Dingwall 4/5 string

guitarfishbay · August 2018

Yeah very nice looking instrument. Will look forward to reading your thread when you’ve had a go on it

Jonathanthomas83 · August 2018

Thanks mate, and again, appreciate you help! Will post my thoughts! :-)

guitarfishbay · August 2018

Has it arrived yet?

Jonathanthomas83 · August 2018

guitarfishbay said:

Has it arrived yet?

It has indeed, mate!!! I love it. Sounds completely different to any other bass I've tried...all my previous bass experience has been on really cheap instruments and this one just blows them away. It's got a really nice midrange to it hasn't it!

So happy with it. The fret finishing and rolled edges on the neck just make it so comfortable to play.

I'm in the process of writing up a review (as best I can with my limited bass experience), once I do, I'll do a NBD thread! :-)

guitarfishbay · August 2018

Yeah the fretwork is fantastic on mine. I love the tone, I can't remember if I mentioned but I initially bought a P-Tone as my 3rd pickup... it's cool but I honestly preferred the stock pickups so I eventually bought another stock pickup to replace it and go 3x stock.

Jonathanthomas83 · October 2019

guitarfishbay said:

The only small issue I had was I didn’t like the edges on the saddles, they were a little square for my tastes. I rounded them off with a file and sanded them up to a high grit. You basically can’t see I’ve done it unless you look super close.

It’s possible mine wasn’t typical on that front because I don’t see complaints from others, but either way it didn’t take long to fix and I didn’t want to return it because it’s otherwise totally killer. I guess I could’ve contacted support but it’s a non issue now

@guitarfishbay I know this is old now, but is there a fix for this issue? With this saddle issue, my hand is beginning to hurt a bit now I'm getting proper stuck in daily on the bass. Do you know of any 3rd party saddles that are smoother? Surely we can't be the only one's with this issue?

guitarfishbay · October 2019

I just used a file to round off the sharp edges and haven’t worried about it since.

I don’t think there’s a direct replacement currently. Some people have swapped to other bridges/saddles in the owners FB group/other forums but any time I’ve seen that there have been mounting holes visible somewhere.

Jonathanthomas83 · October 2019

Thank you, @guitarfishbay, appreciate that. Find it weird that Dingwall haven't done anything about it. Looks like I'll need to get the file out, it's only the one I'll need to bother about anyway (which will look weird!)!

fretmeister · October 2019

Contact Sheldon on facebook. He might even have a newer unit to send.

All this Dingwall talk is making me miss my ABZ5.

Although it has to be said I find the neck of the 5 strings a little wide for me as I'm used to a Stingray 5. That 1mm makes a surprising amount of difference.

Jonathanthomas83 · October 2019

Thanks @fretmeister I'll look into it.

Took some nice photo's this morning...

fretmeister · October 2019

Maybe I'll look at a 4 string and tune it BEAD

Jonathanthomas83 · October 2019

That's what @guitarfishbay said he does. Mine is lush, I love it! One of the best purchases I've ever made...and I've gone through some gear, to say the very least.

guitarfishbay · October 2019

Yeah I tune my 4 down to B.

I actually found the 34-47" fans a bit uncomfortable to play in the lowest position when I tried them, however the Super P/J scale of 32-35" is very nice. If I ever had a high budget to spend on a 5 string I'd be very tempted to get one.

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