It's pretty unreal that there's 4 Prima Artists and the Master Build all on reverb right now. Insane. Wish I had buckets of money.
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New Bass Day was a while ago, but I got my hands on a 2025 white D-Roc 5 Standard.
Modified with Hipshot licensed tuners (Just like the look of them better), a string bar for the middle three strings and neckillusions in black.
Love this instrument.
Which leads me to a question: I would like to swap the 4-way switch for a 5-way with Bridge, Bridge-Middle parallel, Middle, Bridge-Neck parallel, Neck. Has anyone ever done this and has some wiring plans for that setup?
Thanks!
Modified with Hipshot licensed tuners (Just like the look of them better), a string bar for the middle three strings and neckillusions in black.
Love this instrument.
Which leads me to a question: I would like to swap the 4-way switch for a 5-way with Bridge, Bridge-Middle parallel, Middle, Bridge-Neck parallel, Neck. Has anyone ever done this and has some wiring plans for that setup?
Thanks!
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Can someone with the new SB1 tell me if it feels more like a 32” scale or a 34” scale bass? The fact that it starts at 32” is intriguing to me…can’t find one near me to try so I thought I would ask here. Thanks.
Upper horn strap pin to the nut is roughly 16.5” on an SJ5 which appears very close to the SP1
For reference a fender 4P sits around 16”.
To me that puts it similar feeling to a 34” scale bass. Very comfortable.
All of Dingwall’s medium scale basses go down to 32” scale. Since they spread out from there it’s not a 1:1 comparison to a 34” single scale bass. Further, there are additional ergonomic differences that muddy the comparison.
With all that said, I find playing my 32-34.25” SJ quite a bit easier on my left shoulder than any single scale 34” bass I’ve ever played.
I don't have a Super PJ (yet) but on my other Dingwalls, it's mostly like the scale that you see when looking down at the side markers and your fretting hand mostly just follows the angles naturally as you move your hand up and down the neck. Playing harmonics takes a little practice because if you play just like you would on a 34" neck, you'll be a little off.
My main player is a 35" btb and I'm really enjoying the feel of my new sp1.
It's so compact for what it offers.
Feels like it gives me more bass than I have to carry if that makes any sense.
Haven't weighed it but mine feels quite light as well which is nice.
I will say it dives if I try to balance it on my knee but I find playing it "classical style" seated to be quite comfortable and when standing with a wide strap it's not an issue.
It's more versatile than I thought it would be.
The p pickup sounds as I hoped it would, could possibly have a little more low end but that is preference and I can alter that in my signal chain.
The real surprise for me is how much I keep going back to running it PJ in series and parallel.
The tones are so fun and lively.
Series sounds just like an 80s Yamaha bb to my ears which is a sound I didn't have In my toolkit.
Parallel sounds almost music man-ish to me with a really satisfying grit when I dig in.
The neck carve feels superb.
Cranked the relief near flat and action down to 1.3mm on my E string at the 12th fret and dingwall definitely is true to their word when they say they thoroughly level their frets.
Here's a clip of some 80's tone goodness.
SP1 —one thing (maybe not talked about as much) is value…price point vs instrument quality/features. I continue to enjoy my non-DW boutique custom basses. But when I received my SP1…initially taking it out of the gigbag…inspecting/holding—my first thought, “OMG, this bass exudes quality!” After plugging it in, “What a steal—best freak’n value bass, ever!” (…realize it’s still a bunch of coin)
Never touched or even seen a custom DW, but I’m confident the all-Canadian models are next level. But, aside from compound radius fb’s, exotic woods, aesthetics, etc…tough to beat SP1’s (and other import models) at their given price-point’s..
Brilliant business model for imports to go thru Canada (do what they do there) before we get them. You can count on an impeccable bass coming out of its gigbag each time. : )
Never touched or even seen a custom DW, but I’m confident the all-Canadian models are next level. But, aside from compound radius fb’s, exotic woods, aesthetics, etc…tough to beat SP1’s (and other import models) at their given price-point’s..
Brilliant business model for imports to go thru Canada (do what they do there) before we get them. You can count on an impeccable bass coming out of its gigbag each time. : )
Yeah, I didn't realize that all the frets are done in Canada for the imports until that video of Sheldon posted a few days back. They're not just rubber-stamping bulk slabs coming through - they're putting real QA into them.
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An SP1 5 string will be arriving in the near future 
Looks like the SP1 is an overwhelming success with uniformly positive reviews. Supers rule!
For P bass players, interested in SP1 differences, here’s a quick comparison…SP1 is longer, thinner (vs my 34” P)…but “feels” like a 33-1/2”-ish scale bass, imo. The reach to the 1st fret is “super” 
comfortable!
Changed out the knobs (needed to sand/grind down the knob’s rubber base slightly, in order to better accommodate the pickguard)…
comfortable!Changed out the knobs (needed to sand/grind down the knob’s rubber base slightly, in order to better accommodate the pickguard)…
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Dammit. With all those really positive reviews and most convincing arguments I feel my GAS waking up despite my initial negative reaction about the looks. And I have to admit that I do like the gold and the red pickguard quite a bit.
