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Help me pick a new Dingwall color.
- Thread starter AK3000
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Hard choice between the blue and the green, they both look amazing!
To anyone who's interested, Dingwall have a gallery on their webpage which has example pictures of their finishes.
dingwallguitars.com
GAS anyone?
To anyone who's interested, Dingwall have a gallery on their webpage which has example pictures of their finishes.
Finishes - Dingwall
GAS anyone?
Pick the one that YOU like the best. It's YOUR money and YOUR bass. Play what YOU like and LIKE what you play. That way, you are less likely to have regrets. 
If OP is anything like me, they don't really have strong opinions about the color. For me personally I'd probably get that brushed-grain black because it's something I don't usually see, but it doesn't hit me more than the others.Pick the one that YOU like the best. It's YOUR money and YOUR bass. Play what YOU like and LIKE what you play. That way, you are less likely to have regrets.
Brandon Shea
Commercial User
I'd go with black, I think it looks pretty unique with the way the grain is highlighted. Blue and green seem like a commitment since they look as loud as they sound.
The sunburst looks nice of course, but I think it looks a little out of place with such a modern body shape, especially compared to the other three finishes.
The sunburst looks nice of course, but I think it looks a little out of place with such a modern body shape, especially compared to the other three finishes.
At my advanced age, I don't think I could pull off rockin' either the Bimmer blue or Porsche green, so I'd have to go TSB, the ceruse, or maybe just plain ol' black or white. 
Of the ones pictured, the grey one. I don't know what ceruse is (after 30 years studding color theory) so I looked it up: "Venetian ceruse or Venetian white, also known as blanc de céruse de Venise and Spirits of Saturn, was a 16th-century cosmetic used as a skin whitener." Ick. "Spirits of Saturn" sounds pretty cool, (although it means oppressive and limiting so that's a No) and IF there was some neighborhood or white (of which there are Many words I've heard off like eggshell or off-white etc.) it might look and feel good for this bass. What they call Lizard Porsche Green is what we call florescent green, and it's too bright and light (lizards are darker highly saturated green) I have a Reverend Dub-king in "Emerald" Green and I love the color, it's not as exaggerated as this. The GC sales clerk called it Baby Puke green (really) which made me laugh (he's the older clerk there, Very friendly unlike the dorks), I see that green everywhere in Spring, new growth shoots... Of course, I highly doubt the online color is the same as what you get... go to England and look at them in person or request a Pantene number for accurate matching.
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Ceruse is the reverse grain technique and can be done in any color combination. In this case the black is sprayed first on wood - typically ash - that is not grain filled. Then white is lightly sprayed and then the surface white removed leaving it only in the grain. Usually clearcoated after to seal it.
That's the one that gets my vote.
I like the green, but would almost certainly regret any neon color after awhile.
So, I vote black ceruse, with blue being #2. The burst is nicely executed, but too Fender-y to have on a Dingwall IMHO.
Just my 2¢, of course.
So, I vote black ceruse, with blue being #2. The burst is nicely executed, but too Fender-y to have on a Dingwall IMHO.
Just my 2¢, of course.
I haven’t seen that finish on a Dingwall before. The example looks great.
I feel the same way!At my advanced age, I don't think I could pull off rockin' either the Bimmer blue or Porsche green, so I'd have to go TSB, the ceruse, or maybe just plain ol' black or white.
I voted "Other" because I'm a sucker for Dingwall's Ferrari Yellow; it would be tough to convince me to get one in any other color if I ever was buying a new Dingwall.
Of course, this choice may be influenced by some subliminal nostalgia: When I was ~10 years old I lived in a yellow house, my parents drove a yellow VW Beetle, and my bike was a yellow Schwinn Varsity Sport.
Of course, this choice may be influenced by some subliminal nostalgia: When I was ~10 years old I lived in a yellow house, my parents drove a yellow VW Beetle, and my bike was a yellow Schwinn Varsity Sport.
I'm not a fan of the particular colors presented so I picked a safe choice - burst. I'm typically not a burst fan but it is a color that will work in all settings under all stage lighting and never look out of place. Not too dark, won't disappear in poor lighting, not a polarizing color.
I have 5 basses, one burst and it is my least favorite look, but it continues to hang around.
I have 5 basses, one burst and it is my least favorite look, but it continues to hang around.
I like their colorshifting finishes personally, one of the blue->purple ones would be my choice.
