[quote="Funk":2v5ckeup]That's crazy to see the progression of Sheldon's designs of the early voodoo prima to the basses he is making now. Pretty remarkable!!! Can't even imagine what the basses will be like in 5 years. It's only getting better![/quote:2v5ckeup]
That voodoo prima is a really early one, one of the very first from the details and info I've heard...When I was working with Sheldon on the pickups, they were a size that didn't seem to match the others of the era, and it tracked back to them actually being 4-string Barts rather than 5 string. With the body decal, the pickup size, the straight pickups, and the fact that the bridge isn't anchored through-body this suggests that it really is one of the first.
That said, there's some stuff that feels straight up Dingwall and some things that you can tell are different. If you're used to a current highly sculpted Dingwall neck carve with it's complex geometry (compound angle headstock, compound radius fretboard, compound asymmetric neck profile) this isn't it. It's of the same lineage but definitely different to play.