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[Subscript]

Effigy has made it to the Dingwall site! And the wood options are more interesting than expected.

The prototype they've been carrying around is African mahogany according to Sheldon, and some dealers have said they'll be alder. It's also sounded like we'd have no wood options for the neck, but now it looks like there'll be a few. These also aren't generic options they list for every model, this is the only page with these exact options listed at the moment. Good for people with preorders!

Body
Standard: Swamp Ash, Optional: Fijian Mahogany

Neck
5-piece maple, bolt-on

Neck Options
Maple - Roasted Maple Optional - 5-pc Roasted Maple

Fingerboard options
Standard Wenge, Optional Maple, Roasted Maple, Obsidian Maple, Pau Ferro, Ziricote.

Effigy - Dingwall

dingwallguitars.com

 

[Selta]

Cool! And a good amount of options - 2 or 3 pickups, passive, glock, and darkglass pres. Interesting that they're not offering the Neve in it!

 

[Subscript]

Cool! And a good amount of options - 2 or 3 pickups, passive, glock, and darkglass pres. Interesting that they're not offering the Neve in it!

I see Darkglass and Neve, but not glockenklang, is that what you meant? Is the glock normally 9v and the other two are 18v?

 

[Selta]

Where are you seeing Neve?

 

[SemiDriven]

Where are you seeing Neve?View attachment 7369382

Per the website:

The Effigy’s versatile bass tone – shaped in no small part by its configuration of Dingwall FD3 pickups, combined with a choice of either Darkglass or Rupert Neve Design electronics – is about as versatile as it gets. The active EQ is accessed via an arc of control knobs that also comprises volume, tone and a rotary pickup selector. Customization has always been important to us, and so you also have the option of FDV, Super-Fatty II, or P-Tone pickups to cover a range of different tones and playing styles.

Maybe I'm missing something?

 

[Selta]

Ah interesting, I didn't read the copy. Seems there's a mismatch between the copy and the images. Wonder which is correct. Really hope it has Neve as an option.

 

[macribas]

Ah interesting, I didn't read the copy. Seems there's a mismatch between the copy and the images. Wonder which is correct. Really hope it has Neve as an option.

Definitely is.

 

[cfraz]

Cool! And a good amount of options - 2 or 3 pickups, passive, glock, and darkglass pres. Interesting that they're not offering the Neve in it!

In the video, Sheldon indicates any of the custom shop preamps are options for the Effigy, and the demo model itself has the Neve. My guess is the absence of the Neve in the configuration images is an oversight.

 

[bassman1974]

Sorry to interrupt the Effigy discussion. Quick question for SP1’s owners.

I adore my SP1. If there was only one thing I’d like, it’s a bit more tone clarity. Anyone here have install Canadian pickups in their SP1?

Or do you think It would bring that little extra clarity I have looking for?

 

[Snake101st]

Sorry to interrupt the Effigy discussion. Quick question for SP1’s owners.

I adore my SP1. If there was only one thing I’d like, it’s a bit more tone clarity. Anyone here have install Canadian pickups in their SP1?

Or do you think It would bring that little extra clarity I have looking for?

I personally don't have any issues with the P pickup, but I swapped the bridge J pickup for a Canadian FD3 that someone on here was selling

Definitely enjoying it and feel the low mids are a bit more defined, especially in the parallel setting (which is my 2nd most used after the P setting)

 

[5StringPocket]

Effigy has made it to the Dingwall site! And the wood options are more interesting than expected.

The prototype they've been carrying around is African mahogany according to Sheldon, and some dealers have said they'll be alder. It's also sounded like we'd have no wood options for the neck, but now it looks like there'll be a few. These also aren't generic options they list for every model, this is the only page with these exact options listed at the moment. Good for people with preorders!

Effigy - Dingwall

dingwallguitars.com

I've never heard of Fijian Mahogany but wondered how it compared to Nyatoh which is used for the John Taylor Signature bodies.
Nyatoh has a Janka hardness of 1070 lbf and an average dried weight of 39 lbs/ft3 (620 kg/m3).
Fijian Mahogany has a Janka hardness of 900 lbf and an average dried weight of 35.8 lbs/ft3 (570 kg/m3).
Fijian Mahogany has a tighter grain pattern and higher rot resistance which should be of no consequence when used in a bass body.
Both are harder and heavier than alder which has a Janka hardness of 590 and an average dried weight of 28 lbs/ft3 (450 kg/m3).

 

[5StringPocket]

Really nice recording from Philipp Rehm with an Effigy...


... and a totally different more hard core feel here.

 

[shade_1313]

That time is upon me again, a new Canadian is entering the build process soon.

AB2 6, fretless with segmented lines, SFIIs, Darkglass and S/P toggles, wenge neck, green luminlay side dots and headstock D, painted a bright, vibrant green (some of y'all will remember that I'm fond of outrageous greens).

And now, the anxious wait.

 

[bassballs27]

Thats a great line up! That AB sure is a nice bass. Congrats!

If you need to add a 2 pick up Super, check the classifieds!

The best basses typically aren’t available in the classifieds. Always better to appeal to the wider audience, and heck I am a supporting member with quite the history on TB.

I believe in 2015I had a DW Prima Artist that was exquisite.

Yep, I was right…

For trade 2014 Dingwall Prima Artist - TRADED!

I'm posting ad as a feeler for a 2014 Dingwall Prima Artist. This is the cream of the crop of Dingwall's. I just got this rare bass in a trade from a very cool talkbass member. And by rare, I think there's less than 20 in existence? They're worth huge money. Go take a look at Bass Central and...

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[AB Nate]

The best basses typically aren’t available in the classifieds. Always better to appeal to the wider audience, and heck I am a supporting member with quite the history on TB.

