Trade ? Dingwall for 4003S

[teeder]

Ha! I looked at the picture too quick and thought it was distorted! It's freaking me out man!
Would like to try one though.

[rickfan60]

The idea was invented by Ralph Novak but Dingwall was the first to apply it to a bass. Because of the success of the Dingwall, Novak later produced a fan fret bass of his own. The theory is that like on a piano harp the lower the string pitch, the longer the string should be. Novak spent a lot of time researching the idea and most who have tried them like the sound.

[zoomduck]

I bought this purple one from Mr Novak . He is our local Dingwall dealer . The day I visited him he had the purple one and a transparent blue over flame maple one . We spent a good hour setting -up and playing them . The purple one was not my first color choice but she played the cleanest with a nicer feeling neck . The difference between the two was minimal but you know how it is when an instrument just resonates and works with your whole body. She was IT !!

[sabbath_of_bass]

Hmm thats pretty kool. So it basically just like playing a normal bass? Only the frets are kinda... crazy? Didnt know if there was any kind of weird tuning or anything odd like that.

[jps]

I think Harry Fleishman did the fanned frets before Dingwall, on his Scroll basses.

[zoomduck]

Yeah Jacob . Standard BEADG 5 string tuning. It's just like playing a normal bass until you get up around the 15th fret . The thing that is not normal is every string has the same feel (tension). Perfect !

[billy_sacco]

So is that the whole thing with the fanned frets the sound? I played a dingwall and I personally did not like the feel of the neck much at all. Did not get to plug it in though.

[zoomduck]

For me...before I broke my wrists it was...Feel and especially the Sound.....Huge !!!

[sabbath_of_bass]

Kool concept. But I dont think id like it.

[zoomduck]

Cool concept she is....not for everybody though....takes grande huevos !