AryaBara
SS.org Regular
Just... epic 
New Custom Dingwall day - Afterburner 6 w/wenge neck and eyeball-frying finish
- Thread starter -Nolly-
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jonajon91
New Picture
Saw this on guitar porn on Facebook. Fak you Nolly
Andromalia
Pardon my french
Can you swear no Pikachus were harmed in the making of that paint ?
Looks killer man that F# looks huge and awesome 
Is this gonna be for the 8 string stuff? And does that mean there's gonna be more 8 string stuff?
that F# looks huge and awesome Is this gonna be for the 8 string stuff? And does that mean there's gonna be more 8 string stuff?
Cheers guys! Yes there will definitely be a playthrough video soon
Thanks man, I don't tune my Combustions in 5ths though. I wanted a 6-string set up this way in order to be able to double the stuff the guitarists in my band do with their 8-strings tuned to F# standard. There was one 8-string song on the last album and that made full use of all 6-strings of the Warwick Thumb we used so I needed a 6 of my own in order to be able to pull it off live. Looks like we'll be using a lot more of this tuning in the future so it was worth getting an instrument like this
Thanks man, I don't tune my Combustions in 5ths though. I wanted a 6-string set up this way in order to be able to double the stuff the guitarists in my band do with their 8-strings tuned to F# standard. There was one 8-string song on the last album and that made full use of all 6-strings of the Warwick Thumb we used so I needed a 6 of my own in order to be able to pull it off live. Looks like we'll be using a lot more of this tuning in the future so it was worth getting an instrument like this
Looks like we'll be using a lot more of this tuning in the future so it was worth getting an instrument like this
Can't wait to hear it man, I love what you guys do with all the range
This looks amazing.
Ive got a combustion 5, the guitarists in my band use 8's. The low end i needed to reach was so hard to get to sound good, I just took a bit of inspiration from Dick in Meshuggah and play in the same octave when they drop to the lowest string, which is an E.
Thats not to say i wouldn't have a abz6 if i could afford it, and could afford to keep restringing it with the ridiculously high gauge Circle K sets i would need to have the strings nice and tight.
Definitely a nice investment, fanned frets is the way forward in extended range bass.
Ive got a combustion 5, the guitarists in my band use 8's. The low end i needed to reach was so hard to get to sound good, I just took a bit of inspiration from Dick in Meshuggah and play in the same octave when they drop to the lowest string, which is an E.
Thats not to say i wouldn't have a abz6 if i could afford it, and could afford to keep restringing it with the ridiculously high gauge Circle K sets i would need to have the strings nice and tight.
Definitely a nice investment, fanned frets is the way forward in extended range bass.
LolloBlaskhyrt
HD Pro abuser
DAT YELLOW. So beautiful! Congrats Nolly!
russtolium
Well-Known Member
Cheers guys! Yes there will definitely be a playthrough video soon
Thanks man, I don't tune my Combustions in 5ths though. I wanted a 6-string set up this way in order to be able to double the stuff the guitarists in my band do with their 8-strings tuned to F# standard. There was one 8-string song on the last album and that made full use of all 6-strings of the Warwick Thumb we used so I needed a 6 of my own in order to be able to pull it off live. Looks like we'll be using a lot more of this tuning in the future so it was worth getting an instrument like this
Ohhh okay, I didn't look hard enough at the tuning info you posted for that notreble.com walkthrough of MTD, makes sense now. Can't wait to hear some more material from Juggernaut.
ThePhilosopher
Reason User
Wow, that's quite a bass, hnbd.
Superwoodle
Chris Woodle
Woah! I've always been a fan of dingwalls. The bass looks great nolls
buddylee05
Member
What is the electronic setup? Why did you choose to have three pickups and all generally located in the middle between the neck and the bridge?
TheEmptyCell
Dingwall Player
Sheldon Dingwall decided the pickup/ electronics arrangement.
He's been quoted as stating that they just moved pickups around until they got the sound they wanted way back when they were prototyping instruments.
The bass has one volume, 3-band EQ, and a 4 position pickup selector that does solo bridge pickup, bridge + middle in series, bridge + neck in parallel, and neck solo (I think).
The switch is atypical of most bass guitars, which usually have seperate volumes for each pickup. I can attest that the 4 way switch on my ABZ5 (bridge, both pickups series, both parallel, neck) offers very easy, versatile switching.
Unlike guitars, a pickup right next to the bridge of a bass sounds like shit. Too close to the neck and it's woofy and muddy, which works for some guys. I could guarantee that these three pickups right between the neck and bridge sounds amazing.
WaffleTheEpic
Banned
Does it taste like mustard?
aawshred
Well-Known Member
If this is anything like the 5 string yellow afterburner at NAMM, than I can only imagine how astonishing this.
I ordered a combustion a few days ago, Sheldon and Barry at Dingwall are some of the best guys out there.
I ordered a combustion a few days ago, Sheldon and Barry at Dingwall are some of the best guys out there.
Here's a DI clip to demonstrate the F#. The pickup setting is the bridge and middle coils in series for a fat, punchy tone. I recorded direct through my Audient MiCO preamp with some light compression. No further processing was done to the DI. All parts played with fingers.
The second half is me jamming on Karnivool's "Simple Boy", all credit to them for that.
https://soundcloud.com/nolly/nolly-dingwall-afterburner
The second half is me jamming on Karnivool's "Simple Boy", all credit to them for that.
https://soundcloud.com/nolly/nolly-dingwall-afterburner
