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Dingwall Owners Club

#9,501
I haven't put down my Dingwall AB1 for the Last few weeks....and I literally just picked up my Fender and the friggin frets looked crooked!!! I kidd you not! It spooked me for a minute LOL....
One things for sure...the Dingwalls clarity and sustain is far better than my other gear and it forces you to play cleaner due to that. Now that I grabbed 'brand X', I actually sounded half decent (for a beginner) :)
 
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#9,503
ABHS enroute!

Specifications are pretty straightforward with a bubinga body, full wenge neck, series/parallel coil taps for all 3 pickups and a thinner custom carved neck with carbon fibre spars installed. Can't wait to play it!
 

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husky123 said:
Anyone ever put 2 P tones (neck and bridge) in an AB 1 or 2?
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My pre-owned 4 string Afterburner 1 came equipped with P tone in the neck position. I wasn't in love with the bridge solo'd, but I ordered a p tone for the bridge and now love all 4 pick-up positions.

I have no problem hearing myself with the neck solo'd in a really dense mix, and still sound like a good & 'hifi' p bass (if that makes any sense). Having switched the bridge to a p tone, I'm trying the bridge solo'd more often than before. Definitely good for a different flavor of aggressive, for cutting through multiple synth and guitar parts, or a very meaty jaco-ish tone (using the right strings and eq). Seems easier to balance the output / etc of the2 pups too.
 
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#9,506
graphics1988 said:
I haven't put down my Dingwall AB1 for the Last few weeks....and I literally just picked up my Fender and the friggin frets looked crooked!!! I kidd you not! It spooked me for a minute LOL....
One things for sure...the Dingwalls clarity and sustain is far better than my other gear and it forces you to play cleaner due to that. Now that I grabbed 'brand X', I actually sounded half decent (for a beginner) :)
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It's the same thing with really transparent heads and cabs. Anybody can get a decent, generic rock tone by plugging a Fender with dead flats into a medium-wattage Ampeg head and a 2*15. Even if they don't have much control over their attack yet.

By putting your touch under the microscope, gear with a wider frequency and dynamic range helps you to hear small inconsistencies in your left and right hand technique. Without even giving it much conscious thought, you start cleaning up your playing, and achieving a more consistent sound.

After even just a few weeks, you start carrying those playing improvements over to everything else you touch.

Beecause subtle differences become more audible, you also start finding new tones that you can pull out of the instrument without touching the controls or changing strings.
 
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steve_rolfeca said:
It's the same thing with really transparent heads and cabs. Anybody can get a decent, generic rock tone by plugging a Fender with dead flats into a medium-wattage Ampeg head and a 2*15. Even if they don't have much control over their attack yet.

By putting your touch under the microscope, gear with a wider frequency and dynamic range helps you to hear small inconsistencies in your left and right hand technique. Without even giving it much conscious thought, you start cleaning up your playing, and achieving a more consistent sound.

After even just a few weeks, you start carrying those playing improvements over to everything else you touch.

Beecause subtle differences become more audible, you also start finding new tones that you can pull out of the instrument without touching the controls or changing strings.
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There is no hiding with my rig. Everything I do, you hear. It has made me a better player, because I cant get away with slop.
 
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#9,513
Still looking at Dingwalls and have another question. The nut dimension on Super P5 is narrower than I care for (1.9 inches is what I like and gig with). However, I don't have access to a Dingwall unless someone in Northern Utah has one I can play. So how do the fanned frets effect feel from frets 1-5? Maybe someone who also owns a Fender P5 or VM P5 can provide a comparison?
 
#9,515
I hear you about adjustments, however; I'm looking for a lightweight long practice bass which is where I became interested in Dingwalls, but I am not looking to replace my gigging P5 bass because it fits the Country genre in tone and looks, and I love the tone, neck and feel. My stunning Roscoe is wall art because of the narrower nut and string spacing. Guess I'm getting set in my ways.....
 
#9,517
What do guys think of this one??

I think it is really nicely executed. I really like how the top is not super pretty and uniform, but is sort of wild and unruly. I also really like how the transparent blackburst lets some of the brown in the top show through. Ties in nicely with the maple board.

The arced speedo bars with Dingwall logo at the twelfth fret is a cool touch that really makes it unique.

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AND lest I forget, the blue Luminlay dots!

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