Dingwall Owners Club

[singlemalt]

The Dingwalls set off the fEarful 15/6/1 build. Not many 15" drivers will do what the 3015LF does, and the Dingwalls have an amazingly wide spectrum of usable frequencies.

The B string (tuned down to B flat) never sounded, or felt, this good, and the whole package was like getting a new amp thrown in for free. I never got this much out of the GK 1001 with any other cabs, or any other basses.

The bar has been set quite a bit higher!

 

[FlyLow]

Here is my Dingwall AfterburnerII 5-String. I adore this bass. Been playing a Precision since 1973 and still love it, but Sheldon has opened new doors for me...

Do I get a member number?

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[NaH]

I've been a Dingwall owner for a little while, but haven't had time to dig around this thread (though I frequent the Dingwall forums quite a bit).

Right now I've got 4 Dingwalls, though I'm selling my Voodoo Prima (see the classifieds).

Afterburner II-5 Fretted Arbutus Top/Walnut
Afterburner II-5 Fretless Bubinga
Super J-4 Natural w/Baltic Amber pickguard

Voodoo Prima (pre-fire) Yellow Quilted Maple (front and back)/Walnut

NaH

 

[NaH]

Here are the other two.

 

[tombowlus]

Very nice!

 

[BurningSkies]

Here are the other two.

I'm still cryin' over that Prima. Although I'd be tempted to do a few things to it, like change out the pickups, and maybe get a fretless neck or a colorful refin.

Oh well.

 

[Sheldon D.]

Here's a nicely done track by our friend and endorser Paul Slagle. Older Bartolini era Z2. Paul drops it down to a B flat in a few places. If you've got a sub it's pretty fun to hear.

http://soundcloud.com/paulslagle/i-try-too-hard

 

[lowphatbass]

Here's a nicely done track by our friend and endorser Paul Slagle. Older Bartolini era Z2. Paul drops it down to a B flat in a few places. If you've got a sub it's pretty fun to hear.

http://soundcloud.com/paulslagle/i-try-too-hard

That's beautiful bass work, both of you!

 

[geggy spoiger]

Here's a nicely done track by our friend and endorser Paul Slagle. Older Bartolini era Z2. Paul drops it down to a B flat in a few places. If you've got a sub it's pretty fun to hear.

http://soundcloud.com/paulslagle/i-try-too-hard

That is amazing playing and tone!

 

[Vic]

Here's a nicely done track by our friend and endorser Paul Slagle. Older Bartolini era Z2. Paul drops it down to a B flat in a few places. If you've got a sub it's pretty fun to hear.

http://soundcloud.com/paulslagle/i-try-too-hard

That is GREAT!

 

[geggy spoiger]

Here's a nicely done track by our friend and endorser Paul Slagle. Older Bartolini era Z2. Paul drops it down to a B flat in a few places. If you've got a sub it's pretty fun to hear.

http://soundcloud.com/paulslagle/i-try-too-hard

Bb? What about those low F#'s bar 5 of every chorus?! Unbelievable.

 

[IvanBassist]

Hello Dingwall comrades,
first of all, I would like to wish you all a merry christmas and a happy new year.

However, the reason of my post is the following:
I have to record on monday, so I need to change strings and this will be the 1st time changing strings to my ABZ.

Do I have to use any kind of product to clean the maple fingerboard and satin finished body or should I only use a clean cloth?

Thank you,
Iván

 

[singlemalt]

Sheldon reccomends a lemon oil product for cleaning and oiling fingerboards. Kiwi neutral shoe polish for waxing up the back of the neck.

The shoe polish smells nice and works on leather straps too.

What kind of strings are you going to put on?

 

[IvanBassist]

IIRC, someone said lemon oil was bad for maple fingerboards. Could someone confirm this?

I´ll put dingwall strings on it. Bough 3 sets

 

[Bocete]

IIRC, someone said lemon oil was bad for maple fingerboards. Could someone confirm this?

I´ll put dingwall strings on it. Bough 3 sets

Read Invalid Link Removed, you might find it interesting. There is a message from Sheldon about maintaining ABZs that mentions nothing about maple fretboards. But that's all I could find

 

[Sheldon D.]

Maple fingerboards can be cleaned with guitar polish.

 

[steddy2112]

These basses are really neat!

Iono about the angled frets though

 

[IvanBassist]

Thank you guys. Have a merry Christmas

 

[Blues Cat]

Hello Dingwall comrades,
first of all, I would like to wish you all a merry christmas and a happy new year.

However, the reason of my post is the following:
I have to record on monday, so I need to change strings and this will be the 1st time changing strings to my ABZ.

Do I have to use any kind of product to clean the maple fingerboard and satin finished body or should I only use a clean cloth?

Thank you,
Iván

If your ABZ is fairly new I wouldn't do any oiling or waxing, especially right before the studio.

 

[Grand Wazoo]

I agree with the above, just remove the old strings, wipe the fretboard with a clean cloth, put the new strings on and rock & roll man!