Dingwall Owners Club

[spiritbass]

I agree with almost all of this but the current standard Super J look here just doesn’t work for me. The three knobs looking like they’re just floating away on that lovely blue sea as the control plate has been removed.
I get why the design changed, that x top shows us pretty clearly. The massive space between the controls irks me for some reason, just having those three knobs closer together would be a better look

I'm a 'traditionalist' - I have a soft spot for the old control plate. I still say that Leo would be amazed at Sheldon's take on his venerable jazz bass.

 

[spiritbass]

That was quick!

It was priced to sell. Nine pounds, six ounces of serious tone, I'm sure. That's not bad for a solid walnut body.

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

Mine is 8.7 lbs.

 

[Thumper]

I have a real dislike for the Jazz control plate.

 

[AB Nate]

Beautiful bass at a nice price.

But it's an AB1, not an Afterburner II.

No F-hole...

this is an older ab2. Pre F holes.

if it was handy, even though I can’t afford it at a precise like that and a wood combo like that I’d have been all over that gorgeous specimen. Long gone by the time I got to the party today.

 

[TTA]

I agree with almost all of this but the current standard Super J look here just doesn’t work for me. The three knobs looking like they’re just floating away on that lovely blue sea as the control plate has been removed.
I get why the design changed, that x top shows us pretty clearly. The massive space between the controls irks me for some reason, just having those three knobs closer together would be a better look

i am deciding between a super p and j.
I think if i did a super j i would go active… simply for the improved aesthetics of the 6 knobs. I agree that the three look a but too much on their lonesome.

 

[AB Nate]

i am deciding between a super p and j.
I think if i did a super j i would go active… simply for the improved aesthetics of the 6 knobs. I agree that the three look a but too much on their lonesome.

5 knobs

 

[TTA]

5 knobs

I guess i am the 6th knob

 

[ThisYouCanTrust]

None of these elements jive well with the curvature of a Jazz bass to my eyes, especially when stuff is set at angles to achieve fanned fret design.

Then I guess we won't be talking about how some non-offset body basses think they can pull off fan frets ..

 

[AB Nate]

I guess i am the 6th knob

hahahahha. Damnit. I could resemble that remark

 

[J Posega]

Then I guess we won't be talking about how some non-offset body basses think they can pull off fan frets ..

Like the Ibanez SR fanned frets? Blech. Played one in a shop and disliked everything about it, from tone to looks to ergonomics. Or most of Kiesel's fanned fret basses? Meh. Ugly.

That Maruszczyk would be ugly even as a parallel fret bass, but maybe slightly less so.

I guess I'm in the minority of not minding the 3-knob SJ layout.

 

[AB Nate]

I guess I'm in the minority of not minding the 3-knob SJ layout.

they are logically placed. That doesn’t bother me one bit.

one thing I know I’ve discovered about passive models that could be active. I always wish they had a dummy battery compartment. Even if it was just used for an apple airtag or picks, or “ you put your weeeed in there” or whatever. I’d spec the routing this way for sure.

 

[Callum Gibson]

I guess i am the 6th knob

I thought it, I just didn't want to say it.

 

[Thumper]

Like the Ibanez SR fanned frets? Blech. Played one in a shop and disliked everything about it, from tone to looks to ergonomics. Or most of Kiesel's fanned fret basses? Meh. Ugly.

That Maruszczyk would be ugly even as a parallel fret bass, but maybe slightly less so.

I guess I'm in the minority of not minding the 3-knob SJ layout.

IMO, the series/parallel switches make the 3-knob real estate look less empty.

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

I prefer the Jazz jack plate too, but that's just because it's what I am used to. I could get used to it without.

 

[gearhound22]

The headless Maruszczyk white frogs in Japan looked unreal! I’d love one

 

[TTA]

I prefer the Jazz jack plate too, but that's just because it's what I am used to. I could get used to it without.

What you are visually used to is a big factor. I have found that if i stick to a bass i like a lot visually… anything that varies from that i like less. But if i then put that aside and let myself open up to a new aesthetic… i can get beyond my “visual expectations.” For a while anything not fso ar ric shaped had zero appeal to me.

now if i play my dingwalls a lot… anything with straight frets looks odd.

 

[Nuage420]

Or most of Kiesel's fanned fret basses? Meh. Ugly.

I have one and I LOVE playing it, and it's mostly beautiful, but there's just something visual about it that keeps me from loving it fully. I am keeping it for now because it sounds and feels so good but I want to get my hands on a dingwall SJ and hope it feels and plays as great, they just look so much better

 

[Nuage420]

I'm a 'traditionalist' - I have a soft spot for the old control plate. I still say that Leo would be amazed at Sheldon's take on his venerable jazz bass.

IMO if it's a jazz you have to have the pickguard and control plate or nothing at all. The pickguard only looks incomplete.

 

[wavemaker]

See, I‘m in the exact opposite camp: To me, the void between a traditional jazz plate and the bridge looks just plain odd and the rather spaced layed layout of the SJ‘s knobs resolves this very pleasingly.
I‘m no jazz guy, but I‘d go passive with toggles if I was.