Ashborygirl

If you're buying from Thomann you can return the bass for a refund if you don't like it within 30 days.

Similar experience with them, excellent customer service.

Funny, I'd go for the Spector for the exact same reasons.

[quote name='Fionn' timestamp='1362430256' post='1999744'] Are Sadowsky "totally ripping off" Fender because they do a superior take on a Leo Fender design? [/quote] Superior to the early 60s jazz? But yeah, Sadowsky, along with a number of builders, are ripping off other people's designs.

He certainly did use Spectors, you can see one in the videos for Fight Like a Brave & Knock Me Down.

Blatant shilling, let's see what eBay do about it.

I bought a Spector USA Shorty this week. It is superb.

There a big gap between an asking price & a selling price & a lot of 'ray owners on eBay are being wildly optimistic. £700 would be my upper limit for a modern 'ray.

Compare the price of a Super P4 with a Fender Pino or a Super J4 with the price of a Sadowsky Will Lee. For a bespoke Canadian made bass with a custom made bridge, pickups & electronics (i.e. no bulk purchasing of established parts), Dingwalls are more than reasonable.

Well the 3 that really intrigue me are the Dingwall Super P, the Xotic XP & the Lull. I don't see much mentioned about Mike Lull but what I do see suggests he makes a very special bass.

Grand Wazoo makes a great point about the evenness of sound across the strings. It's hard to explain but you don't appreciate how different the B,E & A strings sound to the D&G on a normal bass. With the Dingwall it sounds like every string is being played on the same instrument, same presence punch & sustain. What I appreciate most about this is that eq'ing the amp stops being a compromise between tight enough to make the lower register sound clean but no so tight as to make the high register sound nasal. Oh, & Sheldon Dingwall seems to be a top bloke. It would be very easy for anyone making such a great product to disappear up their own arse about it but he seems totally grounded & interested in what all his customers have to say.

I'm gutted to be selling mine. Amazing necks, amazing build & tone to die for, best bass guitar I've played in 30+ years.