bigsmokebass Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 As revolutionary as these basses are, I can't seem to adapt to it in my mind... got to love a classically built bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterfire666 Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 Just found out these are now equipped with a darkglass tone capsule and pickups confirmed as nordstrands, i want one more now haha. No surprise but a 5 string model is also confirmed. Gotta keep an eye out for any shows in the uk for the opportunity to give one a quick play. The big question for me is price now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Sorry, but this just looks like a love child of swamp thing and darth vader. I am not overly concerned about “ugly” - my Bogarts are an acquired taste too - if it sounds good and ergonomics are spot on, so fingers crossed then... a very small market for it I imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterfire666 Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 thats how i felt about my boden os6 but the erganomics and sound won me over, i like the looks now too i guess they grew on me over time that neck profile has really improved my guitar playing though and has pretty much eliminated fretting hand fatigue, hopefully the bass will nail it in the same way, time will tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 1 minute ago, winterfire666 said: thats how i felt about my boden os6 but the erganomics and sound won me over, i like the looks now too i guess they grew on me over time that neck profile has really improved my guitar playing though and has pretty much eliminated fretting hand fatigue, hopefully the bass will nail it in the same way, time will tell. I get that totally. I have the exact same with the Bogarts, they enable things I just can’t do on other basses, and then they just grow or become part of you and what once was “ugly” becomes beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linear Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 I like the special cutaway on the lower bout so that the instrument sits comfortably when you want to play bass sitting cross-legged on a tree stump in the park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterfire666 Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 First pic of the five string. They do like to tease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 New pic The awful pickups are gone!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterfire666 Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 35"-33.5" scale length confirmed too. Hopefully more info soon. I generally play 4 strings but this 5 might tempt me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterfire666 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 hopefully this means we are nearing an announcement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 I'm not the biggest fan of fanned fret designs but I wish when companies did them they'd slant the pickup housings to match, so they are a trapezoid shape instead of angled rectangles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visog Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Nice! Let's hope the price is, ahem, 'manageable'. P.S. Do they have torzoidal necks like the LittleGuitarWorks basses as well as fanned frets (like Dingwalls) And headless like Steinberger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterfire666 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 4 minutes ago, visog said: Nice! Let's hope the price is, ahem, 'manageable'. P.S. Do they have torzoidal necks like the LittleGuitarWorks basses as well as fanned frets (like Dingwalls) And headless like Steinberger? they have the strandberg endurneck, i have one of their guitars and it really does work, cant wait to test the bass out https://strandbergguitars.com/strandberg-endurneck/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visog Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 So yes I was aware of the compound goings-on at the back of the neck but that top picture of the flock of Strandbergs looks as if there is a twist in the fretboard.... but it could be an illusion caused by the multiscale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterfire666 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 trick of the light i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 3 kg = 6.6 lb. i am now very interested! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 GAS building, must admit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visog Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Anything saucy happening with electronics do we know? Need more reasons to GAS before the pricing s**ts roundly on the currently appealing fantasy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Mehhh. The fan is too small (like the Ibanez really, why bother doing it at all?), it is far too light for me (my 8lb Dingwall is borderline) and I dunno, I'm just not taken by the overall look. Biggest point of interest to me is the bizarre neck cave, which I presume is being carried over from the guitar. Interested to see how that feels to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 It seem only Dingwall will really take the Novax system to it's real potential on bass. As @Kev mentions, Ibanez didn't really set the world on fire with theirs despite there being a gap in the market for a <£1000 fanned fret bass to steal Dingwall sales for those that don't want to save up as long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterfire666 Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 2 hours ago, visog said: Anything saucy happening with electronics do we know? Need more reasons to GAS before the pricing s**ts roundly on the currently appealing fantasy... They seem to have tried a few different preamp and pickup options with the prototype, definitely seen a darkglass tone capsule and nordstrand & bartolini pickups so far, itll be interesting to see the final specs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelf Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 (edited) My ACG EQ01 was in the prototype when it first came out a few years back. Edited September 12, 2018 by skelf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 4 hours ago, Kev said: Mehhh. The fan is too small (like the Ibanez really, why bother doing it at all?), it is far too light for me (my 8lb Dingwall is borderline) and I dunno, I'm just not taken by the overall look. Biggest point of interest to me is the bizarre neck cave, which I presume is being carried over from the guitar. Interested to see how that feels to play. I see a lot of “this is not a proper fan”, so how is a 34-37” proper, and 34-35.5 not? To me it is mistaking convention with reality. The ideal G string length many would argue is 32” whilst the best B I ever had was 36”. Should proper not be 32-36” then? Ibanez and others have just taken a different view of what works best in their eyes in my view. Why is the Dingwall Super Jazz scale different than their NG? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealting Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 I like the fan of my Dingwall Super J5 and Super P5. I liked the fan of the Ibanez six string when I had mine (although the neck was too thin). I’m very interested in trying the Strandberg bass when it appears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, HazBeen said: I see a lot of “this is not a proper fan”, so how is a 34-37” proper, and 34-35.5 not? To me it is mistaking convention with reality. The ideal G string length many would argue is 32” whilst the best B I ever had was 36”. Should proper not be 32-36” then? Ibanez and others have just taken a different view of what works best in their eyes in my view. Why is the Dingwall Super Jazz scale different than their NG? I guess its just personal experience. I play Dingwalls and am used to that scale on a fanned fret instrument. I guess I am interested why builders go to the extra engineering efforts for just a 1.5 inch spread i.e. what benefits are we getting from a top string just 0.5 inches longer than many regular 5s? Like you say, many would say the spread should be more like 36-32, which is a 4 inch spread, so even larger. I am sure it isn't, but to me with these mini fans it does kinda look like multiscale for the sake of multiscale. The Super Jazz and P are Dingwalls efforts at a classic design and they chose that scale length to make it feel like a more traditional bass, as opposed to the long reaches of the AB and Combustion ranges. That's the only reason from what I recall. Edited September 12, 2018 by Kev 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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