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#10,461
Alright! Had to sell the last one before I had a chance to make sure I could even get used to it! Made a sale on a large item and now I have this baby coming my way for 1900 shipped!! Did I do good? :)

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#10,464
Very nice specimen there, jwr! :) My only experience in full scale was my passive ABI. I have a suspicion that I would prefer an active ABII but my bank account doesn't want me to go there. :rollno: I'm looking forward to 'hearing' your impressions after you get your fingers on this one. :cool:
 
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#10,466
My Dingwall ownership has me in the final stages of a build order. It turns out I like the ABI versatility and the Super series neck, so I am putting together an SJ5XXX. I have asked Dingwall sales some final questions but also have one for the group here. Regarding a P tone PUP, would it necessarily add anything to the SJ5XXX tonal palette, keeping in mind I'm opting for 3 series/parallel switches and no preamp? If it does, I would most likely put it in the middle position.

Other than that, I'm very close to pulling the trigger :hyper:
 
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Thumper said:
My Dingwall ownership has me in the final stages of a build order. It turns out I like the ABI versatility and the Super series neck, so I am putting together an SJ5XXX. I have asked Dingwall sales some final questions but also have one for the group here. Regarding a P tone PUP, would it necessarily add anything to the SJ5XXX tonal palette, keeping in mind I'm opting for 3 series/parallel switches and no preamp? If it does, I would most likely put it in the middle position.

Other than that, I'm very close to pulling the trigger :hyper:
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MDBass will probably chime in before too long. I thing his P-tone is in the neck position on his four-stringer.
 
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Thumper said:
My Dingwall ownership has me in the final stages of a build order. It turns out I like the ABI versatility and the Super series neck, so I am putting together an SJ5XXX. I have asked Dingwall sales some final questions but also have one for the group here. Regarding a P tone PUP, would it necessarily add anything to the SJ5XXX tonal palette, keeping in mind I'm opting for 3 series/parallel switches and no preamp? If it does, I would most likely put it in the middle position.

Other than that, I'm very close to pulling the trigger :hyper:
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I would get the Ptone, I wouldnt put it in the middle. The middle pickup isnt solo-able on the Dingwall 3x switching lay out. So your only use of it would be in series with the bridge pick up. A good tone to be sure, but I think you would like it better in the neck.
 
#10,470
Every once in a while I think, "Man, I really need another Dingwall, I just don't think the ABZ can cut it for everything I play."

Then, last night, in the studio on campus here, with no idea what we were doing, my group set up to cut a reference track of bass over the drum reference. I ran a DI of my bass into the Neve 1073, then a DI off the end of my board, into a 1073, and then put an AKG C414 on my amp and had killer, ungodly, amazing tone. Even just cutting a crappy scratch track in the control room prior to this, plugged straight into a digital pre, with NO EQ or processing the ABZ just killed through the studio monitors.
 
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J Posega said:
Every once in a while I think, "Man, I really need another Dingwall, I just don't think the ABZ can cut it for everything I play."

Then, last night, in the studio on campus here, with no idea what we were doing, my group set up to cut a reference track of bass over the drum reference. I ran a DI of my bass into the Neve 1073, then a DI off the end of my board, into a 1073, and then put an AKG C414 on my amp and had killer, ungodly, amazing tone. Even just cutting a crappy scratch track in the control room prior to this, plugged straight into a digital pre, with NO EQ or processing the ABZ just killed through the studio monitors.
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I have lately discovered how great the parallel setting is. I end up goosing the bass and mids a bit and it sounds so punchy and yet a bit less aggressive in the upper mids. I am very happy with my ABZ. I am still considering trying a P-tone in the neck position, just because I can ......:D
 
#10,475
5StringPocket said:
Really like your spec on this beautiful bass. Swamp ash/wenge work well together. How does the tone and feel of this contrast with your SJ4-3X?
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After playing for a few hours today, the AB is essentially everything the SJ is...but MORE.

More modern.

More range.

More sounds.

Between the three pickups, the series/parallel switches and the Tone Capsule, it'll probably take me until the end of the year to discover all of the sounds inside this bass...and that's without switching the P Tone in the neck to an FD3 ;)
 
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BuffaloBob4343 said:
I have lately discovered how great the parallel setting is. I end up goosing the bass and mids a bit and it sounds so punchy and yet a bit less aggressive in the upper mids. I am very happy with my ABZ. I am still considering trying a P-tone in the neck position, just because I can ......:D
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Same for me with my SJ actually!

My church gig just got a new stage with a bunch of additional lights, and the AC power is now very noisy for some reason; I was getting a lot of hiss with both pickups in series, so I tried switching them to parallel (which killed the noise entirely) and after a bit of bass and low mid boost (as well as treble cut) on my clean B7K, I discovered my new favorite sound.

It turned out to be the church's favorite as well, I must have gotten a at least a dozen comments from both the congregation and worship team about great my bass sounded :thumbsup:
 
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#10,478
reddavid said:
I almost always start with the parallel setting. Maybe switch to neck for some fatness. If I want max output - series. But parallel works for most everything. Also don't want to confuse the sound guys with changing outputs. Unless I do! lol
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I wouldn't use the parallel setting setting without a boost of the bass and mid-frequencies. At least not for the loud rock band I'm in. My thing was I always heard the parallel setting with the pre-amp set flat, and it never occurred to me to shape the parallel setting with the EQ. Sometimes I'm not so smart! :smug:
 

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