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It so looks like it'll be worth it, have faith and patience. I remember mine getting to me from Saskatoon to customs back East to Utah a day before we left for an out of state Montana gig. And then a notice of taxes due a couple of weeks later. It is such a fantastic instrument, truly the best I've ever played, that the delay and extra $ were insignificant compared to the joy of ownership. I'm sure you'll experience the same happiness I do every day which continues to be undiminished by times passage.
 
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Thumper said:
It so looks like it'll be worth it, have faith and patience. I remember mine getting to me from Saskatoon to customs back East to Utah a day before we left for an out of state Montana gig. And then a notice of taxes due a couple of weeks later. It is such a fantastic instrument, truly the best I've ever played, that the delay and extra $ were insignificant compared to the joy of ownership. I'm sure you'll experience the same happiness I do every day which continues to be undiminished by times passage.
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Thanks brother.

Well, we may finally have lift off. George got them the docs and she seems to have been satisfied. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I will see it green lighted here tonight for delivery.:nailbiting:
 
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Gabbs said:
The way it's shaped lets it fit any case that fits a Fender P or a J. The world is your oyster.
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So, not to bore people out of their freakin' minds:sleep:, but here's the deal:

Now that the woman handling my shipment at TNT has the necessary paperwork, she has to use that to get a certificate of origin with my name on it! Could take up to three days to get it. Once they have it, then it can be released from Customs.

I promise I won't provide any more updates until I have it in my hands.

Funny. It probably would have been better to have simply paid the $230! I would probably be playing it right now.:rollno::whistle:
 
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Tonycarlson said:
Wow, crazy. Maybe I'm not normal, but I'm enjoying following the saga. That feeling of anticipation for something new can make it torturous.
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Tortuous is the correct adjective. The instrument is less than 375 miles away, and just sitting there in some storage facility waiting to be liberated. It definitely sucks!:cool:

But I'm trying to let go of the frustration as best I can. There are worse problems that I could have. ;)
 
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BuffaloBob4343 said:
Tortuous is the correct adjective. The instrument is less than 375 miles away, and just sitting there in some storage facility waiting to be liberated. It definitely sucks!:cool:

But I'm trying to let go of the frustration as best I can. There are worse problems that I could have. ;)
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If it were me, I would play nothing but a non Dingwall for the next 3 days. It'll be torture, but when you finally get the new one, you'll have have an "experience" worth remembering.
 
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Tonycarlson said:
That's not a problem, that's a solid life choice.
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I have had a Dingwall bass in my arsenal for at least the past 7 years, but always had other basses as well. I never found it difficult to switch back and forth. But over the past 7 years, I have gradually stopped GASsing for conventional parallel fret basses and have only DAS at this point. I have also zeroed in on the fact that it is the long-scale Dingwalls that I am most comfortable playing.

I really and truly have no GAS any more for any other basses. I wanted another AB, because I LOVE LOVE LOVE my ABZ, and so it seemed to make the most sense to have the same platform, but with sufficient differences in woods to provide subtle differences in the tone. I think an alder/wenge AB1 will be a really nice complement to my Ash/Maple ABZ. Maybe some day, I'll have a 6 string ABII 3x and then I'll be done!! :rollno::help::roflmao:
 
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BuffaloBob4343 said:
I have had a Dingwall bass in my arsenal for at least the past 7 years, but always had other basses as well. I never found it difficult to switch back and forth. But over the past 7 years, I have gradually stopped GASsing for conventional parallel fret basses and have only DAS at this point. I have also zeroed in on the fact that it is the long-scale Dingwalls that I am most comfortable playing.

I really and truly have no GAS any more for any other basses. I wanted another AB, because I LOVE LOVE LOVE my ABZ, and so it seemed to make the most sense to have the same platform, but with sufficient differences in woods to provide subtle differences in the tone. I think an alder/wenge AB1 will be a really nice complement to my Ash/Maple ABZ. Maybe some day, I'll have a 6 string ABII 3x and then I'll be done!! :rollno::help::roflmao:
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I think we've had pretty similar experiences. As soon as I picked up my first Dingwall I had a "Well, hell..." moment where I realized it was so perfect that I would soon be selling every other bass I owned. I really have no desire to own anything else either.

