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Dingwall Owners Club
- Thread starter FroggyOne2
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Is it rude to ask a person to wash their hands before playing your bass ??????!
I took my Dingwalls to @bebass 's booth at a guitar show last year to help raise Dingwall awareness. There were some amazed players after I let them play one. 
That's what I'm worried about, I have never seen anyone in my area playing a Dingwall, and I know every bass player and more are going to want to try mine. I don't wanna come off as a prick, but hey.........it's a Dingwall!!!!!!!
I haven't had anyone ask at a gig, but the thing to me is that it's not just the value, the money, it's that these are one of a kind instruments. You don't just run to the store to replace them.
I'm not a germophobe, but who knows if they were just eating barbeque wings or whatever. I also have a nice Taylor acoustic that every one wants to play, but I like to make the strings last as long as possible so please wash hands first !!!!!!That might be worse than just saying no.
This is partly why I bought @BurningSkies AB1 used. It is a BEAUTIFUL bass, but it wasn't brand new pristine. It had been played, and I felt no stress playing it out when I first got it.
That's what I'd like to say, but I figure nobody would agree to wash their hands, so it ends up just being easier to say "no."
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That's what a big sink and soap and a nice towel is for. I didn't realize they were to be used for anything else. Was I wrong? I have a big sign that says Wash & Dry Hands before Touching Basses!!! Just kidding, but it IS an idea.
It's always a bit touchy when someone asks to try a bass. My hands don't sweat and are not acidic so my strings can last a long long time. I've had some people completely kill my strings after a couple of songs. It's like throwing $30 -$40 away and you cannot pickup (extra long scale) Dingwall strings - or others that will fit - at any corner store.
Precisely why I keep 2 or 3 sets of Payson strings on hand at all times. I even have a set of Dingwall strings just in case I get in a real bind. If I put a new set of strings on, another set is already on order. I generally change all of my strings at the same time, so I order 3 or 4 sets at a go.
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Not at all.
I personally don't care as my hands are very caustic to strings so I'm changing them all the time regardless, literally every gig and sometimes even multiple times a session, but someone who only changes strings once a year has every reason to want Greesypalms McGee to stay far away.
My basses that go on tour see a lot of heavy use, I replaced all of the guts (pots, rotary, switches and jack) on my SJ recently as all of the sweat had finally killed it dead during gig, so I'm not really concerned about dings either...no pun intended
We haven't had a TB gtg down here in the Columbia River gorge the past couple years. It's been too long.
I loved showing off the Dingwalls with the fEarfuls. Anyone was welcome to get over their fanned fret fears.
Our weekly blues jam also went extinct, and I miss sharing the stoke at jam nights. Anyone I'd seen at a few jams was likely to ask questions and I'd let them take it for a spin.
Only once in the past few years have I said "no." I didn't know the guys, they seemed kind of half assed on what they wanted to do, so, no. I got up and played with them instead. A fun sort of mayhem ensued. Jam nights can have you chasing lots of foul balls.
In return, I've been allowed to fondle Ritters, Foderas, Sadowskys, and many other exotic high dollars basses. And played with some stellar and not so stellar players.
I loved showing off the Dingwalls with the fEarfuls. Anyone was welcome to get over their fanned fret fears.
Our weekly blues jam also went extinct, and I miss sharing the stoke at jam nights. Anyone I'd seen at a few jams was likely to ask questions and I'd let them take it for a spin.
Only once in the past few years have I said "no." I didn't know the guys, they seemed kind of half assed on what they wanted to do, so, no. I got up and played with them instead. A fun sort of mayhem ensued. Jam nights can have you chasing lots of foul balls.
In return, I've been allowed to fondle Ritters, Foderas, Sadowskys, and many other exotic high dollars basses. And played with some stellar and not so stellar players.
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I am inviting any of you guys who feel like a road or air trip (our airport is REAL easy) to attend the Four State Guitar Show in Springfield, Missouri in April Link Removed
I will have a booth there and ya'll are welcome to hang out and as far as I know we will be the only vendor representing Dingwalls as well as the only high end bass specialties store. But the show is interesting and has a ton of stuff of just about any brand with several custom build vendors and tons of vintage gear. Anyone willing to work my booth I can get up to 6 people in free. If looking for a specific vintage guitar you may can find one here.
I will have a booth there and ya'll are welcome to hang out and as far as I know we will be the only vendor representing Dingwalls as well as the only high end bass specialties store. But the show is interesting and has a ton of stuff of just about any brand with several custom build vendors and tons of vintage gear. Anyone willing to work my booth I can get up to 6 people in free. If looking for a specific vintage guitar you may can find one here.
Heh, yeah. I think Charlie normally put that together, but he's been busy with his own passions of late. I think my event is the only one in the PacNW right now. If you can, you should swing up when it happens. A few people from the Portland area make the trek, as well as Idaho. But, it's a heck of a long haul for a few hours of bass hang
Anybody else have a XXX pickup config with passive electronics, Z3 rotary switch and toggles?
How do you like the Z3 switch?
I found that position #2 where the middle and neck pickups are wired in series is not exactly practical for me due to the increase in volume it introduces compared to position # 3 (neck+bridge in parallel). One can bring the output down by switching the pickup coils to parallel. But I'd rather get another tone by just flipping the rotary switch and leaving everything else as is, without having to adjust the gain on the amp, or my playing, to a different output level.
So I took out the Z3 switch and replaced it by a 3x4 rotary switch and wired it like this:
1 = M/B parallel
2 = N/M/B parallel
3 = N/B parallel
4 = N
Now the output doesn't jump up any more when I switch positions. I also dumped the "bridge only" option because I never used it anyway. I particularly like the "all on" position because it's somewhere in the middle, tonewise, delivering more mids than "N+B" and more lows than "M+B".
The change only cost me a simple 3x4 rotary switch and half an hour soldering work and now I'm happier than ever with my AB2!
What rotary did you use? The Dingwall rotary pickup selector or from a different company?
Is a new rotary selector the only way to have all three pickups on at the same time? Is it possible to do this with Dingwalls old pickup selector?
