Hi, Frank. Yeah, it's a different thing. Farther from a fretted electric, and that's what I love about it. I play it in all three of my bands, whenever we're leaning jazz, or folk, or classical, or even sometimes (but not always) country. If I ever go in for a fretless electric again, though, I will go Dingwall.
Incidentally, I have the CRM (Czech made with both magnetic and piezo) model, and it's just astonishing the range of tones I can get on it. It's the only other instrument I've owned that has the absurdly perfect build quality my Dingwalls have. As we all know, that's sayin' somethin'.