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Dingwall Owners Club

#1,761
groovaholic said:
Number please?!?!
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That AB-II is a real beauty. Congrats!

Oh, talking about numbers:

@ Burning skies: you may replace Area's name with mine, since i bought the AB-I from him. So I would be # 104.

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#1,763
Glad to have been of help, Funk. There are these rumors of Paypal coming to Serbia next year, so maybe I'll try them soon :D The massive B string option sounds very interesting, could be fun.
 
#1,765
groovaholic said:
I'm the proud owner of two Afterburners, and the former owner of a Z2.

I got my first Afterburner about 7 years ago, when it wasn't an AB-I, it was an Afterburner 5 (and there was only 1 model of Afterburner).

I got my Z2 about 6 years ago to have a "backup" for the AB, but it quickly turned into my main bass for the band I was in.

Then in April, I traded that Z2 for a beautiful Afterburner II due to my preference for the meatier neck shape and larger variation in tonality between pickups.

Now the AB-II is my "main" bass, although I just played the O.G. at rehearsal tonight and enjoyed the immediacy/attack of the non-chambered body...

Number please?!?!
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Hey Groovaholic I too am surprised it took so long. ;)

Energy said:
That AB-II is a real beauty. Congrats!

Oh, talking about numbers:

@ Burning skies: you may replace Area's name with mine, since i bought the AB-I from him. So I would be # 104.

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Beautiful AB Energy!

Here in Dingwallland we don't ever rescind numbers...once a member of the club, you never leave! :bawl:

FroggyOne2 = Founder
Genocide Roach = 1
Fullrangebass = 2
BuffaloBob4343 = 3
Franco Bollo = 4
RedDavid = 5
Blues Cat = 6
Paul M = 7
JAUQO III-X = 8
xlows = 9
PB+J = 10
Smallmouth_Bass = 11
bassplayinbill = 12
FCM3 = Lucky 13
CanadaMan = 14
SpiritBass = 15
Devilman = 16
LowPhatBass = 17
Bass Viking = 18
BurningSkies = 19
bigbadjonny = 20
metalstorm = 21
The Crusader = 22
tombowlus = 23
Circus = 24
Jedi Bass = 25
Dragonlord = 26
allbass74 = 27
rodneyat = 28
Brim = 29
lkman_4 = 30
dingwbassplayer = 31
thumbslapper = 32
Mudshark23 = 33
chutsk10 = 34
OwO = 35
Folmeister = 36
Benjamin Strange = 37
wuuw = 38
Rich L = 39
Rockbobby = 40
rollerberg2000 = 41
j.weaver = 42
neurotictim = 43
Zooberwerx = 44
MHLakland = 45
Fathand = 46
d-basser = 47
pbass62 = 48
UncleBalsamic = 49
chris.gotfunk = 50
RichC123 = 51
JOEP054 = 52
bass extremes = 53
rob2966 = 54
rnlytton = 55
Wademeister63 = 56
relbling = 57
Bocete = 58
davidjbass = 59
echo008 = 60
dingbass = 61
GlobalHippy = 62
guitarded = 63
boriology101 = 64
The Crusader = 65
oddio = 66
tiny333 = 67
Jefenator = 68
Sheldon D. = 69
Joe Smithberger = 70
Sherwood = 71
Jjango = 72
havuk = 73
evilgus = 74
frootbooty = 75
swpyne = 76
beepo = 77
geggy spoiger = 78
BigWalnut = 79
loungesurfer = 80
Lady Kayri = 81
flyboy320 = 82
RobJeff3 = 83
ErlendDL = 84
IntrepidCellist = 85
bass4worship = 86
larrypcross = 87
lomo = 88
singlemalt = 89
KsPiNeSh = 90
Kleingeld = 91
Polsab78 = 92
TK4108 = 93
Hollywars = 94
Skunk11 = 95
Datsgor = 96
lindseyp = 97
Minty = 98
Chasarms = 99
Scutterflux = 100
rpsands = 101
mattyiop = 102
7string = 103
AREA = 104
Behndy = 105
SpecialBlender = 106
Groovaholic = 107
Energy = 108
 
#1,766
SpecialBlender said:
Thanks for the Number BurningSkies.

Been telling the guys in the band about my "new" Combustion and they were a little skeptical about the whole thing. They were really happy with the sound I was getting from my Yamaha TR5BII and were wondering why I was considering changing it. My wife couldn't understand why I wanted one either.

