At the last Phil Collins-Tour I saw the great Bassplayer Leland Sklar playing a Bass I`ve never seen before. With the help of a German Bassplayer-Magazin (Bassprofessor) I found out that this very interesting looking Bass was a DINGWALL. I contacted Dingwall and got all the information I need (Thanks to Sheldon and Dingwall Sales!!). Then I found a 10 years old Prima 5, and after a few sleepless nights (because of the fannned frets....) I decided: This is my next Bass! Now, six month later I`m still very happy with the Prima, the fanned frets have never been a problem for me. Sheldon recommend me to upgrade the Bass with the OBP-3 Preamp, Dingwall FD-3 Pickups and Dingwall-Saddles. This is my next project, the parts are already ordered! When the project is finished I will post my experiences here. Have a nice groove!!!!

This looks like an all-walnut body core. Is this before the dual-density body core was implemented?

You are right, this is an all-walnut body. I had never a chance to play a Dingwall with a dual-wood body, so I don`t know anything about the sound-differences.

I don't remember when we made the switch to Walnut, but judging by the photo, that's a mahogany core.

Good to know, what was the reason for the switch from Mahagony to Walnut? Can you describe the sound differences?

[quote="groovemachine":vklivbnn]Good to know, what was the reason for the switch from Mahagony to Walnut? Can you describe the sound differences?[/quote:vklivbnn] The reason for the switch was because we couldn't get a consistent supply of Mahogany. It would range from dark, heavy and bright sounding to light in weight and color and warm sounding. Walnut sounds very similar to good mahogany. A good mahogany is more resonant, where walnut is more clear and defined.

[quote="Erwin":2xohupzt]Well, this is my Dingwall bass... I think the youngest Dingwall owner in the world with a age of 18. haha. Owner for a year maybe. Will be retro-fitted with LED's... Very cool... Greetings from the Netherlands, Erwin Visser www.co-9band.tk YEAH![/quote:2xohupzt] Hey, your not the only 18 year old dingwaller out there. Im 18 and have had my AB since I was just shy of 16

Yep. Its mine.

Never mind that i'm not the youngest. All Dingwall owners are my friends haha. Everyone made a very good choice! I'm going to work. Clean up a Fittness-school! Savind money for the LED's haha. Maybe on the end of the year. If toy see the price tag...But very cool! Greetings from the Netherlands, Erwin www.co-9band.tk

well im 17 and ive had my dingwall AB-II 6 string since i was sixteen

Please note: No Dingwalls were harmed in the making of this photo.

Here's my newest baby. Check out how the colour looks different depending on the light. One's with a flash and the other is without.

oh no.... that's not the one Baron Martin had up on eBay a while ago, is it? I wanted that bass

Sure is! I wanted it too

dang... it sure is pretty. how's it play/sound?

[quote="fookgub":1epqvmrj]dang... it sure is pretty. how's it play/sound?[/quote:1epqvmrj] It plays and sounds great as expected. The neck is slightly thinner than my ABII, but overall everything is top notch.

Here is my well gigged AB1 5...the story...., I knew there must be something better than the ordinary basses I had played so I walked into Axe music one day and laid down the challenge to Moreno, in half an hour I walked out with the AB1-5 for a weekend trial! I practiced with it for 2 hours then played 2 gigs, on monday I phoned Moreno and told him he couldn't have his Bass back, he said that was fine but that he would have to make a slight adjustment to my credit card balance....please note; this bass will NEVER be for sale Nic

Nic- great closeups..... Don't say never....I think you will find that many (if not most of us) get our hands on the Dingwall AB I basses first, then wonder--gee if the ABs sound amazing, what does a Z1/Z2/ prima sound like...then your hooked. That upgrade to a Z1/Z2/prima may have your tongue wagging and your ABI out on Ebay to pay for the Prima...but your right. These basses are amzing May i ask- do you find that Samson wireless system to compress your tone and do you loose low end? IIRC that system didn't go down as low as the Low B fundemental, just curious if you notice a difference.

Nic, that's a beautiful bass. I have a Fender Jazz in that color, and also my Nissan Maxima is that color! Frank, you're right. When I got my AB1 someone warned me that it was a 'gateway' Dingwall...that it was great, but it would make me want another. ...Less than a year later, I have another on the way! Luckily, I'm pretty sure I've got it covered so that I don't have to sell my AB1 either. Even so, I have a few other basses that would be up on the block before I got there!

Nice bass, Nic. A year after I got my Voodoo, I started to wonder about the AB. I'm not thrilled about taking the Voodoo to every gig, so I e-mailed Sheldon to ask him if he thought a player who started on one of his high-end basses would be happy with an AB. I never heard back on that e-mail (but I have on countless others). Maybe it's a dumb question. At any rate, the praise that the ABs have received in this forum prompted me to take the plunge, and I am eagerly awaiting delivery of my AB1 in February. Dingwall-addiction syndrome (DAS) can be acquired as Frank described, but it also works the other way... I'm already planning my third Dingwall, an AB1 fretless, and I have yet to take delivery of my second one. Sadly, there is no known cure for this illness. Hmmm...you know, I've always wanted a 3 string bass... Mark