I also have just tried to arrange my Dingwall collection to be complimentary. My PJ being swamp ash/maple/wenge and my forthcoming J being alder/walnut/pau ferro. Also FD3 vs Super Fatty. Should be a great duo.
 
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Same for me, I play the SJ5XXX at home and gigs, and the SPJ5 at practice and backup for gigs (but may use it for 1 set). Since the SJ5XXX gets every tone I need, I got as close a match as I could with a used SPJ5 (both ash/maple) since another SJ5XXX would have required a 1 year lead time. I don't recall seeing a used SJ5XXX for sale, the occasional ABI or ABII, but not an SJ5XXX unless it was when mine was being built.

I keep a couple of parallel 4s around, and my Roscoe SKB 3005 has sentimental value, but really only play the Dingwalls, everything else was sold off.
 
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Thumper said:
Same for me, I play the SJ5XXX at home and gigs, and the SPJ5 at practice and backup for gigs (but may use it for 1 set). Since the SJ5XXX gets every tone I need, I got as close a match as I could with a used SPJ5 (both ash/maple) since another SJ5XXX would have required a 1 year lead time. I don't recall seeing a used SJ5XXX for sale, the occasional ABI or ABII, but not an SJ5XXX unless it was when mine was being built.

I keep a couple of parallel 4s around, and my Roscoe SKB 3005 has sentimental value, but really only play the Dingwalls, everything else was sold off.
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Yeah, I don't think an SJ5XXX has hit the used market yet. Probably won't for some time yet. I don't have any parallel basses anymore, but I do have to say the only thing that even comes close to interesting me anymore is a Roscoe. I wouldn't actually do it, since I'd rather have a Dingwall, but I do appreciate their basses.
 
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BuffaloBob4343 said:
So, not to bore people out of their freakin' minds:sleep:, but here's the deal:

Now that the woman handling my shipment at TNT has the necessary paperwork, she has to use that to get a certificate of origin with my name on it! Could take up to three days to get it. Once they have it, then it can be released from Customs.

I promise I won't provide any more updates until I have it in my hands.

Funny. It probably would have been better to have simply paid the $230! I would probably be playing it right now.:rollno::whistle:
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WOW, quite the saga. This is why I only don't like importing into the USA but make an exception with Dingwall due to the quality. I received a bass last week from them, shipping was 2 days but held up by Fish & Wildlife for 3 days and Customs for 2 days. Luckily my customer was patient - but me, not so much. I think Fish & Wildlife was thinking it rosewood. Yet they had the paperwork from Dingwall clearly stating what it was. Grrrr, they don't make it easy. Now I pay the import tax, which pays only a portion of the salary that these folks took up time for nothing.
 
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bebass said:
WOW, quite the saga. This is why I only don't like importing into the USA but make an exception with Dingwall due to the quality. I received a bass last week from them, shipping was 2 days but held up by Fish & Wildlife for 3 days and Customs for 2 days. Luckily my customer was patient - but me, not so much. I think Fish & Wildlife was thinking it rosewood. Yet they had the paperwork from Dingwall clearly stating what it was. Grrrr, they don't make it easy. Now I pay the import tax, which pays only a portion of the salary that these folks took up time for nothing.
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Fish and wildlife? They can't tell the difference between a large-mouth bass and a bass guitar? The government has grown so perverse. They seem to think it is their mission to make it harder to conduct business and complicate our lives beyond all reason. The perverse part is that they are supposed to be our servants and protectors. :rollno:
 
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spiritbass said:
Fish and wildlife? They can't tell the difference between a large-mouth bass and a bass guitar? The government has grown so perverse. They seem to think it is their mission to make it harder to conduct business and complicate our lives beyond all reason. The perverse part is that they are supposed to be our servants and protectors. :rollno:
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Yes, I think it bizarre that they go through both departments. I think the new rosewood law is something they don't understand nor are trained in so it leads to several days of confusion. This was the longest any Dingwall shipment has been held up for me.
 

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