Some japanese shop (I think?) recorded samples of two Z3s - one with FD3 and one with Super Fatties.
That's the closes thing to a direct comparison of the pickups I've seen. Thought some of you might be interested.
Agh. Links didn't work...
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Some japanese shop (I think?) recorded samples of two Z3s - one with FD3 and one with Super Fatties.
That's the closes thing to a direct comparison of the pickups I've seen. Thought some of you might be interested.
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They worked for me as well and I'm in the same city as Nate. Thanks for finding those, eloann. I've been curious for a while what the differences were. I think I need to play those through better speakers and toggle between YouTube Windows to better compare each clip to its opposite version.Where are you located? I'm in the US and it worked fine for me.
Where are you located? I'm in the US and it worked fine for me.
The Orange is becoming my favorite color of the NG2's.Yeah, when I saw the Orange 4 string at NAMM I remember thinking, "that's the one!". Be interesting to spend some time with it in the privacy of my own home. Heck, even saved a pic of it on my phone:
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That is the EXACT bass I have on order! I saw that Vintage Burst and immediately said, "Yeah, that is beautiful"!If I were sitting on a pile of gold like Smaug's, I'd get up off of my fat dragon butt and ask Sheldon nicely to build me one like this:
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His "vintage burst" rocks!!!
The Orange is becoming my favorite color of the NG2's.
That is the EXACT bass I have on order! I saw that Vintage Burst and immediately said, "Yeah, that is beautiful"!
At this point, if it presells, either.I'm curious - did you order with or without pick guard?
Payson is coming out with a line of flats - I know he was doing pre-orders not long ago, though I'm not sure what the latest news is (I don't play flats, so I didn't pay close attention to it).
I just put a set of these on my SPJ5 and really like the rich focused tone they have.
Are there any plans to add flatwounds to the Dingwall line of strings?
I've been on a transcribing spree lately. Here's Opeth's and Periphery's latest singles both played on my Super P through the Line 6 Helix (Sorceress is a stock SVT patch ; Marigold is a custom one)
Tab links (GP5 & PDF) are in the Youtube comments.
Nice. Do you use the Helix live or just for recording?
I just put a set of these on my SPJ5 and really like the rich focused tone they have.
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Are there any plans to add flatwounds to the Dingwall line of strings?
NG2 has arrived. Bass sounds awesome and Happychicken set the bass up beautifully before he shipped it (a little too beuatifully, I probably need to bring the action up a bit). Things that surprise me so far:
1. While only a four string, the neck feels beefier than my Super PJ5
2. Definitely prefer the sound when active, but the actual tone tweaks aren't adding a whole lot for my use
In general I bought this as I'd been wanting to try out an NG2 since they came out and I've been thinking I need to go back to a 4 string as my main insturment, so it'll be interesting to see how well I ultimately get along with this.
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