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Not sure crossposting from the Dingwall owners group on FB is considered a faux pas, but Jason of Fretnation mentioned there that new NYXL string sets fitting 37ā€ Dingwall 5s will be available starting next week.
Thatā€™s in the US first, will take some time before theyā€™ll show up here in Europe, according to the Dutch Daddario rep.
I havenā€™t tried those NYXL strings yet, but if theyā€™re a ā€˜betterā€™ version of regular Dā€™Addario nickels or Dingwall strings (which are made by Daddario I believe), I think this is great news.
You could already piece a set together from a superlong NYXL 4-string set plus a separate 37ā€ B, or even 5 separate strings, but that was pretty expensive.
 

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Nayatteu said:
I seriously considered Infinity.

Because it's easy to use and can do a lot of things by itself.
It would save weight on my pedalboard.
Also, I'm a fan of dark glass, which makes it even harder.
Thank you for advice.
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Fwiw I had a DG microtubes X and a hyper luminal in play before I switched. I like them both a lot and didnā€™t sell them until I was sure the infinity was my jam.
I would have kept them except I really try not to be a hoarder
 
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Pedalboards can be useful if you find those pieces that let you craft that special sauce but they can also be such a deep, time consuming rabbit hole. I picked up an HX Stomp XL which has so much under the hood I haven't even scratched the surface of what it can do. Maybe it takes a compelling project with a piece missing that makes one take that deep diveā€¦

I watched a video of Sheldon's 2024 presentation in Germany with Philipp Rehm as guest artist at the end. When he spoke about how the Neve preamp treble and passive tone controls were designed to work together it reminds me of the Sadowsky preamp with VTC. By increasing treble and dialing back passive tone you can create a high mid bump. Perhaps this is part of the magic between this preamp and the SFII pickups which might benefit from some added upper mid presence?
 
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5StringPocket said:
Pedalboards can be useful if you find those pieces that let you craft that special sauce but they can also be such a deep, time consuming rabbit hole. I picked up an HX Stomp XL which has so much under the hood I haven't even scratched the surface of what it can do. Maybe it takes a compelling project with a piece missing that makes one take that deep diveā€¦

I watched a video of Sheldon's 2024 presentation in Germany with Philip Rheim as guest artist at the end. When he spoke about how the Neve preamp treble and passive tone controls were designed to work together it reminds me of the Sadowsky preamp with VTC. By increasing treble and dialing back passive tone you can create a high mid bump. Perhaps this is part of the magic between this preamp and the SFII pickups which might benefit from some added upper mid presence?
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Having been able to try the SFII/Neve combo for a few weeks now, there's definitely an upper mid bump going on if you crank the treble and reduce the tone all the way (with variations between). In general its just very usable through the range, and has a more gradual tone roll off sweep (compared to the Glock).
 
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I haven't really followed discussions into the Finally V3, as I have a V1 and already had a Broughton LPF/HPF. If the V3 has tone controls you may be fine. I like the weight my UA adds to my tone. I run treble/mids/bass 8/10/3 (face of a clock numbers).
 
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Sheldon D. said:
I was referring to body/neck combinations. Fretboards affect tone and response too however, now a structural consideration enters the equation. For the neck to be stable through temperature and humidity changes, the woods need to have relatively similar expansion and contraction rates along their length. I'm lazy and don't like to adjust truss-rods so would choose stability over slight differences in tone.
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@Sheldon D. Do you consider ovangkol and wenge to have similar expansion and contraction?
 
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Thumper said:
I haven't really followed discussions into the Finally V3, as I have a V1 and already had a Broughton LPF/HPF. If the V3 has tone controls you may be fine. I like the weight my UA adds to my tone. I run treble/mids/bass 8/10/3 (face of a clock numbers).
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I tested a v2 on the road the other day and it sounded really good together with my Super P. The sound through my IEMs was very pleasing, too.

Thereā€™s a video on my YT channel about this in case anyone wants to have a tonal reference :)
 
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Sheldon must be pulling his hair out with all the on/off/on/off nature of the tariffs. I'm trying to keep up with it, but it's constantly changing. At this point, I *think* Dingwalls will be tariff-free, but I don't know. Who will be the first to get a Dingwall to confirm tariff or no tariff? I'm in the build queue, but not sure how long to expect.
 
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MultiScaleMale said:
Sheldon must be pulling his hair out with all the on/off/on/off nature of the tariffs. I'm trying to keep up with it, but it's constantly changing. At this point, I *think* Dingwalls will be tariff-free, but I don't know. Who will be the first to get a Dingwall to confirm tariff or no tariff? I'm in the build queue, but not sure how long to expect.
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We could probably confirm with FretNation or John Fox?
 

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