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Dingwall SuperRay?
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That is very cool. I think Sheldon & company could sell quite a few of these if they were put into production.
I bet whoever is running EB right now would sue the living hell out of Sheldon and crew for that.
You guys should all pop over to the Dingwall club to see the teasers of the Dingwall Thunderbid prototype.
You guys should all pop over to the Dingwall club to see the teasers of the Dingwall Thunderbid prototype.
DiabolusInMusic
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I bet Sterling would chew him a new one if he so much as asked for a license.
Yeah, and I don't think anyone whose been saying they'd buy one or that they want one has seen the price list for a Canadian made Dingwall lately....
To their credit though, I'm sure Sheldon would build an incredibly badass MM style bass that would destroy anything from EB in the tone, feel, weight, and quality department.
A real one already exists in the wild. Samuel Martyn Luthier in S. America.
The Dingray is still a cgi fantasy. But the Dingbird is landing in London next week. Bocete whipped up those renderings as a design software exercise. Very nice work, too.
Take a look at the Dingwall Facebook page for Dingbird teasers.
Take a look at the Dingwall Facebook page for Dingbird teasers.
Very nice! The Dingbird looks great too.
With that headstock, and all the other differences but the headstock is the main thing, there's no basis for a suit. Doesn't mean they couldn't launch a frivolous suit to waste Dingwall's time and money, but given many Stingray copies already exist and in California you can countersue and win big for frivolous suits then that's a double-edged sword. At worst maybe they'd have to drop the "Ray" part of the name, but I doubt even that. If anything, maybe EB should license it the Dingbird, not the other way around.
Yes, I know it's not real and yes I've read all about Mr. Ball's temperament.
With that headstock, and all the other differences but the headstock is the main thing, there's no basis for a suit. Doesn't mean they couldn't launch a frivolous suit to waste Dingwall's time and money, but given many Stingray copies already exist and in California you can countersue and win big for frivolous suits then that's a double-edged sword. At worst maybe they'd have to drop the "Ray" part of the name, but I doubt even that. If anything, maybe EB should license it the Dingbird, not the other way around.
Yes, I know it's not real and yes I've read all about Mr. Ball's temperament.
I talked to Samuel. I'll be asking him to make me a bass in the next 18 months or so. These basses are pretty affordable, esp with the Real getting kicked and dragged as Brazil goes through the worst recession in 25 years.
The ng2, Lee sklar, and z2 are all pretty close to 'ray territory already. But I suppose the super ray could be a shorter scale, like the super j and p.
