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Dingwall Super J Thread!
- Thread starter toniwonkanobi
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Here's mine:
Sharp Tom. I really like the finish now, but man was I disappointed when mine arrived and it was purple and not burgundy mist. I guess that's what you get for being a guinea pig sometimes.
Sharp Tom. I really like the finish now, but man was I disappointed when mine arrived and it was purple and not burgundy mist. I guess that's what you get for being a guinea pig sometimes.
Yeah it definitely doesn't look SUPER burgundy, but that's okay
- Apr 3, 2003
- 35,516
- 19,948
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Yeah it definitely doesn't look SUPER burgundy, but that's okay
IME, this is a hard color to photograph (but yeah, it's got some definite purple going on). Here are few other shot:
Hey guys,
I've been wondering.. What is the scale length of the low B on the Super J 5er? It doesn't mention it on the website
I've been wondering.. What is the scale length of the low B on the Super J 5er? It doesn't mention it on the website
Coolness! I hear the 5's are pretty rare nowadays... Glock or Aggie pre? How's the B string on those babies? Up to the Dingwall standard?
It has the Glock pre
The B is not the same as the 37" scale Dings, but it's no slouch. Lightning fast neck and so many tones w/ the rotary control. I really like how in passive mode you have a tone knob still.
I'm about to order the P pu, but I think I may have to send back my pick guard too. The SJ might have to get the bedroom/practice bass role for a bit
The B is not the same as the 37" scale Dings, but it's no slouch. Lightning fast neck and so many tones w/ the rotary control. I really like how in passive mode you have a tone knob still.
I'm about to order the P pu, but I think I may have to send back my pick guard too. The SJ might have to get the bedroom/practice bass role for a bit
It has the Glock pre
The B is not the same as the 37" scale Dings, but it's no slouch. Lightning fast neck and so many tones w/ the rotary control. I really like how in passive mode you have a tone knob still.
I'm about to order the P pu, but I think I may have to send back my pick guard too. The SJ might have to get the bedroom/practice bass role for a bit
Coolness! I'd be interested in your thoughts on what the P pickup adds. I would probably miss the pure J slap tone though...
Well in my experience so far with the Super J/P I am delighted to say that I am having great joy in re-discovering the greatness of a P pickup, the day I went to collect this bass from the store I took along with me a man whom I have met through the Dingwall forum who actually owns a 5 strings Super J in the J / J pickup format, because he wanted to hear / see what difference this new P unit actually signifies to a Super J.
He was blown away at the extra amount of defined bottom end, which he said is no way near as pronounced on his Super J.
I, on the other hand, have had many P basses and I can say I have an acquired taste on that particular pickup so I know what a good one should sound like, and this Super J/P is a more than satisfactory example of the original P bass sound with the addition of 3 other pickup selections involving the combinations of it with the bridge J pickup in both series and parallel, and the ability of a bridge pickup alone, the Super fatty which is as close as the real thing as it can ever get.
Personally I believe to have achieved the best of both words in one single instrument. Owning this bass has closed the GAS tap on any other wishlist of basses for a very long time.
That is until Sheldon comes up with something else that might capture my interest and I know he will, sooner or later.
Thanks for the comments on the P pickup Minty. We worked pretty hard on that one and for a while thought it had us beat. A lot of credit goes to Ryan Marshall who works with us. He's a P player and has amazingly big ears for hearing note detail. He really helped us to understand the subtleties of the P. Jeff Frey takes the remainder of the credit as he spearheaded the development and kept the development logs organized and up to date. I just oversaw things and figured out the mechanics of the shells and placement etc.
Sheldon I am honoured to own this bass, rest assured now that I've found and appreciated the "Dingwall" experience I feel like a born again Christian
I have to say I'm humbled to read you giving credit to your experienced colleagues as they sure deserve it but as I've said in another post without you and your factory basses like this would only exists in our dreams, which is why I repeat, you're not only a luthier but also a sculptor of dreams! Thank you Sir!
I have to say I'm humbled to read you giving credit to your experienced colleagues as they sure deserve it but as I've said in another post without you and your factory basses like this would only exists in our dreams, which is why I repeat, you're not only a luthier but also a sculptor of dreams! Thank you Sir!
Hey for all of you Super J owners, I was wondering if you guys needed to sand the frets or anything when you first got them. I went to the store in my town to take a look at a Super J and Combustion and was surprised on how sharp the frets were, so I was wondering if it was just the ones at that store or not.
This happens very rarely to extreme dry conditioned temperature places due to wood evaporating moisture and therefore shrinking a bit. It's wrongly referred to as fret sprouting but in reality is the other way around and can be easily rectified by a qualified luthier by dressing or stone sanding down the protruding frets edges
Yep. I had a lovely Sadowsky Metro, which, every winter, the frets would get terribly sharp. After 2 seasons of trying to deal with it, I finally took it and had them filed. Never again was there a problem.
How is the parallel slap sound? The same as the 'standard' JJ parallel tone?
Sheldon you guys have a sweet shop. More innovations than any other luthier IMO.
+1Sheldon I am honoured to own this bass, rest assured now that I've found and appreciated the "Dingwall" experience I feel like a born again Christian
I have to say I'm humbled to read you giving credit to your experienced colleagues as they sure deserve it but as I've said in another post without you and your factory basses like this would only exists in our dreams, which is why I repeat, you're not only a luthier but also a sculptor of dreams! Thank you Sir!
I haven't experienced this [yet], but i'm sure it's a normal thing that would happen on ANY bass undergoing drastic humidity changes...i think that's the case.
what he said...
Axe in Calgary is extremely dry. Fortunately they have a hugely talented repair tech on location and usually if you deal with the fret ends in the middle of January when things are the driest you never have to deal with them again.
We need to put it in reptrospective, and appreciate the Jeckyll & Hyde split personality of this bass:
A) In passive mode it's like sweet mellow marimbas, different from the J/J, honkier, lower and sweeter.
B) Punch in the actve mode and you have to be careful with your bass and treble controls, too much of those and you can shake the foundations. But it's all good, it means there will be no guitards, drummers or keyboard hero's to ever outsound you!
They'll be looking for
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