Dingwall Owners Club

[iTzPrime]

What would you guys say is a decent used price on a NG3 in Ferrari Green? There is one not far from my home, and I am lusting after a Ferrari Green Dingwall for over 6 years now.

 

[J Posega]

OK, nobody steal my idea, but... ABZ in silverburst. With that black open-grain, bet it would look pretty cool.

 

[MascisMan]

OK, nobody steal my idea, but... ABZ in silverburst. With that black open-grain, bet it would look pretty cool.

Stolen.


Just kidding. Sounds cool though.

 

[J Posega]

By all means, steal away. Just know that, if they would do it, you'd become owner 1 of 2 at some point down the road.

 

[Waltsdog]

I'll go reverse silverburst with gold ceruse

 

[J Posega]

I'll go reverse silverburst with gold ceruse

Goldburst sounds cool as heck, too.

 

[MascisMan]

By all means, steal away. Just know that, if they would do it, you'd become owner 1 of 2 at some point down the road.

I still have a LONG wait ahead of me for my custom. I'm sure my mind will have changed 1000 times by the time the opportunity to choose comes up.

 

[MascisMan]

Goldburst sounds cool as heck, too.

Goldburst metallic:

 

[steve_rolfeca]

Just preamp in general. Active/Passive vs. Passive really. Though of the preamp options the Neve is most attractive to me.

My approach to this is far from scientific. Also, it's based on dated technology, so YMMV.

That said, I got into active buffers in the late '70's, when I was often running long, unbalanced cables to large pedalboards and iffy DI's. My first was a DIY version of an MXR Micro Amp, and it helped restore the upper mids and treble on my '64 Precision.

In the early '90's, I got deep into EMG, swapping their entire soapbar catalogue in and out of my self-made 35" neck-through 5-string. I also tried all their EQ setups from that era.

In the end, I decided that boutique rack gear and pedals were always going to trump any EQ that I could fit inside a bass and power off a pair of 9V batteries. In other words, I went back to an improved version of my '70's setup: buffered EMG's at 18V, and passive VVT with a lift switch for the tone control. It was simply the best tone (for my tastes) that I could find at the time.

At the time, I also decided that I wanted a divorce from battery-powered gear on stage, but that didn't come to pass until I ordered my passive ABZ in 2013. While I was waiting for my build to come up, I grabbed a pair of used Combustion pickups off Talkbass.

Boredom being what it is, I pulled the 18V EMG 40P's that were in my home-made bass, and swapped in the Dingwall pickups.

Not only did they sound better to my ear, but they removed all need for 9V batteries. The only thing better than tool-less removal, is having nothing to remove!

Thankfully, when my ABZ-5 arrived, it blew my home-made bass out of the water, and that was that. It took a couple of months to confirm that I needed switching for series coils on the ABZ, and I've never looked back since. My Empress EQ was so neglected that I felt bad, and sold it to a friend.

My only tone improvers (1st-gen Diamond BCP-1 compressor/EQ and Barber Linden preamp) are now on the floor where they belong, and 90% of the time, they are set-and-forget aside from kicking the buttons occasionally. I tweak the controls on my amp as needed, but mostly get what I want from the 3 knobs on my bass, and the way I attack the strings.

Obviously, YMMV, no children or small animals were harmed during my personal tone journey, don't do as I do, blah blah blah...

 

[steve_rolfeca]

Goldburst metallic:

Damn, that is pretty. My partscaster pales in comparison:

 

[MascisMan]

My approach to this is far from scientific. Also, it's based on dated technology, so YMMV.

That said, I got into active buffers in the late '70's, when I was often running long, unbalanced cables to large pedalboards and iffy DI's. My first was a DIY version of an MXR Micro Amp, and it helped restore the upper mids and treble on my '64 Precision.

In the early '90's, I got deep into EMG, swapping their entire soapbar catalogue in and out of my self-made 35" neck-through 5-string. I also tried all their EQ setups from that era.

In the end, I decided that boutique rack gear and pedals were always going to trump any EQ that I could fit inside a bass and power off a pair of 9V batteries. In other words, I went back to an improved version of my '70's setup: buffered EMG's at 18V, and passive VVT with a lift switch for the tone control. It was simply the best tone (for my tastes) that I could find at the time.

