipped in a similar way… i often had them shipped to a friend who re-mailed them at crazy low values (some vendors would do it for me). With duty, handling fees, and tax it can be an easy 20-30% on top… so it was worth the effort as i was saving many thousands. Plus as soon as canada customs gets a hold of something… the delivery time just doubled.

i pay ridiculous taxes anyway. I am happy to dodge it on my toys.

 

[Selta]

When were told that carbon fibre reinforced necks an option? I just messaged dingwall sales and was told it is no longer an option… but was for some necks in the past.

It's difficult to keep up with all your posts here so I'm just going to jump in on the end one. I don't think it was ever an option. If you want to see current options, get with a dealer or Dingwall directly on a build sheet - it has them all clearly laid out, and, Dingwall isn't in a position to really stray from it right now. Perhaps some one-offs in the past had things that weren't standard, but, those are few and far between.

It's best to go straight to the source when you're going to a Canadian build. They'll have all the latest answers with the most correct information for you, instead of misinformation and conjecture on a forum.