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About This Listing
Canadian luthier Sheldon Dingwall has been building amazing instruments since the early 90's and he was a true pioneer as he incorporated the Multiscale or Fanned Fret
System that had been developed by Ralph Novak and that meant that every
string on the instrument should have a different lenght depending on
the pitch it should give when played open. The fact that every string
has a different lenght of course means that the frets have to be
installed in a "fanned" manner, hence the name. Even if these basses look modern and rad, they are based on the same principle of old harps and pianos. The
strings on a grand piano or harp vary in lenght depending on the note.
This means that the lower the note, the longer the string must be. Even
upright pianos feature a harp with different string lengths. The result
of this is that the harmonic series from the strings is larger and the
tone is therefore fuller. Pure physics.
This
whole new series is made in China but use a lot of American and
European components and this has allowed Dingwall to creat some
instruments with their trademark tone and performance at extremely
affordable prices. Final set up and inspection is done in the Dingwall
shop in Canada so you know the basses will play great right out of the
box. Fortunately
for you, no adjustment is needed to play this instrument. Actually they
feel really easy to play and ergonomic. Your left hand simply falls
into the notes without having to make any change in technique at all.
This is the D Roc model and
it features an African mahogany body and 5 piece maple neck with pau
ferro fretboard and it is a 100% passive instrument. We love the
striking Aquamarine Metalflake. Cool or what!
This instrument features 3 Dingwall FD-3N pickups with neodymiummagnets that
are powerful and smooth but with aggressive tone at the same time. They
are completely noise free so they will behave just great both on stage
and in the studio. The smart rotary switch offers 4 distinct positions for
a lot of great tones. The raw sound of these pickups is just perfect if
you really need to cut through the band. Also if you use some sort of
external Overdrive or Distortion unit, these pickups will work
incredibly well. Just use the Tone control if you need to back up a
little bit or need a more traditional type of sound.
The Multiscale design means there's an evenness of tone and volume from string to string that is simply perfect.
Bass and studio ace Lee Sklar suggested the use of small banjo type frets as these offer a less metallic tone and smoother glissandos/faster feel than jumbo frets. Individual bridges and lightweightopentuners complete this beautiful bass.
Dingwall Dingwall D Roc Standard 4 Aquamarine Metalflake
$2,408.15
$2,408.15
About This Listing
Canadian luthier Sheldon Dingwall has been building amazing instruments since the early 90's and he was a true pioneer as he incorporated the Multiscale or Fanned Fret
System that had been developed by Ralph Novak and that meant that every
string on the instrument should have a different lenght depending on
the pitch it should give when played open. The fact that every string
has a different lenght of course means that the frets have to be
installed in a "fanned" manner, hence the name. Even if these basses look modern and rad, they are based on the same principle of old harps and pianos. The
strings on a grand piano or harp vary in lenght depending on the note.
This means that the lower the note, the longer the string must be. Even
upright pianos feature a harp with different string lengths. The result
of this is that the harmonic series from the strings is larger and the
tone is therefore fuller. Pure physics.
This
whole new series is made in China but use a lot of American and
European components and this has allowed Dingwall to creat some
instruments with their trademark tone and performance at extremely
affordable prices. Final set up and inspection is done in the Dingwall
shop in Canada so you know the basses will play great right out of the
box. Fortunately
for you, no adjustment is needed to play this instrument. Actually they
feel really easy to play and ergonomic. Your left hand simply falls
into the notes without having to make any change in technique at all.
This is the D Roc model and
it features an African mahogany body and 5 piece maple neck with pau
ferro fretboard and it is a 100% passive instrument. We love the
striking Aquamarine Metalflake. Cool or what!
This instrument features 3 Dingwall FD-3N pickups with neodymiummagnets that
are powerful and smooth but with aggressive tone at the same time. They
are completely noise free so they will behave just great both on stage
and in the studio. The smart rotary switch offers 4 distinct positions for
a lot of great tones. The raw sound of these pickups is just perfect if
you really need to cut through the band. Also if you use some sort of
external Overdrive or Distortion unit, these pickups will work
incredibly well. Just use the Tone control if you need to back up a
little bit or need a more traditional type of sound.
The Multiscale design means there's an evenness of tone and volume from string to string that is simply perfect.
Bass and studio ace Lee Sklar suggested the use of small banjo type frets as these offer a less metallic tone and smoother glissandos/faster feel than jumbo frets. Individual bridges and lightweightopentuners complete this beautiful bass.