Hi Guys,
Long time lurker here....Well I finally might be getting a Dingwall. My friend is selling his Afterburner-II and has offered my first dibs. It has a pomele bubinga top, B-string detuner, older style knobs (the volume knob slips off when you pull on it and the pickup blend slips past both end settings - it keeps rotating sometimes). My friend bought it brand-new from GuitarX in Colorado a few years ago.
Is there anything I should know about this particular AB-II that I wouldn't know from just checking the paperwork and just playing the heck out of it, which I have been doing for the last two weeks. It's by far the best bass I've ever touched. In fact, my Lakland 55-02 is up for sale as of last week. It's so strange going back to the Lakland once I've played the AB-II for a few days straight without touching the Lakie. The Lakland almost feels primitive!
Peace.
Sheldon will have a fix for you for the knobs and pots. Post this in the Ask Sheldon area of the forum. 
I would consider putting in a hybrid treble pot eventually (passive cut/active boost).
I would consider putting in a hybrid treble pot eventually (passive cut/active boost).
Brim,
Welcome to the club. My ABII is the best bass I've ever had/played -- hope yours treats you just as well. Mine is #3570 and has a Bubinga Pomele top, too, so yours is probably very much like mine.
+1 to pretty much what everyone else has said. I swapped my knobs for the new ones and had the hybrid treble installed although the directions for doing it yourself seem pretty clear. There is a thread among past forum topics with some great pictures that one of our fellow Dingwallers shared with us that would help make the job pretty easy.
You might want to play your ABII for a while before doing the treble cut, however. With my new amp/cab setup I don't use the cut. With my old setup I did. So you might want to hear how yours sounds through your rig first, then add the mod if desired later.
John
PS: We'll need a picture of you with your new baby to make it official!
Welcome to the club. My ABII is the best bass I've ever had/played -- hope yours treats you just as well. Mine is #3570 and has a Bubinga Pomele top, too, so yours is probably very much like mine.
+1 to pretty much what everyone else has said. I swapped my knobs for the new ones and had the hybrid treble installed although the directions for doing it yourself seem pretty clear. There is a thread among past forum topics with some great pictures that one of our fellow Dingwallers shared with us that would help make the job pretty easy.
You might want to play your ABII for a while before doing the treble cut, however. With my new amp/cab setup I don't use the cut. With my old setup I did. So you might want to hear how yours sounds through your rig first, then add the mod if desired later.
John
PS: We'll need a picture of you with your new baby to make it official!
That AB looks just like mine - except I don't have a bunch of cool pop art to decorate my instrument wall with
This bass is the absolute best I have ever owned. Good luck
This bass is the absolute best I have ever owned. Good luck
[quote="bassplayinbill":6hnw3jge]That AB looks just like mine - except I don't have a bunch of cool pop art to decorate my instrument wall with
This bass is the absolute best I have ever owned. Good luck[/quote:6hnw3jge]
What Bassplayinbill said and I agree with the alcohol soak idea. I've been swapping a couple of sets back and forth for some months now and the strings sound quite good after a little bath in the old alkeehall.
This bass is the absolute best I have ever owned. Good luck[/quote:6hnw3jge]
What Bassplayinbill said and I agree with the alcohol soak idea. I've been swapping a couple of sets back and forth for some months now and the strings sound quite good after a little bath in the old alkeehall.
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