TheBloodstained
Casual music entusiast
So... this happened! (Please excuse my sucky camera skills)
I've been in love with the NG Dingwalls ever since Nollys signature was released, but they're kind of a novelty item here in Denmark, so I was never able to try one out. I thought about buying one every now and then, but I kind of convinced myself that it would never happen based on partly the pricetag and my concern that the multiscale would be too much to handle for my small hands.
Having joined a band as a bassist last year made me momentarily revisit the thought about buying a Dingwall, but I chose a different direction and ended up buying another Ibanez instead (https://www.sevenstring.org/threads/nbd-nad-my-new-rig.342976/).
I made due with that for a while, but I couldn't let go of the thought about going multiscale and trying to get closer to that signature Nolly sound. The new Ibanez just didn't quite do it for me. Sure, the Ibanez is a fine instrument, but... it just wasn't a Dingwall, you know?
So... I started looking for Dingwalls. Mostly just for the heck of it. This had me using every lunchbreak at work to search for Dingwalls in Europe for a couple of months. I still wasn't sure if I would actually buy one, but I enjoyed the search.
By a complete fluke I discovered a danish bass specialist store located not that far from me, and in their inventory they had a beautiful Dingwall NG3-5 Metalflake Aquamarine - the very bass I posted here - and I just kind of... fell in love, I guess?
For the better part of 3 weeks the first thing I did when I woke up in the morning, when I had 5mins to myself and just before I went to bed in the evening was to check if the bass was still available on the website.
Then I finally caved and ordered it!
At this point in time I've had the bass for about 5 days. In that time I have played it and recorded with it, and my overall experience so far can be summed up with these words:
...FUCK I LOVE THIS BASS!
It plays amazing and is easy to handle even with my tiny hands. My first thought about the neck was that it felt a little fat to me (probably because I'm used to Ibanez neck profiles), but it's super comfortable and moving around the fretboard feels effortless. Even the big stretches on the B string feels more comfortable than one the aforementioned Ibanez.
The multiscale is kind of strange. It's there but... it kind of disappears when I play it!
It's only when I go beyond the 12th fret that I start to notice it.
When it comes to the sound... well, it's a Dingwall. I plugged it into my Darkglass Alpha Omega head and pretty much instantly achieved a tone none of my previous basses have been able to produce in any capacity. The lows are tight and controlled while the low and high mids are defined and ferocious.
I've done a bit of recording with it, and I'm simply blown away by it so far. Amazing bass sound without having to drag it through multiple EQs and compressors.
The only "bad" stuff I have to say about it thus far is this:
- The location of the jack input makes it impossible for me to play it in classical position when I sit without squashing the jack.
- I have a bad habit of fretting the first fret with my middlefinger. Because of the nut angle I can't do that comfortably on this bass, so that'll take some getting used to.
I'm pretty sure this will be my primary bass from now on. I'm super happy with my purchase and will be looking forward to bringing it to band practice. I still have to pinch myself a bit, because I never thought that I would ever get a Dingwall in my collection. This has been - and still is - my dream bass ever since its inception.
...I want more!
- TheBloodstained
Oh btw, I better include a family photo of the current collection
I've been in love with the NG Dingwalls ever since Nollys signature was released, but they're kind of a novelty item here in Denmark, so I was never able to try one out. I thought about buying one every now and then, but I kind of convinced myself that it would never happen based on partly the pricetag and my concern that the multiscale would be too much to handle for my small hands.
Having joined a band as a bassist last year made me momentarily revisit the thought about buying a Dingwall, but I chose a different direction and ended up buying another Ibanez instead (https://www.sevenstring.org/threads/nbd-nad-my-new-rig.342976/).
I made due with that for a while, but I couldn't let go of the thought about going multiscale and trying to get closer to that signature Nolly sound. The new Ibanez just didn't quite do it for me. Sure, the Ibanez is a fine instrument, but... it just wasn't a Dingwall, you know?
So... I started looking for Dingwalls. Mostly just for the heck of it. This had me using every lunchbreak at work to search for Dingwalls in Europe for a couple of months. I still wasn't sure if I would actually buy one, but I enjoyed the search.
By a complete fluke I discovered a danish bass specialist store located not that far from me, and in their inventory they had a beautiful Dingwall NG3-5 Metalflake Aquamarine - the very bass I posted here - and I just kind of... fell in love, I guess?
For the better part of 3 weeks the first thing I did when I woke up in the morning, when I had 5mins to myself and just before I went to bed in the evening was to check if the bass was still available on the website.
Then I finally caved and ordered it!
At this point in time I've had the bass for about 5 days. In that time I have played it and recorded with it, and my overall experience so far can be summed up with these words:
...FUCK I LOVE THIS BASS!
It plays amazing and is easy to handle even with my tiny hands. My first thought about the neck was that it felt a little fat to me (probably because I'm used to Ibanez neck profiles), but it's super comfortable and moving around the fretboard feels effortless. Even the big stretches on the B string feels more comfortable than one the aforementioned Ibanez.
The multiscale is kind of strange. It's there but... it kind of disappears when I play it!
It's only when I go beyond the 12th fret that I start to notice it.
When it comes to the sound... well, it's a Dingwall. I plugged it into my Darkglass Alpha Omega head and pretty much instantly achieved a tone none of my previous basses have been able to produce in any capacity. The lows are tight and controlled while the low and high mids are defined and ferocious.
I've done a bit of recording with it, and I'm simply blown away by it so far. Amazing bass sound without having to drag it through multiple EQs and compressors.
The only "bad" stuff I have to say about it thus far is this:
- The location of the jack input makes it impossible for me to play it in classical position when I sit without squashing the jack.
- I have a bad habit of fretting the first fret with my middlefinger. Because of the nut angle I can't do that comfortably on this bass, so that'll take some getting used to.
I'm pretty sure this will be my primary bass from now on. I'm super happy with my purchase and will be looking forward to bringing it to band practice. I still have to pinch myself a bit, because I never thought that I would ever get a Dingwall in my collection. This has been - and still is - my dream bass ever since its inception.
...I want more!
- TheBloodstained
Oh btw, I better include a family photo of the current collection
