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#4,941
PS: I go for a pretty conventional fingerstyle tone. Think P-bass with lightly broken-in nickel rounds, but with a little more articulation.

I was half-expecting that the ABZ would need some fine-tuning, maybe series coils at the neck or a P-tone to tame that edgy modern sound that everybody talks about.

I need not have worried.

I wouldn't say it was that much brighter than my conventional bass, just better. Rolling the tone control back a bit was all I seemed to need.

I got a nice, warm growl with both pickups in parallel, and a fatter version with both pickups in series.

Never touched the EQ on my amp...
 
#4,942
Did some minor tweaking the SJ/P4 today. The E string was not exhibiting its usual power and liveliness after re-installing Sunbeams on it. Sounded mucho better after bringing the pickup a tad closer. I am having so much fun hearing the Dingwalls through the new cab. Solo'd the precision pickup on the SJ/P tonight at practice. Scrumpdillyiciousness! :cool:
 
#4,946
Awesome interview Sheldon. Congratulations.

The interviewer was very bass interview friendly. Ryan's no slouch on bass either.

Zoomie said:
Be still my beating heart.

The Super P tone is stunning, and I'm not even a slap guy. Come on November 8th !

Great segment, Sheldon !

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#4,948
SemiDriven said:
Sweet colors!

Good info.

Loved the part where the observant and highly trained television reporter suddenly noticed the frets were fanned. :D
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Yeah - after Ryan mentioned it. :)

Would have been nice to have an AB2 or a Sklar there to show a wider range (guess that depends on what you have just finished), but still a great interview.
 
#4,949
Forgive my ignorance, but, I can't seem to figure out how to adjust the intonation of my Dingwall. I've got my action and neck adjusted to my preference, and I couldn't be happier, but, past the 12th fret on the B and E strings the intonation is very noticeably off. How do I move the saddles?
 
#4,950
Espresto said:
Forgive my ignorance, but, I can't seem to figure out how to adjust the intonation of my Dingwall. I've got my action and neck adjusted to my preference, and I couldn't be happier, but, past the 12th fret on the B and E strings the intonation is very noticeably off. How do I move the saddles?
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there are two hex hollowed bolts on either side of the square saddle where the two round screws sits that form your actual saddle, gently unscrew those two hex bolts and then proceed to intonate as follows:

If the fretted note is sharp, move the saddle away from the pickups and fret board; if it is flat, move the saddle toward the pickups and fret board

Once you are happy secure those two bolts back down in place - job done, sit down, glass of JD on ice, light a fat one and chillax :)
 
#4,952
Grand Wazoo said:
there are two hex hollowed bolts on either side of the square saddle where the two round screws sits that form your actual saddle, gently unscrew those two hex bolts and then proceed to intonate as follows:

If the fretted note is sharp, move the saddle away from the pickups and fret board; if it is flat, move the saddle toward the pickups and fret board

Once you are happy secure those two bolts back down in place...
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NOTE:
The OEM allen keys that come with the bass, have colour-coded shrink-wrap sleeves to show their intended function.

From the way they're placed, acting as a handle on the short end of the allen key, I suspect that they are also intended to serve as a reminder that you shouldn't reef on the long end of the key like a madman. That is how stuff gets broke...
 
#4,954
BurningSkies said:
Hi Sheldon,
Can you give us some details?

Thanks...
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Sheldon said this on facebook:

The gauges are

.030", .045", .055", .080", .100", .130"

Where the 0.30 is for the 6 strings sets, I hope I am not the only one who jumped off their chair when I read about this gauge as I mistakenly thought that the 0.30" was the G Strings, I thought f/// me that's light but then I realized it was the high C string.
 
#4,958
Regarding string details Bill, we tried to keep them as similar to the Steels in terms of tension and gauges. We bumped up the tension on the E and B-strings a bit. The E on purpose, the B because it just sounded better.

The highs are not a lot different than the steels. Just missing the really squeeky frequencies that only seem to contribute finger noise and fret clack. The low mids are stronger and there's more "throb" to the E and B strings. Throb is the only word that comes to my mind when trying to describe the pulsating quality of the low notes.

We've done as much long term testing as we can and they are lasting very well and aging evenly. This is going to be affected by different perspiration/skin combinations so they may not work with everyone but they've been great for us.
 
#4,959
Zoomie said:
Be still my beating heart.

The Super P tone is stunning, and I'm not even a slap guy. Come on November 8th !

Great segment, Sheldon !

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"It's got a really crazy colour which I absolutely love. Today this ships off to Hong Kong. Some happy customer in Hong Kong is going to be playing this by this time next week." – S. Dingwall

I absolutely LOVE that crazy colour, too! :hyper:
But, but... but it's not shipping to MEeeeeeee! :bawl: :crying:

Whose is it? I want to see and hear that SuperJ in person! Somebody from here on this board? Come on, fess up. Where are you giggin'? Mike C, is it yours? Koya? I'll be looking for this bass! :ninja: Congrats to whoever snagged it. :cool:

Hmmm, I'll have to calm myself with some Saskatoonberry Honey on toast...
 

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