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#14,562
I don't know if I posted this here... been spending a little more time in my home "studio" lately. The room isn't at all finished, but I have two albums I'm actively working on for two bands, two more in the pipe coming, and some demo-y kind of stuff for some of the products I use.

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That's my trusty ol Afterburner 1. I swapped the guts with Pi (blue AB1), so this one now has the P-tone. Fractal Audio AX8 used for live, and Axe-Fx II used for tracking. Still super, super happy with the Payon strings, as you can probably tell from the stack of them :D
 
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#14,564
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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Dingwall likely wouldn't do it at the shop but if you really want it done by a Dingwall employee my tech used to work there. Additionally, if you would like the guy who Sheldon will likely refer you to, I've got his number too. That being said, I would just get done locally from somebody with a good reputation. You would spend more just shipping it here than you would getting the route done.
 
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#14,566
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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Scary stuff dude.
 
#14,567
Ditto, glad it wasn't more serious. We had a dryer combust electrical issue, I had an electrical fire estinguisher so all was well. I had 2 Yorkies, if we hadn't been home don't think they would have found the doggie door. Now, we don't leave anything running when we leave the house (washer, dryer, dishwasher, etc.).
 
#14,571
Selta said:
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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I'm also glad it didn't go down that route either. I do agree. These experiences have a lingering effect indeed.......
poooh. Like the fart grey dog just let loose. OMG!!! She can be so rank when she's nervous.

I woulda ran in for the dogs too!!! Then the dingwalls!!!
Not joking!
 
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AB Nate said:
I'm also glad it didn't go down that route either. I do agree. These experiences have a lingering effect indeed.......
poooh. Like the fart grey dog just let loose. OMG!!! She can be so rank when she's nervous.

I woulda ran in for the dogs too!!! Then the dingwalls!!!
Not joking!
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Quite often, if I'm out at a campground and have a fire, or a firepit, or whatever, I catch a scent that instantly takes me back, and I almost relive the entire night in just a few moments - the sights, sounds, smell, feelings... it all comes right back. If nothing else, that smell has stuck with me, and I can't imagine it going away.

While I like to think I was a good person for running back in, it was tremendously stupid, and I would not at all consider doing it for an instrument. Everything you hear about those situations is spot on. Your own house, that you grew up in, turns into something entirely unrecognizable and hellish. You get turned around, can't see, the smoke envelopes you and even getting low still gets in your eyes and sucked in with every breath. For a pet, I'd do it again. For a bass, no way at all.
 
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Selta said:
Quite often, if I'm out at a campground and have a fire, or a firepit, or whatever, I catch a scent that instantly takes me back, and I almost relive the entire night in just a few moments - the sights, sounds, smell, feelings... it all comes right back. If nothing else, that smell has stuck with me, and I can't imagine it going away.

While I like to think I was a good person for running back in, it was tremendously stupid, and I would not at all consider doing it for an instrument. Everything you hear about those situations is spot on. Your own house, that you grew up in, turns into something entirely unrecognizable and hellish. You get turned around, can't see, the smoke envelopes you and even getting low still gets in your eyes and sucked in with every breath. For a pet, I'd do it again. For a bass, no way at all.
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Ive unfortunately been around toxic fumes and smoke far more then any human should.

It's not good stuff.
Again.... dog farts may be worse.
 
#14,575
Oooo. Just scored this off eBay. My second ABZ 5 3X. This one has maple/wenge and the series/ parallel pickup switches. I was lusting after the Z3 in the classifieds but just couldn't swing it.


NBD coming!
 
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A question to you folks. Has anyone swapped necks between Afterburners?

The trans black ABZ 5 3x with a maple/wenge neck that I just purchased has the series/parallel pickup switches. I wish my trans blue ABZ 5 3x had them. My trans blue has the wenge/wenge neck with Luminlay side and front dots which I really like. Am I nuts to swap the necks? I would have a local luthier do the swap and setup.

Since I enjoy buying and selling basses on TB, would you buy a used Dingwall from a TB'r who disclosed such a swap?
 
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ustabawannab said:
A question to you folks. Has anyone swapped necks between Afterburners?

The trans black ABZ 5 3x with a maple/wenge neck that I just purchased has the series/parallel pickup switches. I wish my trans blue ABZ 5 3x had them. My trans blue has the wenge/wenge neck with Luminlay side and front dots which I really like. Am I nuts to swap the necks? I would have a local luthier do the swap and setup.

Since I enjoy buying and selling basses on TB, would you buy a used Dingwall from a TB'r who disclosed such a swap?
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I wouldn't buy a modded bass for the same price as a stock one but that's just my personal opinion. I don't think it's a big deal and probably would consider it myself if I were in your shoes but...... I personally don't want somebody else's frankenbass. And this coming from a guy who defretted a one of a kind bass. Lol. Although I have posted it for approximately 60% of what I paid. Soooo.......

All that said, I guess if it's a $10000 bass I strongly feel this way. If it's a $800 bass not nearly as much.
What ever you do. Congrats on the new bass. ;)
 
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AB Nate said:
All that said, I guess if it's a $10000 bass I strongly feel this way. If it's a $800 bass not nearly as much.
What ever you do. Congrats on the new bass. ;)
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Thanks.
Sorry to hear about the fish tank fire. Glad things weren't worse. I have two dogs home alone. That's always in the back of my mind. We never leave our clothes dryer running or automatically preheat an oven when we're not home.
 
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ustabawannab said:
A question to you folks. Has anyone swapped necks between Afterburners?

The trans black ABZ 5 3x with a maple/wenge neck that I just purchased has the series/parallel pickup switches. I wish my trans blue ABZ 5 3x had them. My trans blue has the wenge/wenge neck with Luminlay side and front dots which I really like. Am I nuts to swap the necks? I would have a local luthier do the swap and setup.

Since I enjoy buying and selling basses on TB, would you buy a used Dingwall from a TB'r who disclosed such a swap?
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I doubt you would have any issues swapping the necks between two ABZ's. I'm sure you could do it yourself! Probably wouldn't even need much more than a tweak in set up either. I also don't think that would bother any potential buyers as well. I Suppose there might be some people who are anal retentive about having only the neck that came with the bass, but I would imagine that most potential buyers would be fine with it, especially if they like the newer combination you've created with the swap.
 
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