Dingwall Owners Club

[gearhound22]

I wanted a D tuner for my SP1 four string and Dingwall tech support said it would involve a lot of machining to get it to work. There’s very little surface around the E string tuner. Bummer, but makes sense.

Possibly this? I think I got mine included from bass direct. The one I have is the same AB Nate has.
(Clover tuner)

https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/product/hipshot-usa-ultralite-bass-xtender-3-8/

Very strange from tech support unless the imports have a different tuner configuration?

I can’t speak for bass but I know you have to be careful buying them for guitar but the post depth sometimes won’t have enough clearance to get a string thru without some mods.

 

[macribas]

That fantastic! Can you share a part number?

That's a Super P, not an SP1. Hipshot tuners will look entirely different on your SP1. The SP1 tuners are almost lollipop like and have two screws instead of one. Maybe you can replace the whole set.

 

[macribas]

Very strange from tech support unless the imports have a different tuner configuration?

They do. Tuners are very different.

Almost a lollipop, and two screws. Maybe you can put Hipshot ultralites instead, but I'm thinking there will be some drilling required and some exposed holes.

 

[Superbird]

Oops, didn’t catch the Super P from the headstock back… bummer. Extra holes for sure. Just start saving for a 5

 

[J_Bass]

That fantastic! Can you share a part number?

I bought it like this. I can’t find any number on the tuner, sorry.

I wasn’t trying to mislead you, I thought maybe the tuners were compatible between the Super P and the SP-1.

 

[gearhound22]

They do. Tuners are very different.

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Almost a lollipop, and two screws. Maybe you can put Hipshot ultralites instead, but I'm thinking there will be some drilling required and some exposed holes.

I swapped out the hardware on an older combustion and it cut quite a bit of weight so changing them all out could be another plus.

 

[AB Nate]

Well I had a crazy dream last night.

I remember the whole story. It was unique but the piece I wanted to share was the fact that I had the headless in front of me.

It was matte black and 6 string. I remember thinking I’d want to “spec it up” but it was super rad as is!

Carry on.

 

[Scott McArron]

Well I had a crazy dream last night.

I remember the whole story. It was unique but the piece I wanted to share was the fact that I had the headless in front of me.

It was matte black and 6 string. I remember thinking I’d want to “spec it up” but it was super rad as is!

Carry on.

With a wenge neck

 

[AB Nate]

With a wenge neck

Unfortunately not. It was quite a details vision in the dream. Maple.

That said, my desire was to spec it up on a custom…. Wenge neck for sure.

 

[warptheory]

Just sold a bass yesterday, and pre-ordered an SP1 5 String in Dark Candy Green from Fret Nation. Great shop to work with! Can't wait till they come in stock next month!

 

[Selta]

I'm really on the fence about what I might want to do. I have my old blue AB1 that I just really don't play any more. It's not bad, or having any kind of problem, it just doesn't get played.
I also have my AB1 6 string which I do play a handful of times a week, but, it's not something I super love, mostly due to the neck and well, how the Neve has super changed my mind on what preamp I want in my bass.

So part of me is considering selling both of those, seeing if the person who's borrowing my Combustion (for almost a year now, lol) wants to buy it... and find a Z3 6 string with a Neve.

The headless would be neat, but I'd really need to try one to see how it feels compared to a Z. If it leans more towards AB, I'm sure it'll be sweet, but just not my thing.

 

[Subscript]

The headless would be neat, but I'd really need to try one to see how it feels compared to a Z. If it leans more towards AB, I'm sure it'll be sweet, but just not my thing.

Looking at it you'd assume it's basically an AB, but I guess it's possible it has the Z neck profile

 

[Bassheart365]

Well I had a crazy dream last night.

I remember the whole story. It was unique but the piece I wanted to share was the fact that I had the headless in front of me.

It was matte black and 6 string. I remember thinking I’d want to “spec it up” but it was super rad as is!

Carry on.

Premonition?

 

[AB Nate]

Premonition?

Not likely.
In the dream it didn’t belong to me so…. Maybe that’s the premonition? -It won’t belong to me when I experience it in person.

I’m on crutches right now and logging considerably more play time(at home). I had a nice session last night with my dark ABZ and so maybe that was a major impact.

I’m not lookin. No buy, only sell. lol.

 

[DingwallDingus]

Got in the queue for my first custom. Leaning very heavily towards a Super PJ, sure both would sound great but anybody have an opinion on a Super Fatty vs FDV in the bridge?

I have FDVs in my Combustion so I kind of get the just of its character minus the scale length.

 

[Thumper]

Got in the queue for my first custom. Leaning very heavily towards a Super PJ, sure both would sound great but anybody have an opinion on a Super Fatty vs FDV in the bridge?

I have FDVs in my Combustion so I kind of get the just of its character minus the scale length.

I no longer have a bridge solo option on either my SJ5XXX or my SJ4XXX (custom rotaries). When I did I tried FDVs and Super Fatties. I found the SFs to make the bridge almost usable (to me) because of a more useful tone and more volume. Obviously YMMV.

 

[AB Nate]

Got in the queue for my first custom. Leaning very heavily towards a Super PJ, sure both would sound great but anybody have an opinion on a Super Fatty vs FDV in the bridge?

I have FDVs in my Combustion so I kind of get the just of its character minus the scale length.

I would lean to SF2. I believe the FDV would sound thin against the P.

Agreeing with @Thumper THE SF2 sounds pretty solid on its own in the bridge position and it blends great with a P tone

 

[DingwallDingus]

Thanks guys, seems like it would warm that position solo’d a bit which is cool and I’ve been favoring warmth over brightness these days.

Still got a long wait ahead but locking in specs soon.

 

[Selta]

Good thing is you'll have a long time to keep changing your mind

 

[gklijs]

Good thing is you'll have a long time to keep changing your mind

Not sure if that's a good thing. The new van der Loo signature D-Roc got me doubting again.