Had our first practice with it tonight. Just to give it a work out we played a pile of stuff we don't normally play on stage. Started off with some Rodney Crowell, switched to Fats Domino, followed up with some Dire Straits, jammed a good long time to Stormy Monday, some 60's surf music and finished off with some Bluegrass (not the kind you can smoke). Everyone was absolutely blown away with the sound of it. No more questions on why I wanted to change, only why did I wait so long to get one. My wife was totally blown away. First time she has ever commented about the sound of any bass I've ever played and that's after 38 years of her listening to the bands I've played in.

I could not believe the range in sound I could get by merely moving my right hand just in front of the middle pup, over the middle pup (my usual spot) and back to the bridge one. It was like dialing up a total EQ change.

All this from an Dingwall "entry level" bass.

Next stop my ABII.

Sorry for the long post, but my feet still haven't touched the ground.
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I hope you don't mind I copied some of your post and used it in a thread on basschat.co.uk. The reason being I've been putting a lot of thought into what we do and why we feel it's important. Also if you don't mind I'd like to quote it in a video blog.

Here is my response to your copied post.

To me the most significant comment was from his wife - a non-musician. I've been hearing the same thing from our customers for years. The reason I think this is significant is that as a performer (unless you're Victor Wooten), the majority of your audience will be non-musicians. They are the ones we need to connect with to be successful. We need to give the non-musician a reason to leave their computer, gaming system, home theater etc. and come and hear you play. It's become my opinion that the bass player is the most important link in this process.
 
#1,767
Hello, everyone! I will be joining the ranks of the Dingwall Owners Club in 2011. I am hoping to get one in January or February. I'm going to be watching around and hopefully I find a used one for sale in Canada or at least the east coast.

I'm either going with a Combustion or an ABZ, unless I see a deal on a used one I cannot pass up.

The only thing is... I am going to do something to this bass that 98% of you aren't going to like. I'll be using it for a new projecting I'm starting where I plan to record most of the guitar and the bass. It's going to be tuned (low to high) EAEAD. Don't shoot! This bass is going to get a lot of playing. Besides, if I don't like that low E, it'll be set back up for standard.

After a lot of discussion with other people, it's come to the conclusion that the Dingwall would be the best choice for my madness.
 
#1,768
Josh Pelican said:
Hello, everyone! I will be joining the ranks of the Dingwall Owners Club in 2011. I am hoping to get one in January or February. I'm going to be watching around and hopefully I find a used one for sale in Canada or at least the east coast.

I'm either going with a Combustion or an ABZ, unless I see a deal on a used one I cannot pass up.

The only thing is... I am going to do something to this bass that 98% of you aren't going to like. I'll be using it for a new projecting I'm starting where I plan to record most of the guitar and the bass. It's going to be tuned (low to high) EAEAD. Don't shoot! This bass is going to get a lot of playing. Besides, if I don't like that low E, it'll be set back up for standard.

After a lot of discussion with other people, it's come to the conclusion that the Dingwall would be the best choice for my madness.
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Look for a Super J 5 so that you'll have lots of choices dialing in your strings for that tuning.
 
#1,769
Sheldon D. said:
Look for a Super J 5 so that you'll have lots of choices dialing in your strings for that tuning.
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I have to say, every Super J I've ever touched has been insanely great playing and sounding, and I do like the fact that the scale is shorter so there are more string choices.
 
#1,778
Thanks guys! I am excited about it.

Sheldon (or anyone else who has had any experience with these), Is it worth updating the pickups, preamp, and bridge? I'm sort of thinking I might just leave well enough alone but thought I'd see what others have done.

I do have a bunch of the three band Glock pre-amps left over from my GS5 days -- so I could drop one of those in. It's be a bit of pain though as the Glocks have funky shaft sizes...
 
#1,780
Sheldon D. said:
I hope you don't mind I copied some of your post and used it in a thread on basschat.co.uk. The reason being I've been putting a lot of thought into what we do and why we feel it's important. Also if you don't mind I'd like to quote it in a video blog.

Here is my response to your copied post.

To me the most significant comment was from his wife - a non-musician. I've been hearing the same thing from our customers for years. The reason I think this is significant is that as a performer (unless you're Victor Wooten), the majority of your audience will be non-musicians. They are the ones we need to connect with to be successful. We need to give the non-musician a reason to leave their computer, gaming system, home theater etc. and come and hear you play. It's become my opinion that the bass player is the most important link in this process.
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Thank you Seheldon and you are more than welcome to use my giddy blather.

The only issue I have with my Combustion is I now have a new amp going on stage tonight to try out. It has forced me to really pay attention to my total sound package. Difficult to do when I play mostly 100-150 seat rooms (damn economy). Years of complacency washed away by one new guitar, who would have thought.

Keep up the good work Sheldon.

PS: My wife fell over that you took the time to respond to my posting.
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