Dingwall Owners Club

[NaH]

Nice set of basses, do you know what year that Cocobolo bass is?

Cliff - sorry for the delayed reply.

Dec 2006. In this thread, they mention the 12 basses they made for Bass Northwest:

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My bass is 1 of 12 (look at the pic entitled ABII5C scroll 1 and that is my bass).

I found out later they didn't make many more after that. Turns out the stuff is difficult to work with and the dust is toxic.

 

[NaH]

Sheldon hits London with a...... 4 banger!

I know the captions were meant for Facebook, but...

"Both keeping the beat." or "It's the right time for a new release."

 

[spiritbass]

No live music and no home cab for the last two weeks has me savoring the tones of my Dingwalls through the old Cafe Walter and my new PJB H850 headphones. Beautiful.

 

[lowphatbass]

No live music and no home cab for the last two weeks has me savoring the tones of my Dingwalls through the old Cafe Walter and my new PJB H850 headphones. Beautiful.

Nothing like a great set of cans...

.....especially if you've got something nice to listen at.

 

[eveilleu]

Dang!!!

From fb.


"Afterburner I Flame top Trans Blackburst passive available now. Every once in a while we end up with an available bass. They don't get much more desirable than this one plus you don't have to wait the normal 9 months for a custom build. Contact Barry at [email protected] for details."

This pic makes me re think the "I don't need a fancy top" thing...

If I placed the order about a month ago, I'd guess I could send an email to Barry and a bit more deposit to add a flame top right? Or do you guys this it's to late to change my mind?

Eric

 

[graphics1988]

ya, saw that too! She's a beauty!! Lovin the flame maple on my red one - the way "I" look at it, is if you're going to spend some good coin on a custom ordered bass, you might as well make it "look" like one. Its probably the single biggest reason why I didn't get a Super series (as my first DW)...I wanted the unique body shape versus the "traditional" body shape. Having said that, i KNOW me, and I KNOW I will likely have a Super within a year or so. lol...when the right one comes along, I will snatch it up. Right now, i'm pushing my luck...snagged one last week (AB1) and I have an ABZ on order.....my salvation(execution) is that the Canadian dollar S U C K S right now...so that has forced me to just drool in the classified section.

 

[BuffaloBob4343]

There's certainly nothing wrong with the white bass/wenge neck combo

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I'll second this emotion!

 

[spiritbass]

The pic of Bob's elegant P w/tort still adorns the desktop of my computer at work. Total class.

 

[MDBass]

Dang!!!

From fb.


"Afterburner I Flame top Trans Blackburst passive available now. Every once in a while we end up with an available bass. They don't get much more desirable than this one plus you don't have to wait the normal 9 months for a custom build. Contact Barry at [email protected] for details."

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This pic makes me re think the "I don't need a fancy top" thing...

If I placed the order about a month ago, I'd guess I could send an email to Barry and a bit more deposit to add a flame top right? Or do you guys this it's to late to change my mind?

Eric

They're still a ways out from starting the actual build work, so you should be fine. Just try not to send too many of those emails

 

[BuffaloBob4343]

The pic of Bob's elegant P w/tort still adorns the desktop of my computer at work. Total class.

That is such a compliment when one considers the incredible examples of Dingwallness that you own yourself!

I am about to put the bass back into classic P configuration with tort. I think I like that arrangement a bit better for my Super P.

 

[eveilleu]

They're still a ways out from starting the actual build work, so you should be fine. Just try not to send too many of those emails

So I should stop sending him an email every day saying.. "are we there yet?"

 

[Jipley0]

The day has arrived!

Today I felt like The Proclaimers... but instead of walking - I drove 500km and ended up in Saskatoon. There I found the Dingwall shop where I picked up my new Combustion from none other than the Mr. Dingwall himself. Now that I'm home, I've plugged it in and can honestly say it's the greatest instrument I've ever played.

But alas, it's not a NBD without pictures!

Combustion head stock

• Jipley0
• Mar 28, 2015

Combustion body

• Jipley0
• Mar 28, 2015

Combustion whole

• Jipley0
• Mar 28, 2015

 

[BurningSkies]

Nice! CAT...I didn't even know that color was still an option...

 

[Jipley0]

Thanks! When I first contacted Barry the only maple-boarded Combustions that were left in this current shipment were this one, a gloss black, and a chrome blue.

... Definitely an easy choice for me haha.

 

[spiritbass]

I hope your rig is up to the task - enjoy finding out!

 

[Grand Wazoo]

Very pretty bass congratulations, and how many people can say that their bass was handed to them directly from the company owner? Well done.

 

[BurningSkies]

Thanks BS - I have the fEARful and the Monique - working on a Dingwall next! Any advice on model(s) for this set up?

Sorry I missed your post earlier. You know, I can't think you'll go wrong no matter what. I only have experience with the Z series and the AB-1. To me the AB was a bit more mid forward and a little less tame. That was ash body, maple top, maple neck, with wenge board. The Swamp Ash/maple top Z with maple/maple board is a bit more polite and even, but that could be the preamp.

It probably depends upon what you're interested in.

 

[wcriley]

What preamp is in the current Combustions?
The Dingwall website still says it's an EMG BT 2-band, but every photo I've seen of recently/soon to be shipped Combustions shows a 3-band.

 

[Gabbs]

v4s have a 3 band, at least mine does.

 

[wcriley]

Do you know what preamp it is?
Before I noticed that they had changed to 3-band, I considered ordering a Combustion without a preamp so I could stick an EMG in it with semi-parametric mid control.