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Oh, it found a home, alright. It'll be a good home for the Dingwall but not for most of my other basses for much longer!
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Modded White Combustion with Baltic Amber pickguard.
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Blue Afterburner 1 - $1800 Buy It Now + shipping
Reposted moded Combustion for $1000: http://cgi.ebay.com/Dingwall-Combustion ... 3359c74c43
Beautiful AB1 "Elite" quilt top: http://cgi.ebay.com/Dingwall-Afterburne ... 4ced355675
Am I the only one who thinks $2300 is a bit steep for a used AB1?
AB1 for $1800: http://cgi.ebay.com/Dingwall-Afterburne ... 563965a5c8
[quote="Bocete":1nz7i0u2][quote="davio":1nz7i0u2]Am I the only one who thinks $2300 is a bit steep for a used AB1?[/quote:1nz7i0u2]
I've always thought elites have pretty tops and a preamp. An AB-I with a nice top is good, but not that good.[/quote:1nz7i0u2]
I thought Elites were just the top. Putting in a preamp makes it an ABII, doesn't it?
[quote="davio":2j7kct7w][quote="Bocete":2j7kct7w][quote="davio":2j7kct7w]Am I the only one who thinks $2300 is a bit steep for a used AB1?[/quote:2j7kct7w]
I've always thought elites have pretty tops and a preamp. An AB-I with a nice top is good, but not that good.[/quote:2j7kct7w]
I thought Elites were just the top. Putting in a preamp makes it an ABII, doesn't it?[/quote:2j7kct7w]
Well, AB-IIs are entirely made of fancy woods, not only the top. Mine has a bubinga top and neck, walnut body, wenge fingerboard. They are also chambered, mine is, but I'm not sure when did they start doing that. I know that for some time they were chambered without f-holes.
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[quote="davio":2o88p4d5][quote="Bocete":2o88p4d5][quote="davio":2o88p4d5]Am I the only one who thinks $2300 is a bit steep for a used AB1?[/quote:2o88p4d5]
I've always thought elites have pretty tops and a preamp. An AB-I with a nice top is good, but not that good.[/quote:2o88p4d5]
I thought Elites were just the top. Putting in a preamp makes it an ABII, doesn't it?[/quote:2o88p4d5]
Pre-amp makes it an AB 1.5, exclusive, I believe, to Jong at Jive Sound.
I have an "elite" AB I. It is definitely gorgeous.
That's even more confusing. So with an exotic top it can still be an AB1. With a preamp and with or without an exotic top it's an AB1.5. With a preamp, chambered body and premium body wood it's an AB2? And a maple fretboard makes it an ABZ, right? Is that passive? Is there an option to get an exotic top, preamp and/or premium body wood on an ABZ?
Man, the website needs to get updated.
[quote="davio":3hfrf5du]That's even more confusing. So with an exotic top it can still be an AB1. With a preamp and with or without an exotic top it's an AB1.5. With a preamp, chambered body and premium body wood it's an AB2? And a maple fretboard makes it an ABZ, right? Is that passive? Is there an option to get an exotic top, preamp and/or premium body wood on an ABZ?
Man, the website needs to get updated.[/quote:3hfrf5du]
Nope AFAIK. The ABZ is the stripped down version of an AB-I. They always have a maple fretboard and a matte body finish, and cannot be fretless. The other specs are those of an regular AB-I.
[quote="davio":3c10g486]That's even more confusing. So with an exotic top it can still be an AB1. With a preamp and with or without an exotic top it's an AB1.5. With a preamp, chambered body and premium body wood it's an AB2? And a maple fretboard makes it an ABZ, right? Is that passive? Is there an option to get an exotic top, preamp and/or premium body wood on an ABZ?
Man, the website needs to get updated.[/quote:3c10g486]
Neck construction on AB2s is also different from AB1s (carbon spars, more laminates).
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Am I the only one who thinks $2300 is a bit steep for a used AB1?
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I briefly owned that exact bass. Ordered it from Ed Roman and one of the pups produced no sound. I sent it back for another color and he sent that one back to SK for repair. FWIW it's not a "true" green, but a weird sort of teal-not my thing at all.
I always thought the ABZ were not a stripped down ABI, but a different cat.
Its an ASH body w/ maple neck/maple fingerboard-AKA punchy sounding bass, like the Z bass, and thats where i figured the name came from.
From what i've seen, AB tends to be made w/ whatever tonewood Sheldon deemed special at the time.
My two ABI are made of maple or adler w/ maple necks, but not maple fingerboard. The ABII were initially made w/ mahogany, then walnut, but the ABI remained Maple or alder. Now w/ the ABZ- they're ash.
just my 2 pesos
Black burst Afterburner I - $1775 Buy It Now:
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Blackburst Afterburner I - $1699 BIN
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Combustion white w/pickguard - at $950 right now:
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