Dingwall Owners Club

[IvanBassist]

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[silky smoove]

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They look great together!

 

[shade_1313]

I think early 2025

I have heard late first quarter 2025 from both John of JFB and Jason at FretNation.

 

[1983L2000]

anyone hear that dingwall is no longer offering chrome hardware? want it for my sj 4 string build. kinda bummer

Yes - I had a SJ5 build about to be finalized depending on this - kinda super disappointed actually :/

 

[TTA]

Yes - I had a SJ5 build about to be finalized depending on this - kinda super disappointed actually :/

yeah jfb just told me. too bad, but black will he nice also.

 

[1983L2000]

yeah jfb just told me. too bad, but black will he nice also.

Indeed - and I’m not complaining - they gotta do what they gotta do, just bad timing.

 

[TTA]

Indeed - and I’m not complaining - they gotta do what they gotta do, just bad timing.

wonder if it was fender lawyers doing, or economy of scale.

 

[Waltsdog]

wonder if it was fender lawyers doing, or economy of scale.

Nobody is sending cease and desists over chrome tuner finishes, they aren't even made by Dingwall.
They most likely just want to streamline production as much as possible to get through the queue, less options = faster turnaround.

 

[macribas]

Nobody is sending cease and desists over chrome tuner finishes, they aren't even made by Dingwall.
They most likely just want to streamline production as much as possible to get through the queue, less options = faster turnaround.

This. They wouldn't even put clover tuners on my recent build.

 

[spiritbass]

Changes, changes. I'm glad that I already have all of the chromed-out Dingwalls with clover tuners that I need for this lifetime.

 

[1983L2000]

Nobody is sending cease and desists over chrome tuner finishes, they aren't even made by Dingwall.
They most likely just want to streamline production as much as possible to get through the queue, less options = faster turnaround.

Yes, understandable. One can always procure chrome hipshot tuners afterwards, but not producing chrome bridges is probably good time and effort savings.

 

[IvanBassist]

What is everyone’s experience between using FDVs and a P-tone in the neck position of their bass?

I have the feeling the FDV - neck on my SJ has more top end extension than my Super P, even though according to Dingwall’s diagram the P-tone should have more treble.

 

[RevOgre]

What is everyone’s experience between using FDVs and a P-tone in the neck position of their bass?

I have the feeling the FDV - neck on my SJ has more top end extension than my Super P, even though according to Dingwall’s diagram the P-tone should have more treble.

I have 3x FDV now but had a P-Tone in the neck position and I 100% agree

I did keep the ptone because I'm torn between the two

 

[1983L2000]

What is everyone’s experience between using FDVs and a P-tone in the neck position of their bass?

I have the feeling the FDV - neck on my SJ has more top end extension than my Super P, even though according to Dingwall’s diagram the P-tone should have more treble.

Interesting. I must say the sharp V shape for the P-tone was not what I expected.

However - doesn't the P-tone refer specifically to the "humbucker soapbar" rather than to the split-P? Could explain the difference (but then they should add the split P to the graphs - and also for parallel wiring!).

It would be nice if they could tell us what actual frequencies these bands are referring to - I'm sure we all have our own interpretation...

 

[IvanBassist]

Interesting. I must say the sharp V shape for the P-tone was not what I expected.

However - doesn't the P-tone refer specifically to the "humbucker soapbar" rather than to the split-P? Could explain the difference (but then they should add the split P to the graphs - and also for parallel wiring!).

It would be nice if they could tell us what actual frequencies these bands are referring to - I'm sure we all have our own interpretation...

Yeah. That’s interesting. To my ears my Super P has more present mids than the SJ, but I guess a lot of factors are in play there.

I’ll do an A/B side by side comparison between both basses in the neat future

 

[TTA]

This. They wouldn't even put clover tuners on my recent build.

oh wait what? not for p and j builds? blacknis fine, non clover on a j… ummm

 

[silky smoove]

What is everyone’s experience between using FDVs and a P-tone in the neck position of their bass?

I have the feeling the FDV - neck on my SJ has more top end extension than my Super P, even though according to Dingwall’s diagram the P-tone should have more treble.

My experience switching from FDVs to SF2s in my SJ was that those charts are not terribly accurate. The SF2s have a noticeably higher top end extension than the FDVs in my installation, which you would not get from the charts. The upper mids shown on the FDV chart feel right, but beyond that I’ve treated the charts with a degree of skepticism.

 

[IvanBassist]

My experience switching from FDVs to SF2s in my SJ was that those charts are not terribly accurate. The SF2s have a noticeably higher top end extension than the FDVs in my installation, which you would not get from the charts. The upper mids shown on the FDV chart feel right, but beyond that I’ve treated the charts with a degree of skepticism.

Did you switch all three pickups for SFIIs?

 

[macribas]

oh wait what? not for p and j builds? blacknis fine, non clover on a j… ummm

Yeah, just Y black tuners from now on.

 

[silky smoove]

Did you switch all three pickups for SFIIs?

Yep. I’ve been very happy with the change.