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My New Dingwall: Prima Artist!!!
- Thread starter martens-koop
- Start date
Wow...that's probably the nicest Dingwall I've seen ! The tuners are not the usual Hipshot or Schaller fare...are they Gotohs?
This ain't helping with my Dingwall G.A.S. ....
This ain't helping with my Dingwall G.A.S. ....
20db pad said:Wow...that's probably the nicest Dingwall I've seen ! The tuners are not the usual Hipshot or Schaller fare...are they Gotohs?
This ain't helping with my Dingwall G.A.S. ....
the tuners are Gotoh's.... they are a sort of brushed pewter kind of finish. I found them in a cabinet / locker at Sheldon's Shop when I was organizing the pickup and tuner shelves and fell in love with them... I fanatasized about them for a year thinking that sheldon must have some serious plans for them... when it was time to start working on my bass, I tentatively asked him what they were for and he talked about a bass for Barry Lamb (Sheldon's sales manager) that he never ended up making... I asked if I could use them on my own bass and he said "sure". -dream come true!!!! they needed a little bit of machining and modification to fit the spacing involved on the Dingwall headstock, but they are so smoothed and geared so perfectly they make me shudder!!!
-the style also really gets me going!!! they have a sort of 1950's flying suacer science fiction look... kind of "Sky Captain meets the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" if you know what I mean... rounded aluminum and blended corners.
gotta run!!! Jeff M-K
Wow! That is one beautiful bass. I would love to try a Dingwall. Congrats on a great bass.
Cheers,
Jim
Cheers,
Jim
I love it. I'm currently considering a Dingwall afterburner II 5 string.I hope to play some Dingwalls as soon as possible
Effin' beauty! Who knows, one day I may look into a Dingwall J. It has my favorite modern take on the headstock!
that is amazing.. the tuners are the first thing i noticed about it.. those are really, really nice..
i really like the bridge too..
the whole bass is amazing..
wow.. nice.. real nice..
i really like the bridge too..
the whole bass is amazing..
wow.. nice.. real nice..
wow
I've got a ABI, that I love. I have secret dreams of saving up for a higher model someday. DOUBT it will be a prima artist though, amazing.
I've got a ABI, that I love. I have secret dreams of saving up for a higher model someday. DOUBT it will be a prima artist though, amazing.
BurningSkies
CRAZY BALDHEAD
- Feb 20, 2005
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I think I said it over @ the Dingwall board, but I'll say it again.
That's a stunningly beautiful bass.
Guaranteed to launch a thousand cases of GAS.
That's a stunningly beautiful bass.
Guaranteed to launch a thousand cases of GAS.
Absolutely beautiful! I love the wood combinations!
The craftsmanship looks typical Dingwall...flawless.
I bet it sounds as good as it looks. Congrats!
The craftsmanship looks typical Dingwall...flawless.
I bet it sounds as good as it looks. Congrats!
after playing it for a few days, here are my thoughts:
when you put as much thought and dreaming (about wood choices, inlay designs, hardware choices, body shape etc) as went into this bass, it is hard (or impossible) given Sheldon's craftsmanship for the bass to be anything less than amazing.
I picked out the woods knowing I was going to be impressed. I was blown away.. even though I knew it would be awesome, I guess on some level I wasn't prepared for it to be... ...awesome.
you know that the sound will be incredible, but with all the slight changes, you're not quite sure what it will end up being like... I was a little worried it would be a little too dark or treble-intense, but it sounds perfect to my ears... the low B sounds like someone hitting a quarter million dollar grand piano with a five thousand dollar gold sledge hammer but with a sustain and resonance that is clearly a perversion of nature!!
the feel of the bass is inredible, with the mando frets and the super low action, it feels like a dream!! the neck is smooth and silky with no resistance -it is fast and yet still has a very organic feel, not sterile or teflon-feeling at all.
I also can't believe how good the bass sounds in passive!!! I've been thinking about playing it in passive only for the next month or two, to really get to know it's unadulterated sound, and then slowly experiment with the eq to see what possibilities are there...
Anyway, this bass is definately a dream come true for me, from the inlay, to the shape, to the woods to the sounds, this bass is everything I was hoping it would be!!! (And as the previous Installer / Assembly /Electronics Supervisor at the Dingwall Shop, I have seen a LOT of basses, and had very high expectations!!! I can't wait to take this baby out to a gig!!!
Jeff Martens-Koop
when you put as much thought and dreaming (about wood choices, inlay designs, hardware choices, body shape etc) as went into this bass, it is hard (or impossible) given Sheldon's craftsmanship for the bass to be anything less than amazing.
I picked out the woods knowing I was going to be impressed. I was blown away.. even though I knew it would be awesome, I guess on some level I wasn't prepared for it to be... ...awesome.
you know that the sound will be incredible, but with all the slight changes, you're not quite sure what it will end up being like... I was a little worried it would be a little too dark or treble-intense, but it sounds perfect to my ears... the low B sounds like someone hitting a quarter million dollar grand piano with a five thousand dollar gold sledge hammer but with a sustain and resonance that is clearly a perversion of nature!!
the feel of the bass is inredible, with the mando frets and the super low action, it feels like a dream!! the neck is smooth and silky with no resistance -it is fast and yet still has a very organic feel, not sterile or teflon-feeling at all.
I also can't believe how good the bass sounds in passive!!! I've been thinking about playing it in passive only for the next month or two, to really get to know it's unadulterated sound, and then slowly experiment with the eq to see what possibilities are there...
Anyway, this bass is definately a dream come true for me, from the inlay, to the shape, to the woods to the sounds, this bass is everything I was hoping it would be!!! (And as the previous Installer / Assembly /Electronics Supervisor at the Dingwall Shop, I have seen a LOT of basses, and had very high expectations!!! I can't wait to take this baby out to a gig!!!
Jeff Martens-Koop
Alistair R said:
thanks... we looked at a LOT of wood before settling on that piece... I'd have to say we seriously considered about 4 or five varieties, and inside those varieties, looked at hundreds of pieces in the year or so that it took to decide on wood... I guess at the time my thought was that you only get one chance (and some people may never even get 'that chance') to get your dream bass, so you'd better be sure you know what you want and that you don't just jump at the first shiny piece of wood that jumps up!!! I had to make sure it was legitimate love and not just a crush!!!
thanks for the nice comments!!! it feels good to know that the bass is not just nice in my imagination, but also in the eyes of other real players....
JMK
