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Dingwall Owners Club

#19,622
Iv@N said:
Scott's bass lessons free content is also great and the members academy is awesome
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Yeah, the free content is good...but the 'full package' is great too.

Bassheart365 said:
Yes, SBL is probably the best organized and comprehensive resource. I like that he doesn't try to do it all himself (or presume that he can), and he has excellent guest players that offer their own insignts in seminars. In fact, Adam Neely was recently added as a guest teacher.
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I was a subscriber last year and would do it again. I really liked the convenience and low pressure setting (do it on your own time, and schedule). I also found there's a good mix of basic and more advanced lessons, and there's structure should you want it.

I also liked that there's printed material, backing tracks and video. I have a 40-something inch TV in my practice room and I'd just stream to it while working on things. Then I could use the backing track files to cover material after that and I actually printed and kept a binder with the 'lesson work' in a file.

I often found that I'd cover a lesson or a few in a 'course' on a day then spend a few days fiddling with it...then would go back and re-watch and work through it a second time.
 
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spiritbass said:
I usually do use Dingwall strings. Three of my four basses are 'medium-scaled' Dingwalls which can be strung with nearly any standard string set, so I do experiment occasionally. I'm really enjoying the Payson nickel rounds that I strung my NG-2 with. :cool:
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I just got in a set of the Nickel Steel medium Lights from Payson, and so far I'm really digging them on my AB1 3x. They have a very nice deep low end, with reduced string noise and harmonics. Also, they feel really nice as well. Will play them for about a week and chime in again. I also want to try the Stainless Steels, but a new batch is in production.
 
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J Posega said:
Everyone’s making me feel really guilty for not spending enough time practicing... it’s all just noodling at the moment. I really need some fun learning materials otherwise I get bored and feel like it’s a slog and a burden to actually play, maybe SBL is the way to go.
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Sorry man. Go back to the video games and reruns of Friends.
 
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Second rehearsal with the Super P5, and I've realised three key factors of why it/precision basses sound so good in a band.

1. It locks so well with the kick drum. It dawned on me today. Something about the low end character just fits beautifully with the kick drum.

2. Midrange character. There's something magical about the P pickup and its placement on its own. Throaty enough to push through a band in the mix, yet at the same time not harsh or in the way.

3. Full and filling low end. The low end character is just right. Smooth, full and filling in the sound where the other instruments can't go. It's the glue that binds the mix together.

I couldn't be happier with my Super P5 purchase. It's all I ever wanted and more. My band even commented on it today. They are all gear nerds (in the positive sense), and have great equipment. While my old custom bass was good and they liked it for five years, they could instantly hear and feel the difference with the Super P5. They wanted to want to like my old bass better, if that makes any sense - but the Dingwall just instantly had them excited. Our drummer commented after one song how great it sounded, and how it made him sound better as well.

I'm a happy bass player today. :)
 
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The_Owl said:
Second rehearsal with the Super P5, and I've realised three key factors of why it/precision basses sound so good in a band.

1. It locks so well with the kick drum. It dawned on me today. Something about the low end character just fits beautifully with the kick drum.

2. Midrange character. There's something magical about the P pickup and its placement on its own. Throaty enough to push through a band in the mix, yet at the same time not harsh or in the way.

3. Full and filling low end. The low end character is just right. Smooth, full and filling in the sound where the other instruments can't go. It's the glue that binds the mix together.

I couldn't be happier with my Super P5 purchase. It's all I ever wanted and more. My band even commented on it today. They are all gear nerds (in the positive sense), and have great equipment. While my old custom bass was good and they liked it for five years, they could instantly hear and feel the difference with the Super P5. They wanted to want to like my old bass better, if that makes any sense - but the Dingwall just instantly had them excited. Our drummer commented after one song how great it sounded, and how it made him sound better as well.

I'm a happy bass player today. :)
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Funny how change scares people myself not omitted.
 
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The_Owl said:
Second rehearsal with the Super P5, and I've realised three key factors of why it/precision basses sound so good in a band.

1. It locks so well with the kick drum. It dawned on me today. Something about the low end character just fits beautifully with the kick drum.

2. Midrange character. There's something magical about the P pickup and its placement on its own. Throaty enough to push through a band in the mix, yet at the same time not harsh or in the way.

3. Full and filling low end. The low end character is just right. Smooth, full and filling in the sound where the other instruments can't go. It's the glue that binds the mix together.

I couldn't be happier with my Super P5 purchase. It's all I ever wanted and more. My band even commented on it today. They are all gear nerds (in the positive sense), and have great equipment. While my old custom bass was good and they liked it for five years, they could instantly hear and feel the difference with the Super P5. They wanted to want to like my old bass better, if that makes any sense - but the Dingwall just instantly had them excited. Our drummer commented after one song how great it sounded, and how it made him sound better as well.

I'm a happy bass player today. :)
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I'm looking forward to trying a P-Tone sometime in the next week or so. I played a 73P for about a decade before switching over to an Afterburner, partly because the AB had a 'precisionlike tone' in series. Right now I have the NG3 wired for neck/bridge parallel and neck/middle series, and the neck/middle isn't quite ready for prime time. I'm looking to try the p-tone in neck position and see how it effects either of the dual pickup settings tonally (and signal-level wise) and then also see how it flies solo. I have never loved any of the 'single pickup' positions but maybe this is it.
 
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J Posega said:
Everyone’s making me feel really guilty for not spending enough time practicing... it’s all just noodling at the moment. I really need some fun learning materials otherwise I get bored and feel like it’s a slog and a burden to actually play, maybe SBL is the way to go.
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+1 - just need some time and dedication to get back to woodshedding.

I admit, it's harder when you're not regularly gigging anymore
 
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J Posega said:
Everyone’s making me feel really guilty for not spending enough time practicing... it’s all just noodling at the moment. I really need some fun learning materials otherwise I get bored and feel like it’s a slog and a burden to actually play, maybe SBL is the way to go.
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If it makes you feel any better, I haven't practiced in years. I have transcribed and learned many songs, but I consider practicing learning things that I cannot already do. The last time I did that, I bought some trombone books with higher register lines for sight reading. I am generally okay up to two ledger lines, but after that it gets fuzzy. :)
 
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been_effected said:
+1 - just need some time and dedication to get back to woodshedding.

I admit, it's harder when you're not regularly gigging anymore
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I agree with most of what you said. I gig 2x or 3x/week and, sometimes, I just don't wanna touch my basses because I know I'm gonna be playing them again in a couple of days. I've backed away from the XBOX and from binge watching stuff, just so I could practice more, but after playing Friday night, Saturday night, played Sunday night this past Sunday, and Tuesday night, I'm a bit beat down. I've had, pretty much, this same schedule for the last 17 years, minus the Sundays-those are always one-offs, so after my regular gigs, sometimes I just want a break...

I need to force myself to get off TalkBass and get on my bass...LOL!
 
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I play 2-4 times a month with 2 different Tribute Acts. Rehearsals are Tuesday’s with one, Thursday’s with the other. I still put in at least an hour or two on off days just to keep all the songs fresh.

Of course with a brand new (4 week old) NG2, I cant wait to come home to pick it up and start playing!
 
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Joeykun said:
I play 2-4 times a month with 2 different Tribute Acts. Rehearsals are Tuesday’s with one, Thursday’s with the other. I still put in at least an hour or two on off days just to keep all the songs fresh.

Of course with a brand new (4 week old) NG2, I cant wait to come home to pick it up and start playing!
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Maybe that's why I keep buying Dingwalls. I'll have my 6 string tomorrow...time to hit the shed!
 
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