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Dingwall Owners Club

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.

Cool! The world needs more shell pink Dingwalls in it. :cool:
 
Can someone take screengrabs for us lowly non-insta folk?

They pass so quickly it’s hard to do a screen shot so apologies for the potato quality. I suspect there will be decent images later today.

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I had the good fortune of seeing Lyle Lovett and His Large Band perform at the 1894 Grand Opera House in Galveston, TX Tuesday evening. I was pumped when I found out the rhythm section was the legendary duo of Leeland Sklar and Russ Kunkell. The band had 15 performers including two from the Muscle Shoals horns, jazz professors on sax, a trio of tight backing vocals, guitar, mandolin/acoustic, pedal steel, fiddle, and piano. Every one of them was such a talented pro. The opera house has great acoustics and we had good center section seats in the 5th row back. They put on a 2 1/2 hour performance with so many moods, musical styles, and inspiring solos woven together with interesting stories and humor. The evening was memorable.
Leeland was playing his gold signature Dingwall and one of the few who didn’t take a solo, but he didn’t need to. I love his approach to the bass. His playing was so solid and tasteful, with great grooves, spot on dynamics, and excellent tone. The sound was very well balanced so you could hear the nuances of every player. It would have made a great live recording.
Only problem is now I’m thinking of upgrading my D-ROC 5 Custom order to a Sklar. It was that good.
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Only problem is now I’m thinking of upgrading my D-ROC 5 Custom order to a Sklar. It was that good.

I've owned a Prima 5 and I would say that amongst the current line-up, I would probably be most interested in the Sklar. It is an amazing bass, as are all of the Canadian models, but I think that the design of that bass is truly where the Dingwall philosophy comes together as perfection. IMO, of course.
 
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I had the good fortune of seeing Lyle Lovett and His Large Band perform at the 1894 Grand Opera House in Galveston, TX Tuesday evening. I was pumped when I found out the rhythm section was the legendary duo of Leeland Sklar and Russ Kunkell. The band had 15 performers including two from the Muscle Shoals horns, jazz professors on sax, a trio of tight backing vocals, guitar, mandolin/acoustic, pedal steel, fiddle, and piano. Every one of them was such a talented pro. The opera house has great acoustics and we had good center section seats in the 5th row back. They put on a 2 1/2 hour performance with so many moods, musical styles, and inspiring solos woven together with interesting stories and humor. The evening was memorable.
Leeland was playing his gold signature Dingwall and one of the few who didn’t take a solo, but he didn’t need to. I love his approach to the bass. His playing was so solid and tasteful, with great grooves, spot on dynamics, and excellent tone. The sound was very well balanced so you could hear the nuances of every player. It would have made a great live recording.
Only problem is now I’m thinking of upgrading my D-ROC 5 Custom order to a Sklar. It was that good.
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What a show! I need to see if anything posted some videos of it.