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Tonycarlson said:
Yikes! Glad it didn't turn into a major disaster. That stuff scares the crap out if me. I don't know if I'd ever recover if something like that happened while I was out and my two dogs were home. My two Dingwalls may be one of a kind, but at least they don't feel pain.
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I know right. It does make you reevaluate EVERYTHING.
Maybe I should put a dog door in. Doubt they'd be smart enough to use it. Probably just hide in the basement. Maybe my next house will have stone interior walls?? I dunno but crap......
 
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#14,542
BuffaloBob4343 said:
oh crap. :jawdrop: Glad you were able to minimize the damage. I don't blame you for grabbing the extinguisher. In a moment like that, better to be safe than sorry! Better start the investigation ASAP though, as you may have a suicidal arsonist fish on your hands!:laugh:
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I think it's the pleco. He's always coming up to the top right under that spot, then he whirls around and splashes water out. Little dickhead!!!

Ugh.
 
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AB Nate said:
View attachment 1038778 View attachment 1038781 Well. I had a bit of a start this am. Who all has fish tanks here?

We do. And apparently the light has had enough!!!!

So it caught fire this morning.....
luckily while we were all starting our day and not an hour later after we had left the house.
I probably should have put a wet towel over it but naturally went for the extinguisher instead. So instead of just plastic soot every where we now also have the powder from the extinguisher.
Anywho.... disaster averted but I tell ya the first thing that went through my mouth mind was.... MY DINGWALLS!!! As my SJ is hanging on he wall 20' away.

The flames where as tall as the (probably dead now) bamboo sticking out of the tank. And with the cedar walls behind I think we wouldn't have had a house 20 min later.

Family and pets were ok..... besides the fish. Hopefully they will be ok. Lots of clean up left but the tank is skimmed, the SJ is cleaned and off to work now. What a good feeling to be leaving your house(with now a small case of electrical fire paranoia).

So I just thought I'd post this hear as a friendly reminder to all my fellow dingwallians...... heck!!!! Actually I don't even know how this could have been prevented. But I guess the reminder is electricity can be a batch and maybe think twice about shotty connections( although this was the fixture not the connection.....).

Good morning to me :0.
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I'm glad it didn't turn out any worse than it did! I do have an aquarium with a fluorescent tube light. Do you have any idea what caused the (non-Dingwall) combustion?
 
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You know I just keep going back in my head to " an hour later and we might of lost everything. Especially our dogs."

Crazy stuff. Makes a guy think
 
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AB Nate said:
Sure. Hopefully some beautiful rainbow fish too. We have 3 generations and they should be spawning again soon.

I tell you what though. One thing we don't have a shortage of is fire extinguishers and I am now very happy about this fact.
2 brother in laws that have tickets in fire suppression systems. ;)
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You just made me decide to go and get a couple of freshies. I just realized that mine are about 15 years old.
 
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I had lost a house (the house I grew up in, no less) to a fire. Complete, total loss. Pretty much the only thing that made it out were the family, and the pets (because my mother and I stupidly ran back in for the dogs). Glad yours didn't go down that route Nate. It's something that stays with you for many years. I still have some things that I double/triple check, which I didn't before the fire.
 
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Hello, does anyone have experience adding a J pickup to a Super P? I'd also like to add a switch so I could run each pickup on its own or together in series or parallel. I do not want to do it myself, so not sure if this is something Sheldon and Co. can/would do at the shop or if I could buy the pickup and find someone to do it locally. Thanks for any input...interested to hear your experiences/advice on this.
 
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bebass said:
How many of you guys have an ABHS? Are you happy with the weight?
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No experience with the ABHS, but some of those look amazing.
natbers78 said:
Hello, does anyone have experience adding a J pickup to a Super P? I'd also like to add a switch so I could run each pickup on its own or together in series or parallel. I do not want to do it myself, so not sure if this is something Sheldon and Co. can/would do at the shop or if I could buy the pickup and find someone to do it locally. Thanks for any input...interested to hear your experiences/advice on this.
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I think there was a blue one for sale used just a few months ago that started life as a P and had a J added. I'll see if I can dig the ad up later today.

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It was either this one, or one that was similar to it:
SOLD - Dingwall Super J(PJ)
 
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#14,556
natbers78 said:
Hello, does anyone have experience adding a J pickup to a Super P? I'd also like to add a switch so I could run each pickup on its own or together in series or parallel. I do not want to do it myself, so not sure if this is something Sheldon and Co. can/would do at the shop or if I could buy the pickup and find someone to do it locally. Thanks for any input...interested to hear your experiences/advice on this.
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I believe @MDBass had this procedure done by one of the guys at Nordstrand.
 
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natbers78 said:
Hello, does anyone have experience adding a J pickup to a Super P? I'd also like to add a switch so I could run each pickup on its own or together in series or parallel. I do not want to do it myself, so not sure if this is something Sheldon and Co. can/would do at the shop or if I could buy the pickup and find someone to do it locally. Thanks for any input...interested to hear your experiences/advice on this.
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Yep, I did exactly this, including the the 4-way rotary selector.

Sheldon and the shop are WAY too busy to do that for you, but a competent tech/luthier should be able to handle the route and install.

I had @maurilio from Nordstrand handle mine, as well as the 3X install on my NG-2, and couldn't recommend him more highly.
 
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MDBass said:
Yep, I did exactly this, including the the 4-way rotary selector.

Sheldon and the shop are WAY too busy to do that for you, but a competent tech/luthier should be able to handle the route and install.

I had @maurilio from Nordstrand handle mine, as well as the 3X install on my NG-2, and couldn't recommend him more highly.
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+1

I asked the DW shop about this in the past. They offered to sell me a kit including the FD3 pickup, 4-way switch, new pickguard, and a CNC template. I never followed through b/c I was fortunate enough to score a used SPJ5. Otherwise there would have been another one in the world. Highly recommend adding the FD3!
 
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Selta said:
No experience with the ABHS, but some of those look amazing.

I think there was a blue one for sale used just a few months ago that started life as a P and had a J added. I'll see if I can dig the ad up later today.

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It was either this one, or one that was similar to it:
SOLD - Dingwall Super J(PJ)
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Yes, I've inquired about that one, but wasn't able to strike a deal. Beautiful bass though! Thanks.
 

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