[quote="fff-bass":2uh5yrow] Availability: Is "about five projects down the list" a question of years or months? If the latter, would deposits at this point be a welcome impetus or a premature accounting nuisance?.[/quote:2uh5yrow] Most likely years as every project has an unpredictable time load.

[quote="Sheldon Dingwall":29ju3nfx][quote="fff-bass":29ju3nfx] Availability: Is "about five projects down the list" a question of years or months? If the latter, would deposits at this point be a welcome impetus or a premature accounting nuisance?.[/quote:29ju3nfx] Most likely years as every project has an unpredictable time load.[/quote:29ju3nfx] That's a fair answer I like the idea of "years to wait" cause that way I'll have more time saving ££££, but Sheldon would you ever consider making a fanned Tele bass 5 strings replica of a vintage blonde 51 Precision maple neck & fingerboard? like this? [img:29ju3nfx]http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/marchone/1951Precison_xl.jpg[/img:29ju3nfx]

I would actually be very interested in this, if, one, it had the thundering sound of the original Thunderbird, and two, it did not have the extreme neck dive Thunderbirds are notorious for. I tested a Thunderbird a while ago, and the neck dive was the dealbreaker.

Sheldon... http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2013/02/15 ... bird-bass/ Don't you see what I see? Fanned frets, slanted pickups and bridge? The world needs a Ding-Bird man!

[quote="Grand Wazoo":16b57vtc]Sheldon... http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2013/02/15 ... bird-bass/ Don't you see what I see? Fanned frets, slanted pickups and bridge? The world needs a Ding-Bird man![/quote:16b57vtc] Yes, but not one like that; it's UGLY! The Thunderbirds and Mockingbirds should definitely have been kept in separate cages here. I vote for adherence to the original T-Bird body shape, to the extent legal immunity permits. The non-reverse shape might mitigate the neck-dive problem, but it just looks wrong to me.

Many new developments have happened with Dingwalls since this question was originally asked years ago. Is the D-Bird still on the todo list, and has it progressed a bit higher on it? Thanks

Hey Bocete, I've been tied up re-drawing every curve and surface on the existing models to transfer them to a new CNC machine. This has been going on for over two years and I'm still not done. D-bird is going to be a while. Sorry.

Oh well. Thanks for the swift response

I would buy one. With a union Jack paint

I took my liberty to toy around a bit with Sheldon's CAD drawings. I fancy a D-Bird, but would rather see a somewhat slimmer shape with better access to upper frets and a body with "lesser material" behind the bridge. Also a longer "upper horn"... [img:1x5uuxtv]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/bassmayhem/D-Bird%20Bassmayhem%20Edition_zps93yxdabn.jpg[/img:1x5uuxtv] I hope you don't mind...

Sheldon has been teasing the D-bird model over on the Facebook page... https://www.facebook.com/dingwallguitar ... 88812536:0