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[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1457906567' post='3002970'] Good for metal... [/quote] A brushed aluminium pickguard and headstock facing would finish the look...

I'd be a sucker for tobacco burst too - I said that to Sheldon myself.

Just to clarify - I didn't buy it, it wasn't up for sale. I went to see it out of curiosity, but ended up really liking it. I went again today and had the chance to chat with Sheldon for a full half hour. I brought up the headstock and he was very aware that it polarised opinion, but also said that many of Dingwall's design decisions have done in the past, and people tend to get used to things over time... I'm kind of inclined to agree, (although I still think the MM Bongo is one of the ugliest things I've ever seen). The headstock does look very beautiful in person, and because of its shorter length (and the rear strap), the bass balances quite beautifully on a strap. I for one really like it, I think it has that signature Dingwall vibe with a nod to the original.

Saw (and heard) Paul Turner play his all white five-string tonight during the post-London Bass Guitar Show jam, through a Jules Monique. He always sounds good, and tonight his tone sounded phenomenal.

Went to the London Bass Guitar Show today, left poorer and richer at the same time. Whaddya think? [IMG]http://i66.tinypic.com/oa0ymo.jpg[/IMG]

Here ya go, Dazed http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/sale-event/6962

[quote name='geoffbyrne' timestamp='1457780600' post='3001709'] Google is your friend.... https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=p+bass+gold+anodized+pickguard&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjeg_Tm_7rLAhXCXRoKHUN6A0YQsAQIOw&biw=1600&bih=752 G. [/quote] Those are all Precisions

[quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1457712083' post='3001250'] I'm a huge Dingwall fan but am not enormously taken with the look of it. I might like it more if I see someone playing it, though. I bet it sounds amazing, though. [/quote] Same - I'm looking forward to trying it, though.

Thanks for sharing the photo. Still looks pretty nice to me, reminds me of some of the really old double basses. Does it have decent acoustic volume and resonance?

[quote name='jrixn1' timestamp='1457583791' post='2999856'] I picked one up a couple of weeks ago. First time I've owned a short-scale bass, or a hollow-body. The overall length of the whole instrument is the same as a normal 34" bass, but the scale is shorter since the bridge is some way into the body. Switched the strings to D'Addario Chromes. By the way, despite the 30.3" scale, it takes normal 34" strings due to the distance between bridge and tailpiece. Doesn't weigh much: 3.0 kg. Haven't played it out yet (first chance to is over the next few days), but so far at home it seems to have a nice, deep tone but while still remaining tight - not boomy. [/quote] Looks nice! Which model is it, and how do you find the finish?

This is cruel.

Just wondering if anyone has tried one yet. I'm considering their smaller-bodied hollowbody guitar from the same range, but they have a couple of interesting short-scale (30") basses too. http://m.guitarguitar.co.uk/Product/151218291668002

I really didn't like the TB10 when I tried it, FWIW.

There are a few teasers on the Dingwall FB page

Those Guses are hella cool, X.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1457358857' post='2997687'] I'm glad somebody else is with me. Their core sound just doesn't do anything for me whatsoever. If I picked one up in a shop, I wouldn't walk out with one. Having tried one on a gig... well, that's a different matter. But I don't think I could buy I bass that does nothing for me tonally outside of a band situation. [/quote] I'm pretty spoilt by having a Sadowsky MV4 and a pair of Dingwalls (Super J5 and Super P5), and I very much prefer five strings to four so I don't practice on the Sadowsky alone. When I'm in a situation that demands a traditional-looking four string though, the Sadowsky as my token four delivers phenomenally well.