That’s a rough exchange rate. Sounds like the perfect time for me to buy another Dingwall$6369USD = $8344CAD (xe.com)
Enjoy the benefits of a premium membership!
Upgrade Account
-
TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
Join free Log in
Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.
$6369USD = $8344CAD (xe.com)
I know eh? It sucks big donkey phallus lol
true, probably makes it more like $6500 US.
I have it's identical twin, also still new never play it!
I'm not familiar with Dingwall pricing, but I know FBass states their prices in USD. You pretty much need to in today's market to appear on equal footing.That’s a rough exchange rate. Sounds like the perfect time for me to buy another Dingwall
Unfortunately, yes. So add a few more for the bank or PayPal service charge.
From my experience owning both a Poly Wal 5 and a few Alleva Coppolo, there is definitely a difference in tone. Where it’s most affected is in its openness or natural compression. An instrument with no finish will sound more open sounding, with a purer sound to the fundamental and overtones.
It’s all a matter of preference. I prefer Polyester on a Wal because I like the more compressed sound it adds to the Wal sound. With Alleva, I like Polyester and Polyurethane, but if I had a choice I’d go for Nitrocellulose.
At the end of the day, you have to play the bass as it’s a sum of all it’s parts. Wal’s are spectacular basses in my books and in many others, but some don’t like them.
I prefer a poly finish too, by far. Not just that, but the satin damages too easy...I've had straps dig thru the thin satin in no time at all.
My first Mk1 was padauk with ebony board and I mentioned it had the kind of tone that would rip your face off. It had no finish left on it when I got it, and I had a poly finish done. The overall voice of the bass didn't really change other than tightening up the snap in the attack.
crappy studio video my guitarist took, here it was before the refinish.
and here was the track after completion.
Last edited:
The finish on my friends wenge MK1 has got cloudy on some bigger spots. They my other friends and my poly finish Wal's have chip/chunks out of them. It almost seems some older ones might of had some growing pains. Kind of like fender and nitro finishes.
Yes, that’s just it! I personally find the satin finish a little “too open” for my taste. With the massive gain structure from all the electronics and huge pickups the poly finish helps to almost tame the overall tone in a very nice way. Like bringing it specific focus.
That's a really cool sound you got with the wal! I was really hoping to get some tones like that when not trying to get the A typical HIFI "Wal tone". More meat and potatoes sounds, lol. Do you remember your rig and wal settings?
i rushed home actually to bring it inside since stupid UPS didn't catch in their system that it was supposed to be forwarded to a UPS location for pickup...so it spent 25 minutes outside in front of my door...so I only spent a couple minutes checking it over before i headed back to work. its very different though. body is smaller than an Mk3, but with this particular one has some meet to it at 10.12 lbs. overall the condition looks awesome for a late 80's bass. i'll need to set her up and give her new srings though. previous owner said he hadn't played it/changed the strings in over 20 years.
That's a really cool sound you got with the wal! I was really hoping to get some tones like that when not trying to get the A typical HIFI "Wal tone". More meat and potatoes sounds, lol. Do you remember your rig and wal settings?
It's really going to take a bit of fine tuning and adjusting the bass for your playing style.
For me, even this session is my default settings: pan knob in center, front tone on 6-7, rear tone on 8, no knobs pulled.
My amp was my Mesa Bass 400 head on a reissue Ampeg B15R cabinet that was miked, and one direct clean signal thru an Avalon di.
