pierreganseman

20 hours ago, markbunney said:

Another one for sale, this one’s in Belgium

 

https://reverb.com/uk/item/68014810-dingwall-john-taylor-2023-custom

this is now sold in the US 

8 hours ago, Kev said:

Totally agree!

 

The trade off for the chinese models seemed good value when they were introduced at £1k or so, but now that they're getting to £2.5k (the price of an AB1 the last time I bought one in the not so distant past), I don't know anymore.  There are a LOT of basses out there you can get with that kind of money.

absolutely agree - you can get so so so so many things for such prices. 

now you cannot much if at all with their custom shop for less than 3,5 3,8k (I'm speaking in euro) but hey .... they have 2 and a half year waiting list officially (so probably closer to 3 year) so what can I say 🙂 

17 minutes ago, Kev said:

Not a bad shout really, they Chinese basses do seem to be going up in price more than the Canadian, relatively speaking?

I'm not sure to be honest - I just suppose demand is far higher on import 

I do think that Canadian are 10 galaxy further up from import - so if one is able to afford them I'd highly recommend them 

absolutely world class 

1 hour ago, krd said:

That listing sold days ago so I wonder if someone’s payment bounced… 😬

hey , no , this is mine , customer changed his mind and bought a Canadian custom 

So apparently ....

the 4 and 5 "production models" 

will be cream / Seam foam / Black 

cream will have maple fingerboard 

black and sea foam pao ferro 

both alder body 

On 19/04/2023 at 09:03, krd said:

I was lucky and got my hands on one during the dingwall preorder so I’m all set 🤘

 

Do you know how many of the 82 went to dealers then? I’m just very curious as to how many were actually available for the first preorder 

what I can tell you is that 30 went to Europe 

10 to Bass direct apparently 

I know Dingwall sold a few direct - sold out in minutes .......

rest for North America I guess 

On 18/04/2023 at 02:09, krd said:

https://reverb.com/item/68144732-dingwall-john-taylor-signature-bass-cranberry-pearl-rio-model-pre-order
 

Starting to see some listings on Reverb now, there’s currently 1 available

each European dealer got two ....

so go for it if you feel like it 

once gone ... they're gone 

can't go wrong with a Z 

1 hour ago, Kev said:

That's interesting, definitely against everything I've read about it, that this colour is unique to this run?

as far as I understand that limited Run of 82 is sold out and has no plan for another one. Comes with a D tuner , Inlay on board , custom bag. 

however a "production model" is planed for late 2023 too. 

again as far as I understand : No D Tuner , standard bag , no inlay and will come in white , sea foam and black but for the rest will be identical .... 

it's still very beginning so a change or error on my part is possible - never seen one in the flesh 

I can tell you too they'll be a 5 string but I have no definite information on that 

Probably sold out worldwide by now. 

I hear of "standard production models" coming for 4th quarter of 2023 

virtually identical without the fancy bag , inlay on board , D tuner 

(disclosure - I'm a dealer) 

On 21/01/2023 at 13:01, molan said:

Oh my, that’s crazy - a 2 year+ wait!

yes barrie , and many ppl are late these days , so it's 28 to 32 35 month I guess

28 month build time on German made ones now 

17 hours ago, ezbass said:

The configurator is a dangerous place 😬

 

very lol 

On 05/05/2022 at 18:49, gazzatriumph said:

Its probably cheaper to change it than to repair it.  How old is the bass, and as you are not the first owner im not suprised they will charge you.  I reckon the previous owner could have broke it and moved it on

I wouldn't know for sure , much simpler than a proper repair that's for sure. 

12 hours ago, evan47 said:

Actually, they didn't even bother to ask if I was the first owner or if it was under warranty.

They simply stated that they were too busy to do repairs but would fit a new neck.

It is surprising that a bolt on neck has to be individually fitted by them and is not interchangeable

Such a shame as it is a beautiful instrument.

10 hours ago, wateroftyne said:

 

FWIW this isn't a new policy from them. I enquired about buying a new neck for one of mine (for cosmetic reasons) and he wouldn't entertain the idea unless I sent the whole thing back to him.

as far as I understand to have a perfect fit you need the body at the factory. 

19 hours ago, gazzatriumph said:

Its probably cheaper to change it than to repair it.  How old is the bass, and as you are not the first owner im not suprised they will charge you.  I reckon the previous owner could have broke it and moved it on

indeed , warranties are close to never transferred to next owner. No brand will cover an instrument bought on used market. 

On 12/03/2022 at 19:51, ezbass said:

Both mine were/are fine as was the off the peg Jake I had for a while.

as a dealer the amount of "issues" I had were excessively small and were all sorted in seconds. Probably less than 3 or 4. 

and sold 100's of them around the world 

40 minutes ago, ead said:

Just had a look at the site again and noticed the Jake TB, looks very interesting.  Does anyone have one?  I can't seem to get the configurator to work for this model type, which to be fair is probably a blessing in disguise as I'd be pretty tempted to order one.

I've heard it a few times 

sold a bunch along the years 

they're basically a J with a fat donkey pair of bollox 

11 hours ago, simisker said:

To celebrate the 6 month anniversary since I placed my order for an Elwood, I thought I'd show off my sofa shot.

 

 

[Yup, still waiting ]

6 month ? surprising , haven't talked to Adrian in a few days  , but I know a lot of companies are struggling to get hardware , not sure about him 

1 hour ago, Rumple said:

@pierreganseman thank you for contributing, I had no idea you were here on BC 😊

 

I need to liquidate some assets but I'm keen to get my hands on a Dingwall in the not too disant future and I'll get in touch if i can't find a used one.

 

Cheers

 

 

here and there I have a look , pure chance that I bumped onto this thread 

1 hour ago, Owen said:

It's all going well again!

It got me quite a few confused looks when ppl were coming in to try stuff, happened here and there before covid , since covid i get zero visits 

1 hour ago, BlueMoon said:

That's me!!

Cool man , long time 

a ton more stuff in stock by now

On 19/01/2022 at 17:51, ebenezer said:

Thanks for that.... weird, but seems to work well....am I right in assuming it is a dual action trussrod?

sure is dual action 

yes normal , it's their own design , reverse to fender 

On 27/01/2022 at 18:53, ambient said:

I’ve never bought from his shop, I briefly studied music with Pierre at ICMP and bought two instruments from him privately. He’s got some great instruments in stock.

long time , who's that ? 

thanks 

3 hours ago, Rumple said:

That's great info, thank you.

99,9% of orders are online however the remaining 0,1% is welcome by appointment