Dingwall Owners Club

[Blues Cat]

Nice rig, Selta. ^

 

[Selta]

Nice rig, Selta. ^

Thanks! Rocking your strings on both basses! When I have time to sit down and write out a review, I will. I hope to do it this week, now that I've played a few shows with different bands with them on

 

[Blues Cat]

Thanks! Rocking your strings on both basses! When I have time to sit down and write out a review, I will. I hope to do it this week, now that I've played a few shows with different bands with them on

Cool. Is that a mid on the top of your cab, or a tweeter?

 

[Selta]

Cool. Is that a mid on the top of your cab, or a tweeter?

Do you mean in the ThunderChild itself? The ThunderChild has a Faital 18FH500 18" driver and a compression driver + horn, with a switchable voice. It also has four ports on the rear that can be plugged/unplugged to change the cab's tuning! It's "high fi" or "studio monitor" like setup, or also known as "Full Range, Flat Response" (that's what we call them in the modeling world). A direct competitor would be the fEarful offerings. I've spent a good bit of time A/B'ing the two, and the AudioKinesis cab just comes out on top for a number of reasons for me.

If you mean the cab on top of the rack, it's an Ampeg SVT210, used for violin monitoring.

 

[Selta]

Paging @DukeLeJeune as he can speak to the technicals of the ThunderChild better than I. He did design and build it afterall .

 

[calypsocoral302]

Help me! My sleep-deprived mind is threatening to violate everything I stand for as a bass player!!!!!

I have always considered Dingwalls to be "niche" basses-- attractive body shape, yes, but with a funky fanned-fret thing going on. Ultimately, they were just "tame" enough that I have been able to dismiss them.

Then, just tonight, I was surfing on Bass Central and saw THIS:
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I have no idea why, but I think it looks. Absolutely. Badass. I kinda hope they do one in a purple reminiscent of Mopar's "Plum Crazy"...

The one thing that has me scratching my head, though, is the pickup arrangement-- is this meant to be their take on an MM setup? That's what comes to mind, since it would be pretty hard to do a single MM-style pickup with the multi-scale format.

Secondly, does anyone know a retailer who may have one of these to try out? I'd like to see exactly how easy or difficult it would actually be to adapt to a multi-scale layout.

 

[CL400Peavey]

Help me! My sleep-deprived mind is threatening to violate everything I stand for as a bass player!!!!!

I have always considered Dingwalls to be "niche" basses-- attractive body shape, yes, but with a funky fanned-fret thing going on. Ultimately, they were just "tame" enough that I have been able to dismiss them.

Then, just tonight, I was surfing on Bass Central and saw THIS:
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I have no idea why, but I think it looks. Absolutely. Badass. I kinda hope they do one in a purple reminiscent of Mopar's "Plum Crazy"...

The one thing that has me scratching my head, though, is the pickup arrangement-- is this meant to be their take on an MM setup? That's what comes to mind, since it would be pretty hard to do a single MM-style pickup with the multi-scale format.

Secondly, does anyone know a retailer who may have one of these to try out? I'd like to see exactly how easy or difficult it would actually be to adapt to a multi-scale layout.

There is a ton written about the NG-2 both here, and on the Dingwall forum. Sheldon has produced a stacked bridge bass for a while in the Z2, but this is the combustion based take on that. Pick ups are wired with the same 4 way selector as the standard combustion giving you bridge, parallel, series, and "neck" options. The NG-s also has the Darkglass pre amp.

I opted for a combustion, as I wanted a rosewood fret board and transblack finish. Oh and I added a third pick up, and upgraded the pre from the EMG to the darkglass.

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[BurningSkies]

So this showed up in my email on Friday from Sheldon. I'm really psyched about it.

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We've discussed how I was looking to put a pair of FD-3's into the original Voodoo Prima I adopted from Steven Gibson back in January. The bass feels fantastic but I just wasn't loving the original Bartolini pickups, and they weren't compatible with the 'modern 4-way switch.

I spoke with Nordstrand, who currently makes/markets/sells aftermarket FD3's and got the cold shoulder because they couldn't figure out the odd pickup shape/size and didn't think they could fit the coils in that size. I messaged Sheldon, who looked into the situation and thought he COULD fit them in, if the shop had the time to do it. I sent some pictures with tape measure...and I didn't realize it at the time, but the Dingwall FD-3 4-string pickups were a match. He managed to squeeze FD-3 coils into the shells (a good deal smaller than the current 5-string shells...

