Headless Dingwalls are coming!

[horrorshowbass]

Good to see Dingwall follow the trail blazed by Ibanez.

[Hellzero]

19 minutes ago, horrorshowbass said:

Good to see Dingwall follow the trail blazed by Ibanez.

With a latency of 40 years for the both of them...

 

I've been playing mostly headless fretless sixers over around the same period, so Ibanez and Dingwall are a bit late to the party, aren't they.

[Woodinblack]

28 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

With a latency of 40 years for the both of them...

 

Hardly, the Ibanez Axestar AXB50 was released in 1985, that was headless.

[Hellzero]

33 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

 

Hardly, the Ibanez Axestar AXB50 was released in 1985, that was headless.

I was waiting for THAT comment.

 

And it was such a success that Ibanez decided to stop the production of headless basses just after for a very, very, very long period.

[horrorshowbass]

Lads, this one was too easy.

Ibby did do a headless multiscale first I believe...

[wavemaker]

I have no horse in this race as I don’t do headless basses any more. I‘d like to correct two points made before, though:

 

I‘ve  had Afterburners clocking in at 3.4 kg that were perfectly balanced. I also own one of eight "Afterburner Heavy Solids" / ABHS weighing 5.5 kg and while it certainly is more stone than feather, it feels lighter than most Les Pauls on a strap. 

Like it or not in terms of its aesthetic - but ergonomically, the AB design is perfect. (I‘ll give you the first few frets being hard to reach if you’re of smaller limb but that’s what the reach reducing pin is for.)

 

Also, Strandberg basses were released in February 2019, not 2007. 

[Machines]

Combustions and NGs i've had (a total of 5) were 9-10lb, my D-Roc being just under 10lb. My SP-1 was 9lb.

 

I've picked up some Combustions in shops that were 10+, I think wood variation was the issue here.

 

However my ash ABZ is under 8lb, this headless Effigy I would expect to be the same or even less.

 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by Machines

[attackbass]

I walked past Sheldon Dingwall yesterday morning walking around with that bass on the way to soundcheck. I quite like the look of the bass but would probably never buy one.

 

It's funny seeing all these basses in real life in one place. Didn't even attempt to play anything and quickly just walked around to say I've had a look. Think it cured me of any gas!