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Dingwall Owners Club
- Thread starter FroggyOne2
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- Sep 3, 2006
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WOW! I was just admiring one of these and thinking of this color - perhaps it was sent to the wrong address; here, let me PM you the correct address to forward it to!
Just kidding, that is one Gorgeous bass!
This is true. I replaced my parallel wired neck pup for a p-tone, and it mosdef shifted the tone of the bass overall. It makes the neck solo very "p" like, and the parallel setting sound very pj-esque. One thing I did was lower the p-tone in height wrt the bridge, so they balance better. Needless to say, the series wired p-tone is significantly louder than the parallel wired bridge. Because my ABZ has a Glock pre, I find it makes it possible to get back closely to the original tone. To me, the p-tone makes the bass more versatile (expands the palette) and if you have a a good preamp, you really don't give up much if anything, that you would have had with the parallel wired neck pup. YMMV.
Thanks all, this bass turned out far more amazing than I anticipated. Reference an above post, there are too many choices! First world problems. The 3x pickups with switches is THE ticket. Like having 4 different basses in one.
I'm very happy with my Combustion, but one odd thing I noticed is that I had to raise the B string up appreciably higher than the other strings to keep it from clacking on the strings when I play busy lines involving the B string. It may be my technique, but I don't think that's the sole culprit. I had been hoping that the extra scale length and added tension on the B would keep it nice and firm, but that didn't seem to be the case for me.
So, have any other Combustion owners/players noticed a B string issue similar to this, or is it just me and/or this particular bass?
So, have any other Combustion owners/players noticed a B string issue similar to this, or is it just me and/or this particular bass?
That's what I love about my ABIxxx. The switches really give you any option. It's the closest bass I've owned to doing it all.
Congrats!
- Sep 3, 2006
- 4,358
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- Authorized dealer for Dingwall, Genzler, Phil Jones Bass, Cort, Traynor, Yorkville Sound
Drop dead gorgeous happened! I dig blue basses, transparent or otherwise. I also concur that Sheldon's redbursts are drool-worthy.
I went with darkglass pre, and NO REGRETS. It is almost like having a boost pedal and I love where the freq points are adjustable at. My ABI and ABII will be up for sale.
- Sep 3, 2006
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The Darkglass is the cat's meow for many types of tonality and I think the freq point choice is spot on. That is almost the exact bass I was building on paper.
The B string on my Combustion blends in better with the other strings than on any bass guitar I've owned.
- Sep 3, 2006
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- Authorized dealer for Dingwall, Genzler, Phil Jones Bass, Cort, Traynor, Yorkville Sound
I totally gave up on 5-string years ago due to this issue as I never found one to my liking. Then I got in a Combustion and a NG2 5-string. Totally changed my opinion as these are spot on. I would say the fellow above with the problem should check nut groove depth, saddle height, truss, or even just switch strings (do this first) as the ones I had were perfect.
Already put new Dingwall strings on it, addressed the truss rod issues I had when I first got it (used - I'm sure a factory-fresh bass wouldn't have a problem) and raised the saddle height to get the B string a little more clearance.
Might be the nut, I guess?
BurningSkies
CRAZY BALDHEAD
- Feb 20, 2005
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Something is going on. Have you talked with anyone at Dingwall about it? That would be a good early step. I've owned 3 Dingwalls and even the most finicky necked of all of them never had a similar problem. If I run into buzz it's from trying to keep the neck flat and it's almost always on the G side of the neck.
