Dingwall Owners Club

[Jason Bonilla]

Chevk with Jason at Fret Nation to see what he has in stock. Hopefully he has the SIT sets in, they are my favorites on all 3 of my Dingwalls.

yea ill definitely go FN if I don't find anything else, i was kind of avoiding it just because they're all the way out in CA. There's a string guy on reverb that's in the state next to mine, but it doesn't seem he's stocking any Multiscale sets at the moment.

 

[RHA III]

Chevk with Jason at Fret Nation to see what he has in stock. Hopefully he has the SIT sets in, they are my favorites on all 3 of my Dingwalls.

How would you describe them?

I've had some SIT strings on my AB for a couple weeks now and they are still very bright. I keep waiting for the new string zing to calm down and it doesn't.

 

[steve_rolfeca]

So I got to mess around with the AB2 yesterday, and first impressions, are I'm impressed but not blown away...

...I feel like I have the same gripe I had with the D-roc, where out of 4 tone switch options theres really only one I actually like, in the case of the D-roc it was the one with all three pickups in series, with the AB2 its the both pickups in series mode.

Just something to consider:

When I first got my ABZ in 2013, I was all about both pickups in series. The other settings seemed a bit too thin and polite.

A lot of people seemed to have the same issue at that time. I say this because tons of people were jumping on the P-Tone wagon, and swapping out their neck pickups for Sheldon's pseudo P-bass wind.

In my case, I've always enjoyed coil tap functions when they're available, so I got the instructions, and installed a couple of mini-switches.

Boom. Series coils killed my interest in the P-Tone, and in 10 years of steady gigging, I've never felt the need to flip either coil switch back to parallel.

Best of all, it gives me a little extra sumthin' when I need it:

• If both pickups in series is your normal tone, then you're already on the thickest, heaviest tone on the instrument- you've got nowhere to go if you need more oomph, other than to kick on a pedal.
• With series coils, my norm is either the neck pickup solo'd, or both pickups in parallel.
• That leaves the both-in-series position on the rotary switch as a solo boost!

I'm not up on the latest wiring diagrams, but I understand that some models now come with at least one pickup in series coils. That might explain why we don't see as many questions about the P-Tone on here any more...

 

[mmbongo]

How would you describe them?

I've had some SIT strings on my AB for a couple weeks now and they are still very bright. I keep waiting for the new string zing to calm down and it doesn't.

Yeah very bright, clear, and deep and stay that way for a loooooong time! If you are more after a flatwound sound you will hate them.

 

[groovaholic]

Chevk with Jason at Fret Nation to see what he has in stock. Hopefully he has the SIT sets in, they are my favorites on all 3 of my Dingwalls.

When I ordered custom SIT sets for my Dingwall from FretNation, they had SIT ship them directly to me.
Took a bit longer, but I got exactly the gauges I wanted and the price was great.

 

[gearhound22]

awesome stuff can’t wait for the bridges!!!

 

[Jason Bonilla]

Just something to consider:

When I first got my ABZ in 2013, I was all about both pickups in series. The other settings seemed a bit too thin and polite.

A lot of people seemed to have the same issue at that time. I say this because tons of people were jumping on the P-Tone wagon, and swapping out their neck pickups for Sheldon's pseudo P-bass wind.

In my case, I've always enjoyed coil tap functions when they're available, so I got the instructions, and installed a couple of mini-switches.

Boom. Series coils killed my interest in the P-Tone, and in 10 years of steady gigging, I've never felt the need to flip either coil switch back to parallel.

Best of all, it gives me a little extra sumthin' when I need it:

• If both pickups in series is your normal tone, then you're already on the thickest, heaviest tone on the instrument- you've got nowhere to go if you need more oomph, other than to kick on a pedal.
• With series coils, my norm is either the neck pickup solo'd, or both pickups in parallel.
• That leaves the both-in-series position on the rotary switch as a solo boost!

I'm not up on the latest wiring diagrams, but I understand that some models now come with at least one pickup in series coils. That might explain why we don't see as many questions about the P-Tone on here any more...

thats sounds like a cool idea, and it’s funny because I actually has something in mind, which I’m not sure is even possible or how much something like this would cost. But I was thinking, if I could decide that I can really get behind this bass and that I could really work for me. Then it would be awesome to see if I could actually send this to the Canada shop and get it fully loaded, as in, get the 3rd pickup installed, get the mini switches installed and swap out the 2 band glockenklang for the 3 band. But I’m not sure if something like that is even worth it or possible. But I do know this thing would look sweet fully decked out. Pics in my next post

 

[Jason Bonilla]

Was able to get some decent pics of this beaut now to play it for a few minutes before crunching down on homework

 

[singlemalt]

Wiring the pups to series is super simple, and easily reversed. A ten minute job that requires two dabs of solder and a couple bits of shrink tubing.