At the time, I also decided that I wanted a divorce from battery-powered gear on stage, but that didn't come to pass until I ordered my passive ABZ in 2013. While I was waiting for my build to come up, I grabbed a pair of used Combustion pickups off Talkbass.

Boredom being what it is, I pulled the 18V EMG 40P's that were in my home-made bass, and swapped in the Dingwall pickups.

Not only did they sound better to my ear, but they removed all need for 9V batteries. The only thing better than tool-less removal, is having nothing to remove!

Thankfully, when my ABZ-5 arrived, it blow my home-made bass out of the water, and that was that. It took a couple of months to confirm that I need switching for series coils on the ABZ, and I've never looked back since. My Empress EQ was so neglected that I felt bad, and sold it to a friend.

My only tone improvers (1st-gen Diamond BCP-1 compressor/EQ and Barber Linden preamp) are now on the floor where they belong, and 90% of the time, they are set-and-forget aside from kicking the buttons occasionally. I tweak the controls on my amp as needed, but mostly get what I want from the 3 knobs on my bass, and the way I attack the strings.

Obviously, YMMV, no children or small animals were harmed during my personal tone journey, don't do as I do, blah blah blah...

I think these are all good points! Thanks for sharing!

 

[RevOgre]

Anyone have a 4 string NG3 pickguard they wanna sell?

 

[IvanBassist]

Talking about Switches.
Is it possible to mod an existing 3 x or D Roc Switch?
I have both but I would like to have an Ray / Middle and J- Option for my D Roc.

And - do D Rocs really lack of treble? The Treble Pot is working find, but even on 100% it is very dull (New d´addario Nickel Super Long Scale)

Unless you’re looking for a super Hi-Fi modern-scoopy bass tone, you’d be surprised by how much more important the mids are to make your bass present in the mix.

 

[silky smoove]

Does anyone know if Dingwall has ever done white pickup covers?

 

[Lowendtech]

Does anyone know if Dingwall has ever done white pickup covers?

I’ve never seen any. Would be interesting on a Ducati White bass.

 

[silky smoove]

I’ve never seen any. Would be interesting on a Ducati White bass.

I've never see one either, so I doubt they do but still wanted to ask the question here just in case.

I've got a Super P order in that's shell pink with a white/black/white pickuard, maple board, and black hardware. I saw a similarly spec'd non-Dingwall bass earlier with white pickup covers and thought it looked sharp. Just something I was considering as a potential change to my order.

 

[Lowendtech]

I've never see one either, so I doubt they do but still wanted to ask the question here just in case.

I've got a Super P order in that's shell pink with a white/black/white pickuard, maple board, and black hardware. I saw a similarly spec'd non-Dingwall bass earlier with white pickup covers and thought it looked sharp. Just something I was considering as a potential change to my order.

Oof, that’d look pretty cool.

 

[Thumper]

I just used Krylon Olympic White spray paint on my old Country band backup Pbass PUPs, it looked really good and has held up

 

[wavemaker]

I once saw a picture in a fb group of someone’s NG (I think?), its pickups covered with matte white car wrap. It looked great at a glance, but unfortunately, I can’t seem to find the picture anymore to verify.
In my own experiments with vinyl wrap, because of the curved nature of the pickups, some overlap seemed unavoidable to me. However, custom wrapping is close to an art form by now - I‘ve been meaning to further investigate what someone with more patience than me could do with experience and a little heat.

 

[Waltsdog]

I once saw a picture in a fb group of someone’s NG (I think?), its pickups covered with matte white car wrap. It looked great at a glance, but unfortunately, I can’t seem to find the picture anymore to verify.
In my own experiments with vinyl wrap, because of the curved nature of the pickups, some overlap seemed unavoidable to me. However, custom wrapping is close to an art form by now - I‘ve been meaning to further investigate what someone with more patience than me could do with experience and a little heat.

I had a vague memory of this, albeit slightly different details. Is this the one you're thinking of?

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