Dingwall calls it a "Reach Reducing Pin". A dunlop strap lock recessed flush into the back of the bass, along the neck line, about 2" or so in from the bottom end of the bass.
I tried to lift a photo out of the Dingwall owners thread, but no luck. You can find pictures if you search the key words in that thread.
Some folks find the reach to the nut on the longscale Dingwalls a bit long, so Dingwall came up with an elegant solution. A couple of guys have liked it enough to retro fit other basses. You'll also notice that the end pin on the Dingwalls is not dead center like most bass manufactures place their strap buttons. (you know, right where it gets pounded into the bottom of the bass every time you set it down) I don't think Sheldon Dingwall can resist taking a fresh look at any part of bass design.
My Dingwall doesn't have this feature, but I'm sometimes pushing the bass further to my left to reach highest frets, so where it hangs on the normal rear strap button is fine. I don't find the nut a long reach but I do notice the spread in first position with the long scale. The multi scale concept reaches the most radical slant on the frets at either end of the neck where both the nut and the bridge are slanted. I tend to wear the Dingwall six string a little on the high side to be able to slap and chord, and reach around the very comfortable but wide (it is a sixer) neck.
I thought the reach reducing pin idea might help our OP bring the nut closer, but it sound like he might like just the reverse.
I tried to lift a photo out of the Dingwall owners thread, but no luck. You can find pictures if you search the key words in that thread.
Some folks find the reach to the nut on the longscale Dingwalls a bit long, so Dingwall came up with an elegant solution. A couple of guys have liked it enough to retro fit other basses. You'll also notice that the end pin on the Dingwalls is not dead center like most bass manufactures place their strap buttons. (you know, right where it gets pounded into the bottom of the bass every time you set it down) I don't think Sheldon Dingwall can resist taking a fresh look at any part of bass design.
My Dingwall doesn't have this feature, but I'm sometimes pushing the bass further to my left to reach highest frets, so where it hangs on the normal rear strap button is fine. I don't find the nut a long reach but I do notice the spread in first position with the long scale. The multi scale concept reaches the most radical slant on the frets at either end of the neck where both the nut and the bridge are slanted. I tend to wear the Dingwall six string a little on the high side to be able to slap and chord, and reach around the very comfortable but wide (it is a sixer) neck.
I thought the reach reducing pin idea might help our OP bring the nut closer, but it sound like he might like just the reverse.