I also really love the shape/branding on these now 'old school' Dingwall pickup shells. It's the same style that was on my AB and I've always thought they looked and feel (my thumb anchors in the 'corner made by string and picukp) really fantastic.

 

[CL400Peavey]

As much as I love the way the combustion pick ups sound. I agree that those shells are my preference.

 

[BurningSkies]

As much as I love the way the combustion pick ups sound. I agree that those shells are my preference.

Isn't it weird? Sometimes it's the little things, the radiusing of the edges, etc.

I've been holding off packing my 'tools' into our storage unit for this kind of eventuality...My wife and I have just purchased an 'oversized gear storage unit' and close on it June 6th...and we're out of our apartment mid-May so my life is in a bit of a logistical mess right now. The good news is that I'll soon be able to practice at home with an amplifier for the first time in close to two decades.

And for the halibut, here's the bass in question:

 

[CL400Peavey]

Im glad you made the bass work for you. I really wanted to make the Z1 work out, but the Barts just are not my thing.

 

[BurningSkies]

Im glad you made the bass work for you. I really wanted to make the Z1 work out, but the Barts just are not my thing.

That one might have been easy... If you liked the feel of the bass enough. But I can never do things the easy way. I'm super interested to hear this one through the FD3's... Really hear the bass talk. This one is a more challenging taskmaster for technique but worth being a bit more precise.

 

[Deadsound]

Isn't it weird? Sometimes it's the little things, the radiusing of the edges, etc.

I've been holding off packing my 'tools' into our storage unit for this kind of eventuality...My wife and I have just purchased an 'oversized gear storage unit' and close on it June 6th...and we're out of our apartment mid-May so my life is in a bit of a logistical mess right now. The good news is that I'll soon be able to practice at home with an amplifier for the first time in close to two decades.

And for the halibut, here's the bass in question:

I'm doing the same thing, but will be in the new place about the time you're out of your apartment. It has lots of storage space. You know, if you need a safe place to keep your dingwalls

 

[J Posega]

I'm doing the same thing, but will be in the new place about the time you're out of your apartment. It has lots of storage space. You know, if you need a safe place to keep your dingwalls

No, see, you guys can both store your gear at my house, since, you know, I'm not in the midst of moving.

 

[Deadsound]

No, see, you guys can both store your gear at my house, since, you know, I'm not in the midst of moving.

Well if we're gonna fight about who gets what, dibs on the Monique!

 

[BuffaloBob4343]

That one might have been easy... If you liked the feel of the bass enough. But I can never do things the easy way. I'm super interested to hear this one through the FD3's... Really hear the bass talk. This one is a more challenging taskmaster for technique but worth being a bit more precise.

I'm looking forward to your review as well. I am seriously thinking about the FD3 retrofit for my Voodoo Prima, although mine would be a lot easier because I have standard sized shells that Nordstrand carries in stock.

BTW, are you going to replace the Bart pre as well?

 

[CL400Peavey]

I'm looking forward to your review as well. I am seriously thinking about the FD3 retrofit for my Voodoo Prima, although mine would be a lot easier because I have standard sized shells that Nordstrand carries in stock.

BTW, are you going to replace the Bart pre as well?

I think he went with an Aguilar Pre already.

 

[groovaholic]

It's kinda funny; despite the mods I've done on my bass, it still has the original Bartolini pickups and preamp.

If I used my onboard EQ, I might feel compelled to update my preamp -- the EQ points in the Bartolini pre are skewed towards a scooped tone that I don't like -- but I do most of my tone shaping by pickup selection, and the Bart pickups are kinda middy.

So the combination works well--especially with the Bartolinis hardwired in series and P-Tone in P-bass position.

 

[MDBass]

I put the Luminlay 3mm side dots in my AB-1 six string. About $35 and a couple hours install time.

Two hours to remove the neck, drill the old marker dots, super glue in a section of Luminlay rod, trim and repeat for each position. Sanded smooth the ends, dressed some frets, reinstalled the neck and did a string change and set up.

One rod did the bass with a bit left over.

Super easy. And a ton of fun. I bought the little led light charger. I loved the results. I always wanted led markers, but in real life they are a bit on the brash side. The Luminlay is a nice glow.

Love the Luminlays on both my Super J and AB.

They come in really handy on pitch black stages

 

[MDBass]

I'm not sure how close they are to starting it, I placed my order in February

It's unlikely they've started any of the work yet.

Can't hurt to reach and out and see if it's a possibility