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#10,621
Menorahman said:
Because a lot of the listings on the site have mistakes. Specifically, this bass says "Neodymium pickups" and then the specs say FD-3A, which is the old alnico Combustion pickup. Do ABI's typically have these? When I asked about the differences between Dingwall pickups, they said "each page lists the specs." Not that helpful. I also asked them about another listing where one part said pau ferro fretboard and then another said rosewood. Their reply was "pau ferro and rosewood are the same."
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Your response should be: Exactly how can the wood from two species of trees, that each fall into a distinctly different genus, be the same?

The guys at Bass San Diego are pretty knowledgeable and very friendly as well. They don't have many basses in stock, but they give you a list of the incoming basses not yet spoken for at the top of the Dingwall page, and you can get it reserved with a down-payment.

This beauty, IS in fact in stock, although way out of my reach!

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And then there is this beauty at The Low End. Brian is a good guy as well.

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I cannot help but entertain the thought of selling off all of my other Dingwalls just to get one of these! Unfortunately, that is the ONLY way I could afford one of them. That or win the lottery.
 
#10,624
BuffaloBob4343 said:
Your response should be: Exactly how can the wood from two species of trees, that each fall into a distinctly different genus, be the same?

The guys at Bass San Diego are pretty knowledgeable and very friendly as well. They don't have many basses in stock, but they give you a list of the incoming basses not yet spoken for at the top of the Dingwall page, and you can get it reserved with a down-payment.

This beauty, IS in fact in stock, although way out of my reach!

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I cannot help but entertain the thought of selling off all of my other Dingwalls just to get one of these! Unfortunately, that is the ONLY way I could afford one of them. That or win the lottery.
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That's the only way I was able to justify buying the Z3 in my profile photo, which I purchased from the good folks at Bass San Diego this summer - I sent them my ABZ and an SJ4 - which took about $4,000 off the purchase price.
 
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Bassheart365 said:
So, my Monique preamp came a few weeks ago. This is my new rig: Monique + Crown Audio Pro-lite 2.0 DSP (with bridge output) + my Greenboy Fearless 115 cab. Sonic perfection achieved at last!

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I'm also doing the Dingwall / Monique thing (M700 Tardis). My primary cabs are an MAS 112 and a Baer ML115. Really diggin' the Baer lately. Has a deep but tight low end.
 
#10,631
BurningSkies said:
I have too. I would suggest that 'comfortable' when it comes to playing is probably a matter of neck preference. The AB neck is probably closer to a traditional feeling neck due to its thickness, especially closer to the nut while the Z-series basses are thinner in profile and a bit more 'modern' feeling to me.

I'm always leery to 'qualify' Sheldon's basses vertically in terms of overall quality because I think they turn out a great bass in all price points and styles. Also, as we know specs are liable to change as are options. The AB which used to be the 'entry level' is decidedly not entry level any more in any of it's forms or formats. Even the Combustions are probably best not thought of as 'entry level' for most people at this time (what with the NG series around).

I always thought of the AB as 'saving' some of the premium by not being quite as sculpted as the Z series in the body radiusing, therefore not quite taking as much time and handwork, and some other similar things, like the neck is a bit thicker, dispensing with the need for the graphite reinforcement of the neck that the Z's require due to their very thin neck profile...but when you get down to it, the shop reaches the same level of fit and finish and quality to the end product. This discounts the tonal differences between models as well...all preferences and choices rather than good/bad. I'll also point that the AB series has a wonderful design to it aesthetically that is certainly no lesser than the Z or Prima.

Here's me this weekend, working on my project of removing the finish from the back of my Rastaburst neck one show (big or small) at a time...

The 'world famous' Dinosaur BBQ (Rochester NY):
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Had someone come up to me and say "I've never seen a bass like that...Why do you have 5 strings?" So you know it's a traditional venue. I pointed out that this wasn't the 'strangest thing' about my bass. ;)
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Nice. Been there. Son is a senior at Eastman.
 
