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#6,361
MDBass said:
Great synopsis. I spoke with both Sheldon and Barry about a very similar super P/FD3 build for myself, albeit in a four string.

The general consensus was most definitely alder/wenge or ash/maple.
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OH NO!!! I went ash wenge! That's it. I'm eff'd. It's going to soundlike crap!:help::D

AND I decided NOT to go for the FD3 at the bridge.:rollno:

Oh yeah, AND I decided to get two PG's, one for reverse P and the other for regular!!
 
#6,363
BuffaloBob4343 said:
OH NO!!! I went ash wenge! That's it. I'm eff'd. It's going to soundlike crap!:help::D

AND I decided NOT to go for the FD3 at the bridge.:rollno:

Oh yeah, AND I decided to get two PG's, one for reverse P and the other for regular!!
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On the contrary, your P is going to be EXTRA punchy :bassist:

The only thing Sheldon and Barry advised me against was the maple/alder route; for whatever reason they both felt that combination lacked a certain 'magic' that the others did not.

I'll probably pick up two guards also; being a Spector guy for awhile as well I'm a big fan of how reversing the split coil affects the tone, but it's always nice to have options :D
 
#6,364
BC82 said:
If anyone is interested in what a combustion sounds like straight through a system. A clip from our last song Friday night. Video will go keys, guitar, bass, then drums.

http://youtu.be/rO3RScBMqIE


Just be advised I was on the road for 8 hours that day. Got home, opened the bass (It just arrived from Bass NW), played it unplugged for a minute, went to the gig. Also haven't played a bass in about a week. All this to say the bass might not sound all that great, but gives an idea.
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Sounds great to me, brother ! To my ears, its unlikely that anything else being built in China and dialed in in Canada or the US can come close tonally.
 
#6,365
BuffaloBob4343 said:
OH NO!!! I went ash wenge! That's it. I'm eff'd. It's going to soundlike crap!:help::D

AND I decided NOT to go for the FD3 at the bridge.:rollno:

Oh yeah, AND I decided to get two PG's, one for reverse P and the other for regular!!
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Please don't belittle yourself by playing such a lowly instrument. As soon as it's paid for, send it to me immediately. I will find a way to split time with it and my SP5 that I refuse to put down.
 
#6,367
A pic of my Ding "wall"
 

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#6,371
Thanks for the replies everyone. Some questions below.

Smallequestrian said:
The controls are a 4 way switch, neck solo'd, neck and bridge in series, neck and bridge in parallel, and bridge solo. You also have a volume and a tone control like the regular Super P has. Roll down from middle for treble rolloff, roll up from middle for passive mid scoop.

I played the four string version at NAMM, the series tone was a killer addition to the already awesome solo'd neck pickup. The bridge tone was also nice and grindy. I wouldn't hesitate to add the bridge pickup to the order. i also don't think the reversed P is necessary.

If you're going with an Alder body, you might want to think about the wenge neck...Sheldon spoke quite effusively about that combo, but obvioulsy alder/Pau farro is a fine combination as well.
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What was your impression of neck/bridge in parallel?
Why don't you think the reverse P is necessary?

MDBass said:
Great synopsis. I spoke with both Sheldon and Barry about a very similar super P/FD3 build for myself, albeit in a four string.

The general consensus was most definitely alder/wenge or ash/maple.
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What are the tone differences?
 
#6,372
Forgive me if this has been covered before and I missed it, BUT

I haven't owned an active bass in many years and have never really been too curious about them. Then yesterday I land this AWESOME Super J/P4. It has an Aggie OPB-1, which is pretty cool. The bass sounds better with it, than passive, to my ears, at least. Has anyone tried different onboard pres with their Super J/P's? Curious to know you ya'll think :)
 
#6,373
dukeorock said:
Forgive me if this has been covered before and I missed it, BUT

I haven't owned an active bass in many years and have never really been too curious about them. Then yesterday I land this AWESOME Super J/P4. It has an Aggie OPB-1, which is pretty cool. The bass sounds better with it, than passive, to my ears, at least. Has anyone tried different onboard pres with their Super J/P's? Curious to know you ya'll think :)
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Not in the sense of switching them out on the same bass, but I had a Natural Super J4 w/Agular OPB-3. I liked the pre well enough, but I usually played in passive. I now have a Exotic top Super J/P4 w/Glock and I preferred the Glock (though it could be the "oh man I just got a new bass which I like the looks of better" syndrome). Seemed hotter (if thats possible as the OPB3 was pretty hot even in passive) and a (for lack of better words) "wider character" even in J only setting. I still play mostly in passive though so maybe I'm not much help.

And of course, I also had a P pickup on the new one which I love, so that helped me like it more too.
 
#6,376
dukeorock said:
Forgive me if this has been covered before and I missed it, BUT

I haven't owned an active bass in many years and have never really been too curious about them. Then yesterday I land this AWESOME Super J/P4. It has an Aggie OPB-1, which is pretty cool. The bass sounds better with it, than passive, to my ears, at least. Has anyone tried different onboard pres with their Super J/P's? Curious to know you ya'll think :)
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You should have a conversation with Sheldon. I think he's got a really good handle on the preamps that have been installed in his basses. Now he's also added the Darkglass to his list, and probably is one of the very few around who have spent some serious time with it. The Aguilars were standard and options back when I ordered my Rastaburst back in 2005. Sheldon moved on within a year or two to using the Glockenklang as standard issue. I'm sure he's used everything in between.
 
#6,377
BurningSkies said:
You should have a conversation with Sheldon. I think he's got a really good handle on the preamps that have been installed in his basses. Now he's also added the Darkglass to his list, and probably is one of the very few around who have spent some serious time with it. The Aguilars were standard and options back when I ordered my Rastaburst back in 2005. Sheldon moved on within a year or two to using the Glockenklang as standard issue. I'm sure he's used everything in between.
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Great advice! I will contact him ASAP. I'd love to do a few tweaks because as you all know, if a Dingwall works for you (it sure does for me!), it's kinda not as fun to play anything else :D
 

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