Machines

Cort GB35J. Picked up 2nd hand for £150 from, wasn't in the best shape. I gave it some new Wilkinson picku, and bridge (total cost £40 !) and it's pretty stonking now. I actually sold my Fender Jazz Deluxe because this thing was just making it a bit ostentatious to have 2 Jazz basses. Got my money back on the Jazz and it's in the new bass kitty for now.

I feel the naming is to make people want to stump up the extra cash for the US models. Do you want to be a Player or Professional ? I'm a Professional Player 😎

Slightly off topic, but I recently dinged my new bass on a wall. Guess that's why it's a Dingwall.

Its not sunlight per we, but the increased temperature. I left my Jazz in 25C for 30 mins by accident and it warped the pickguard. Had to soak in boiling water and flatten it.

Quite frankly that's just not true. It's totally possible to buy something cheap that feels and sounds good. Of course what good is is totally subjective. I have a 150 quid Cort and a Dingwall that's 10x as much. Is one better? No, just different tools for different jobs.

I recently bought a 2nd hand Cort GB35J for £150. Played it in the shop and it sounded pretty awesome, almost on par with my old Lakland 55-60. I've just put some new Wilkinson pickups in (cost £26) and now it's even better. It now has flat wounds on it, and just isn't worth enough for me to part with it. I'm even thinking about dumping my Fender Deluxe Jazz, as this just has better classic tones, and my Dingwall does the modern stuff.

I dumped all my CDs. I have Spotify and my car has Bluetooth but no CD player.

Good, now they won't look like this:

I sold my Bongo 5HS recently for £1300, which I thought was pretty good (I paid a lot less). I know the new prices have gone up a lot recently, but unsure how that translates into any change in sales.

If you load the gallery they don't seem to be missing anything ?

Very nice, but the price

I would expect laziness. Dingwall probably send the list like this.

There's a key at the bottom of the page.

I've decided to leave it. I wanted Jazz sounds as an option, but I have 2 Jazz basses to do that 🙄.

No, the NG2 is the normal model, for the 2 pickups. So this is an NG3. I'll have a mooch on TB cheers.

I'm looking at the replacement switch option. Perhaps it is a ploy to get me to buy a normal Combustion too . I thought individual switches for each pickup (on/off) would work a treat, and to be fair they do that in the Canadian models.

I've been wanting a Dingwall for a long time, but never saw the right one for me. The Combustions I tried felt great but the sound didn't inspire me (I think it was the preamp) and the NG-2's I tried, I didn't like the colour of (fluorescent highlighter pen colour palette). So I waited. I put a deposit down on an NG-2 a couple of months ago, but decided to hold fort for this instead as it showed as being on order at BassDirect, and oddly not reserved. When it landed and appeared on the website I decided to take the punt, and I picked it up on Saturday. Everyone knows about the NG-2s so I won't detail that, but the obvious difference is the addition of a 3rd pickup and different switching options. They are: 1. Bridge 2. Bridge/Middle 3. Middle 4. Neck/Middle/Bridge This wasn't known to me when I ordered, I think I would prefer the option of the neck pickup alone, but would lose the middle pickup alone option and also the 3 together (replacement switches are available quite cheaply from BassDirect, and appear solderless). Thankfully, Dingwall routed the bass nicely so I can have the pickguard off also if I wish (my preference at the moment). Soundwise, of course - it's brilliant. Current favourite positions are 2/3 with a slight mid cut.

I've had 2 Bongos, and whilst they were absolutely stonking basses that played liked butter and had so many tones available - I never felt like it had a personality of it's own. I'm on a Jazz and Precision now, may get a Stingray to mix it up. That aside, the Chinese copy pictured here, is an absolute crime against my eyes.

If they cared a lot, it wouldn't happen to start with. Lots of people getting butthurt feelings over something mundane.

Perhaps i'm thick skinned, but I wouldn't let this experience let me cut off my nose to spite my face, and not get the product I wanted at the right price.