Stuart Hamm now playing Dingwall basses

[India_Sierra]

I saw a post from Stuart Hamm on Facebook this evening indicating that he had spent the day in the studio working on albums for two artists, namely Teddy Jack and Andrea Whitt.

He mentioned in that post that he had been playing a Dingwall bass and thanked Sheldon Dingwall. I'm interested to know the model/specs of what he is using as I'm always interested in the gear of really great players like Stu. I'll update further if I can find out what the model is!

I wonder if this will mean he is taking up Dingwall as he main instrument or if this is something that will be used alongside his Warwick basses. He was using a Warwick at the Estonian Bass Oasis just a week or two ago.

 

[Mastodon2]

I too saw him mention the Dingwall. I wonder if he is done with Warwick. I also wonder if he benefited financially from his deal with Warwick, as he certainly did not seem to benefit in tone.

I really do wish he'd just get back on the Kubicki wagon again, his tone with them and his Urge basses was fantastic.

 

[Les Fret]

I too saw him mention the Dingwall. I wonder if he is done with Warwick. I also wonder if he benefited financially from his deal with Warwick, as he certainly did not seem to benefit in tone.

I really do wish he'd just get back on the Kubicki wagon again, his tone with them and his Urge basses was fantastic.

I agree, best tone from Stu was the Kubicki and then the Urge.

 

[India_Sierra]

I really do wish he'd just get back on the Kubicki wagon again, his tone with them and his Urge basses was fantastic.

I absolutely agree. I love the Kubicki tones the most and then the Urge and Urge II basses after that. I still listen to 'Outbound' and feel utterly blown away by the tone, the quality of the playing and the compositions.

 

[silky smoove]

I had a lesson with Stu a few years ago and he recounted a story about playing on the Arsenio Hall show in the 90s using his Kubicki. The soundguy (paraphrasing) says "Hey bass player, that's a cool sounding instrument but do you have anything that actually sounds like a bass?" Total class act, haha.

 

[ole Jason]

Assuming he's playing multiscales I wonder how much adjustment is required for the tapping stuff? I could see some patterns being easier and some more difficult.

 

[Bob_Ross]

Assuming he's playing multiscales ...

Good point (does Dingwall even offer non-multiscale instruments?) especially since many of the basses Stu is closely associated with were shorter than 34".

 

[Dr. Cheese]

I have a feeling Stuart Hamm would get along really well a three pickup Dingwall because he could get tones very similar to those he got on his Urge. I am looking forward to videos of him playing a Dingwall.

 

[silky smoove]

Good point (does Dingwall even offer non-multiscale instruments?) especially since many of the basses Stu is closely associated with were shorter than 34".

They do not offer any single scale basses. Their medium scale Super J and Super P basses are shorter than 34" on the A, D and G strings. That might be a direction he goes.

 

[factorplayer]

I have a feeling Stuart Hamm would get along really well a three pickup Dingwall because he could get tones very similar to those he got on his Urge. I am looking forward to videos of him playing a Dingwall.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Thanks!

 

[Killing Floor]

Brilliant player. I still try to keep up with those evil evil finger stretches from his olde skill videos.