I believe in 2015I had a DW Prima Artist that was exquisite.

Yep, I was right…

For trade 2014 Dingwall Prima Artist - TRADED!

I'm posting ad as a feeler for a 2014 Dingwall Prima Artist. This is the cream of the crop of Dingwall's. I just got this rare bass in a trade from a very cool talkbass member. And by rare, I think there's less than 20 in existence? They're worth huge money. Go take a look at Bass Central and...

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• Aug 17, 2015
• Views: 3K
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And sometimes the best basses are right in front of you but for some stubborn reason you refuse to explore them. I did this last winter.
The model, colour, pick ups, who knows why but you see it posted on a local site and it’s a 5 min drive from your house and you tell yourself, “ nope, don’t bother, don’t need another super” and for some dumb reason it isn’t selling. You look at it for the 20th time and go..” might as well”. Long story short, the price couldn’t have been any better and neither could the bass.

The super J that proved me wrong. I never thought for my style I’d choose a super J to do music dirty the way the long scales do. I’m not sure that I did choose it. It may have chosen me.

Sold by an awesome dude in the next community over and somehow for a couple months listed online the bass just waited for me…

It’s in top 2 for total play time in this bass hotel and become a permanent resident!!

That said, the juiciness of my other J is sooo sweet but I don’t play juicy music so it’s checkin’ out soon… perhaps it’s hanging out in plain sight for it’s destined match.

I like to think I only buy the best basses. Hah. It just turns out I’m not the best player for all of them.

 

[bassballs27]

And sometimes the best basses are right in front of you but for some stubborn reason you refuse to explore them. I did this last winter.
The model, colour, pick ups, who knows why but you see it posted on a local site and it’s a 5 min drive from your house and you tell yourself, “ nope, don’t bother, don’t need another super” and for some dumb reason it isn’t selling. You look at it for the 20th time and go..” might as well”. Long story short, the price couldn’t have been any better and neither could the bass.

The super J that proved me wrong. I never thought for my style I’d choose a super J to do music dirty the way the long scales do. I’m not sure that I did choose it. It may have chosen me.

Sold by an awesome dude in the next community over and somehow for a couple months listed online the bass just waited for me…

It’s in top 2 for total play time in this bass hotel and become a permanent resident!!
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That said, the juiciness of my other J is sooo sweet but I don’t play juicy music so it’s checkin’ out soon… perhaps it’s hanging out in plain sight for it’s destined match.
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I like to think I only buy the best basses. Hah. It just turns out I’m not the best player for all of them.

Well this summer is how I ended up with my Afterburner I. And the owner was ironically from the next Town over.

Wouldn’t it be great if every bass brand was within arms length to try them?
Sometimes they are and sometimes not. Maybe there’s a reason for that.

You have a nice collection of basses available right now, but unfortunately the only way for me to generate cash is to sell. And totally understand in your position, your preference is to convert to cash. My preference is trades, it’s actually how I got my basses. All 4 of my basses are products of trades and all of them local. Times are very different now. My shipping boxes are sitting idle.

 

[AB Nate]

Well this summer is how I ended up with my Afterburner I. And the owner was ironically from the next Town over.

Wouldn’t it be great if every bass brand was within arms length to try them?
Sometimes they are and sometimes not. Maybe there’s a reason for that.

You have a nice collection of basses available right now, but unfortunately the only way for me to generate cash is to sell. And totally understand in your position, your preference is to convert to cash. My preference is trades, it’s actually how I got my basses. All 4 of my basses are products of trades and all of them local. Times are very different now. My shipping boxes are sitting idle.

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I hear that. Ive got multiple other non-bass related assets for sale too and people are holding tight it seems. The housenis gonnabe going up soon and i wish there was more optimism in that market outlook too.

Rich is a good dood and I’m happy that trade worked out for ya!

 

[Pablo504]

I hear that. Ive got multiple other non-bass related assets for sale too and people are holding tight it seems. The housenis gonnabe going up soon and i wish there was more optimism in that market outlook too.

Rich is a good dood and I’m happy that trade worked out for ya!

Take us with you on your new adventures...



PS - I met my wife in Mallorca. Let me know if you're headed that way...

 

[Jesse DeCarlo]

Recently added the SP to herd. The tones are great, the build/fit/finish is great and I think the feels is also fantastic. I must say as someone who has gone back and forth between parallel frets and a 37" fanned for 3 decades now with ZERO issues I'm having a bit of trouble with the scale length being comfortable. I almost feel like I need to lay off my single scale basses and immerse myself or something . Anyone else have this issue?View attachment 7361045View attachment 7361046

I don't have as many years of conditioning as you, but I found that switching from Fender basses to the Super J was like falling off a log--after a week or two I got to the point where I can go back and forth without even noticing. But when I play that 37" Payson that I'm borrowing from you it is a bit of an adjustment. Like if I'm going for the first fret on a low string without looking, I might not reach far enough. I guess somehow we just calibrated ourselves differently

 

[AB Nate]

I don't have as many years of conditioning as you, but I found that switching from Fender basses to the Super J was like falling off a log--after a week or two I got to the point where I can go back and forth without even noticing. But when I play that 37" Payson that I'm borrowing from you it is a bit of an adjustment. Like if I'm going for the first fret on a low string without looking, I might not reach far enough. I guess somehow we just calibrated ourselves differently

We do calibrate if we choose.

I go back and forth from a 34” 6 string Spector with a small tree for a neck to 37” Z 6 with a Ferrari of a neck to a super J 5 to a another smaller necked 34” scale 5 string.

They all feel good and comfortable and there is easier transitions then others but just the joy of playing all the fine instruments is enough to make the transition almost thoughtless nowadays!!

Good luck and enjoy.