#10,632
BurningSkies said:
I have too. I would suggest that 'comfortable' when it comes to playing is probably a matter of neck preference. The AB neck is probably closer to a traditional feeling neck due to its thickness, especially closer to the nut while the Z-series basses are thinner in profile and a bit more 'modern' feeling to me.

I'm always leery to 'qualify' Sheldon's basses vertically in terms of overall quality because I think they turn out a great bass in all price points and styles. Also, as we know specs are liable to change as are options. The AB which used to be the 'entry level' is decidedly not entry level any more in any of it's forms or formats. Even the Combustions are probably best not thought of as 'entry level' for most people at this time (what with the NG series around).

I always thought of the AB as 'saving' some of the premium by not being quite as sculpted as the Z series in the body radiusing, therefore not quite taking as much time and handwork, and some other similar things, like the neck is a bit thicker, dispensing with the need for the graphite reinforcement of the neck that the Z's require due to their very thin neck profile...but when you get down to it, the shop reaches the same level of fit and finish and quality to the end product. This discounts the tonal differences between models as well...all preferences and choices rather than good/bad. I'll also point that the AB series has a wonderful design to it aesthetically that is certainly no lesser than the Z or Prima.

Here's me this weekend, working on my project of removing the finish from the back of my Rastaburst neck one show (big or small) at a time...

Had someone come up to me and say "I've never seen a bass like that...Why do you have 5 strings?" So you know it's a traditional venue. I pointed out that this wasn't the 'strangest thing' about my bass. ;)
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Nice!

You could have just said the 5th string is a thumb rest.. for the crooked ass frets.. I don't know, it does take a long time to answer! Next time, try answering the crooked fret question without any reference to a piano. I dare you!

Edit: I've been looking at the specs of a Z3 and what I ended up getting (an ABxxx). Aside from body shape, really what's the difference? I do see something about the neck in there... And the pickups aren't in the same spot...

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Wow, I told the guy I wanted the serial # so I could verify the specs. His response was to paste the specs from the listing...this is just sad. He has no reason not to give me the serial, and the fact that he is being dodgy is suspicious. Like, the bass is in England. It would be stupid NOT to verify everything. Dude must not want to sell.
 
#10,636
eveilleu said:
Nice!

You could have just said the 5th string is a thumb rest.. for the crooked ass frets.. I don't know, it does take a long time to answer! Next time, try answering the crooked fret question without any reference to a piano. I dare you!

Edit: I've been looking at the specs of a Z3 and what I ended up getting (an ABxxx). Aside from body shape, really what's the difference? I do see something about the neck in there... And the pickups aren't in the same spot...

Eric
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The Z3's use dual density bodies. I think the pickups on some might be different too...they might have Super Fatties. I don't know much about SF's, are they considered to be a tier higher than FD-3's?
 
#10,638
eveilleu said:
Nice!

You could have just said the 5th string is a thumb rest.. for the crooked ass frets.. I don't know, it does take a long time to answer! Next time, try answering the crooked fret question without any reference to a piano. I dare you!

Edit: I've been looking at the specs of a Z3 and what I ended up getting (an ABxxx). Aside from body shape, really what's the difference? I do see something about the neck in there... And the pickups aren't in the same spot...

Eric
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Now, you see... here's where I'm smart. I'm going to tell you that you need to check the individual bass and/or talk to Sheldon and the shop about it. In one day and age, you could pretty much point to specific features of each model (soft maple then alder for AB1's, walnut AB2's etc, Z's were ash)...but now there's so much float in spec for AB's you seem to see a little bit of everything. Same for electronics. The 'traditional' AB was passive, while Z's were active. That doesn't necessarily hold true anymore. In terms of feel, I'd say that AB's have a more traditional feeling neck (albeit with compound radius and profile) and the body is a bit thicker.
 
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Bassheart365 said:
So, my Monique preamp came a few weeks ago. This is my new rig: Monique + Crown Audio Pro-lite 2.0 DSP (with bridge output) + my Greenboy Fearless 115 cab. Sonic perfection achieved at last!

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That's the cute little baby version of what I use: Dingwall Voodoo/Zebra into Monique rackmount into Peavey IPR2-3000-DSP into fEARful 15/6+15sub.

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