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Dingwall Owners Club
- Thread starter FroggyOne2
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Hm. If you move the current pickups in a new Combustion to the "Nolly" position, is there room for a 3rd, or do you need to do some routing?
I should pull the pickguard tonight and look...
I should pull the pickguard tonight and look...
This^
Which explains the time between when Julian got this bass and when he'll be able to roll it out as a 3-pickup bass.
Which explains the time between when Julian got this bass and when he'll be able to roll it out as a 3-pickup bass.
It is a post purchase mod... I bought a trans black/rosewood combustion. Have to route the body for the pick up, and I am adding a DG tone capsule.
Whew, ya'll just saved me (my wallet)... if it were possible without routing, you better bet I'd be buying a pickup right now to drop in there.
Looking forward to seeing your final product, though!
Looking forward to seeing your final product, though!
Took the SP for a spin on one of Tesseract's newer tunes.
I found myself struggling so I did a fine set-up with new strings which reminded me why I love that bass so much. The song was still 10 times harder than it seems but it suddenly became more manageable with an effortless action.
I found myself struggling so I did a fine set-up with new strings which reminded me why I love that bass so much. The song was still 10 times harder than it seems but it suddenly became more manageable with an effortless action.
Yesterday was by Bday and my wife made me a dingwall cake...
I love her.
I love her.
All is forgiven between me and my baby.
I recently reported on an upper fret mishap that left me embarrassed after a solo.
Tonight, I had a 4 hour gig that rocked hard from the downbeat, and the ABZ felt and sounded absolutely awesome. I had the gain pushed a little further than normal on my MB Fusion, and got a really nice, touch responsive growl when I dug in.
Sounded great when I took an ad hoc solo during a drum break, and no flubs in the upper register. I must just have been having a bad night last time.
I recently reported on an upper fret mishap that left me embarrassed after a solo.
Tonight, I had a 4 hour gig that rocked hard from the downbeat, and the ABZ felt and sounded absolutely awesome. I had the gain pushed a little further than normal on my MB Fusion, and got a really nice, touch responsive growl when I dug in.
Sounded great when I took an ad hoc solo during a drum break, and no flubs in the upper register. I must just have been having a bad night last time.
Thanx and good luck - between dayjob, music, sports and tentative social life there's no way I'll manage to learn all of the album. Quite glad I got to do this one song though.
I would like to get a 6-string bass, mostly because of Karnivool's Jon Stockman.
I also miss a long scale Dingwall ever since I sold my ABZ - got a SPZ5 (ash - maple/maple), older style active SJ4 with super-fatties (alder - maple/pau ferro), and newer style passive fretless SJ5 with FD3's (ash - maple/ebony)
Debating between waiting for a Combustion 6 (or - hopefully - a 6-string version of the NG-2 for the pickup placement) or going the extra mile with a Z2 (in transparent red with wenge neck & fretboard, ideally passive as I don't ever use onboard preamps). In this case I need to start saving and selling stuff.
What would you guys do?
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I like that last option myself, although I'm pretty good at spending other people's money!!!
Just a heads-up, there is a very pretty AB1 5 string for sale on SevenString.org. It's a few years old (has the BluEQube), some sort of reddish 3 tone burst, no fancy wood top, and the guy is selling it for cheap. Of course, I messaged him about it, but I'm not going to buy it.