Switches are cool, but I never felt the need. Series pushes the neck to a more P tone sound, and makes the bridge solo way more fun.

The rotary switch will provide the rest, a monster series of the two and a cool scooped parallel.

The Glock pre is pristine, and I hardly ever used it. I much preferred the passive mode with the single tone control.

Good luck!

Whoa! That’s s beautiful AB!

 

[spiritbass]

thats sounds like a cool idea, and it’s funny because I actually has something in mind, which I’m not sure is even possible or how much something like this would cost. But I was thinking, if I could decide that I can really get behind this bass and that I could really work for me. Then it would be awesome to see if I could actually send this to the Canada shop and get it fully loaded, as in, get the 3rd pickup installed, get the mini switches installed and swap out the 2 band glockenklang for the 3 band. But I’m not sure if something like that is even worth it or possible. But I do know this thing would look sweet fully decked out. Pics in my next post

I don't believe that you can "get the 3rd pickup installed" on this model.

 

[AmazingMumford]

Thanks for the interview! That's a beautiful Santana Yellow 6-string ABII just to the left of Sheldon.

 

[TTA]

I will be in saskatoon early november. If time permits i hope to drop by the factory.

 

[whirledpeas]

I don't believe that you can "get the 3rd pickup installed" on this model.

And even if feasible, I don't think the DW shop would accommodate the request b/c they are too busy with their primary mission -- building new basses.

 

[AB Nate]

I will be in saskatoon early november. If time permits i hope to drop by the factory.

If you like vodka hit up Lucky Bastard too! Not far from Dingwall if I understand correctly.

 

[AB Nate]

Was able to get some decent pics of this beaut now to play it for a few minutes before crunching down on homework

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Right. Sorry. Of course I remember this beauty now.

The 2 pick up layout is not designed to put a 3rd pick up in between but slapping switches and a 3 band in is super easy. I doubt the shop will take it on but there is a solid short list of folks that would in the states.
John fox would I betcha.
Mo Minas for sure. (Nordstrand)
Perhaps even our resident @gustobassman

 

[wavemaker]

awesome stuff can’t wait for the bridges!!!

Sorry to rain on your parade and someone with an import D-Roc correct me please, but I think these won’t be an option for the original custom D-Birds - which I‘m assuming you’re excited for based on your profile picture:

On the D-Birds (and custom D-Rocs), the middle part of the body is radiused, which would make the installation of a replacement needing a route pretty complicated. On import D-Rocs, which Sheldon was talking about, the middle part of the body is flat, if I remember correctly.

 

[ThisYouCanTrust]

First off - what is a wolf note?

Basically you play a certain note and the bass starts to vibrate at a frequency very close to it but not quite, so that note is out of tune.
It's a resonance of the body wood, it sounds like the bass is howling so I guess that's where the name comes from.
I don't think there is much you can do about it (and trust me I tried), especially on a neck-through with sandwich wings and a thick lacquer all over it.

 

[Jason Bonilla]

Right. Sorry. Of course I remember this beauty now.

The 2 pick up layout is not designed to put a 3rd pick up in between but slapping switches and a 3 band in is super easy. I doubt the shop will take it on but there is a solid short list of folks that would in the states.
John fox would I betcha.
Mo Minas for sure. (Nordstrand)
Perhaps even our resident @gustobassman

ahh bummer, but yea I think it would really benefit from a three band and some switches, of course I'd have to decide on keeping it before going that route if ever.

I played it some yesterday, I clipped my nails before doing so, not sure if that could be a big factor but I did enjoy the sound I was hearing a lot more yesterday. Maybe because I could dig in and let the strings sing for themselves rather than having any nails make more mids and highs ring out unwantedly, not that my nails were "long" per se, but they were making contact with the strings the night before.

 

[steve_rolfeca]

Was able to get some decent pics of this beaut now to play it for a few minutes before crunching down on homework

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How the heck do you find the willpower to study, with that thing laying around???

 

[NaH]

ahh bummer, but yea I think it would really benefit from a three band and some switches, of course I'd have to decide on keeping it before going that route if ever.

I played it some yesterday, I clipped my nails before doing so, not sure if that could be a big factor but I did enjoy the sound I was hearing a lot more yesterday. Maybe because I could dig in and let the strings sing for themselves rather than having any nails make more mids and highs ring out unwantedly, not that my nails were "long" per se, but they were making contact with the strings the night before.

I have found nails can make a big difference, either because you’re hitting them or compensating so you don’t.