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Dingwall Owners Club

#5,043
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#5,045
I haven't had a chance to put the new Dingwall nickels on the AB-1 sixer. Looking forward to it and hoping to get them fitted this weekend for a review.

Over the past six months I've had good results with Infeld Superalloy super longs, Circle K balanced set 130 - 29, and Payson nickel round medium lights. Of the three sets the Paysons are my favorites.

I think you'll see more Luminlay on the new Dingwalls, but if you want to do it yourself, it is a very simple retrofit. With blue luminlay dots, the NS design mini headstock tuner, and the Gruv Gear mute, the AB-1 sixer is pretty pimped out.

The mute really helps keep things quiet without affecting the stings you are fretting. Open strings are affected depending on how far back over the nut you can push the mute. With the Dingwall headstock it's not possible to push the thing all the way behind the nut. But if you are into playing up the neck, pulling the mute up to say fret four, which makes it tighter, really kills extra string noise. I bought the variety pack to try sizes and the large works for the sixer. Beats the old hair scrunchie by miles.

I got the strings, the tuners, and the mutes at Bassstringsonline.com. Check em out!


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#5,048
I play in a band that often uses drop C, and at the time that picture was taken I had lent my other bass to a friend, so I improvised and tuned to drop A and capo'd the bass at C. It wasn't perfect, but it worked. I like to say I was using it for something more interesting, but, that's the long and short of it :D
 
#5,049
Grand Wazoo said:
Nice bass, I had never seen a "capo" been used on a bass before, what is the theory behind that?
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It's interesting that this showed up. The PW guys I am playing with all have a capo fetish and transpose like they're eating mini chocolate donuts.

I thought briefly about trying this but elected instead to learn patterns dropping down a string and moving up the neck to avoid open strings like the plague. This way I shift without having to go through the mental anguish. We're playing tuned to E though so no shenanigans there.

Thank you for being there low B and saving my butt too many times to count. And thanks to Dingwall for creating a bass that has a useable B no matter where it's fretted.
 
#5,050
Well now I know what happens when you crack a tooth, experience pain one step short of hell, get a referral from my primary dentist, develop an infection waiting for the appointment to roll around, experience more pain a half-step short of hell, have a root canal, finally get antibiotics prescribed because the 2nd dentist didn't think the infection was a big deal, seeing my face balloon-out on one side, and then having the 3rd dentist finally get the tooth yanked.

The end result of all this over the past week is that I missed Part 6 being born. Cool! :cool:

Now that I'm somewhat coherent again, I'm eager to string the Nickels I received from Sheldon and Co. for my ABZ5 this past week.

BYW, I don't know about you, but one way I spell relief from trying times in life is D-I-N-G-W-A-L-L! Pure sweetness! :hyper::bassist:
 
#5,052
Zoomie said:
It's interesting that this showed up. The PW guys I am playing with all have a capo fetish and transpose like they're eating mini chocolate donuts.

I thought briefly about trying this but elected instead to learn patterns dropping down a string and moving up the neck to avoid open strings like the plague. This way I shift without having to go through the mental anguish. We're playing tuned to E though so no shenanigans there.

Thank you for being there low B and saving my butt too many times to count. And thanks to Dingwall for creating a bass that has a useable B no matter where it's fretted.
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He said 'capo fetish'. ;) It's so handy for me to be able to download new material from YouTube, listen and learn. But then I get to practice and half the time my WL won't play in the original key. She will NOT play in E. Oh well, it'd be too easy otherwise, huh?

I didn't know before seeing Espresto's post that there are capos made for bass. I done learnt sumthin' today!
 
#5,059
steve_rolfeca said:
So what do you think of the nickels?

I'm really enjoying the throaty tone, although at the one gig I've used them for, it seemed like they might be a little less even-sounding than the SS.
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As I mentioned in Part 5, I swapped a set of the new nickels onto my ABZ, and really liked the nickel tone and stiffer feel. However, I got a slight dead spot at the 5th fret on the G string. Didn't seem to be a bad string, just an unfortunate interaction with my particular bass, probably compounded by my using a junky little cabinet with very uneven frequency response, in a bad room.

I was back at the same venue this evening, with the OEM SS set back on the bass. Dead spot gone. The SS strings are definitely a hair more even, but I miss the midrange character of the nickels.

I think I might try re-mounting the nickel G, to test if there's anything I can do about the dead spot.
 
#5,060
Installed the Nickel Plated Steel long scale strings on the ABZ5.

Like 'em.

They are a bit more subdued than the Stainless Steel strings.

Thicker B-string (.130) is not a big deal once you become accustomed to it.

No issues on intonation / adjustment.

I play through a Zoom B3. Although you can get a lot of sounds out of that box, I'm still amazed on the variety of tone that comes out of a passive Dingwall!
 

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