LukeFRC

As someone sitting waiting for a build that is pretty much ready (though technically it's not a custom build for me in this case) I can say I've expereenced nothing but anticipation and frustrated energy waiting for it. Going into PMT is WAY easier!

I don't think you're the only one! I always find it odd when you find a "I'm getting a build made" thread the amount of things that people focus on that are random aesthetic and not functional... or are led by "ooh this is a cool option I should do this". (or worst when you see people trying to crowd source the specs on a bass forum).

Some of the journey is the trying things too... you might spec the perfect bass, and not know it cos in your head you want to try a stingray or something. So you sell it, buy a stingray and then a year later realise that the stingray dream you had wan't actually what you wanted. (I just borrowed a PreEB for the last couple of weeks to scratch that itch)

How close is this?

which is which?

Sorry. I’m a millennial so it went over my head.

Waiting list on a Wal is 4 years

considered anodised aluminium?

I see what you're doing - and it looks really good!

I've not seen those Mavericks things for years. Never saw anyone playing on either

Number 6 looks like Holyrood park

Schwartz, Rot ... Gelb??!

I've had a bass with some expensive Nordstands in, and they were very nice. But the concept of pickup winding is so simple I don't really know how much difference there can be between some pickup made in a factory or one made by hand by a one man band.

He’s got a 4 ply one too

I like red basses... and your house looks massive!

He’s not, it’s a really high end preamp, it’s done properly.

live near a shop with Dingwalls - go and try some. Try the stuff you are interested in too. decide for yourself after playing it. Maybe they are right, but if they aren't I doubt they will complain if you go "I tried them, the Stingray 5 was way better, then I found this one secondhand" or something. If they do have problem with that, then maybe they aren't that great ppl to be in a band with.

having read the thread... Did they sit you down and tell you "you need to buy this Dingwall" Or did one of you start a conversation about upgrading the bass you've got and the inner gear nerds in your band thought that some cool Dingwall would be a good idea?

the venue's PA team is more than ok with you lugging in your old amp and 8*10... before taking the DI from your bass, sending to the digital desk through CAT5 cables and then sending it to a rack of class D amps powering Neo loaded arrays/self powered Neo loaded arrays....

What I was going to say

End of 2019 I see a bass advertised that looks nice but discount it as it’s a 5 string. It’s also in the next village from where I work. So my first 5 string. Was really struggling with the preamp (to the point I was going to sell the bass) but liked it enough to try switching in a East Uni pre which transformed it. It just sounds great and for the same level as my Sadowsky metro sounds a lot louder - big wide warm low mids with a lot of harmonic richness coming from the bartolini pickups

Si that gold 44-94 is a thing of beauty

SH Sadowsky metro tend to be cheaper than SH US Lakland (in most all but one case!)