{"id":25932,"date":"2025-02-06T05:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T20:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/?p=25932"},"modified":"2025-02-10T12:03:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T03:03:33","slug":"i-built-a-headless-bass-with-dingwall-pickups-full-build-demo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/?p=25932","title":{"rendered":"I Built a Headless Bass with Dingwall Pickups (Full Build &#038; Demo)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2rpzvpVMS74?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen title=\"I Built a Headless Bass with Dingwall Pickups (Full Build &amp; Demo)\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s change it up; I built a bass this time.  I wanted to get the Dingwall sound into a 5-string headless bass, so I installed the FD3N pickups and even the Darkglass Tone Capsule that would come with an NG-3.<\/p>\n<p>The build process was pretty smooth sailing, though hand-planing and carving the wenge neck was a beast.  The biggest issue encountered was the body blank warping after glue-up.  I think it&#8217;s due to this particular piece of black limba being laughably light (2.7 lbs\/boardfoot) and needing longer clamping time in winter temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>Though the bass is small relatively small, that 37&#8243; low B-string makes it feel massive.  Off camera, I played around with mostly metal tones, and the aggressive sounds I can get out of this bass are super satisfying.<\/p>\n<p>Check out B.M.&#8217;s bands:<br \/>\nCoffin Rot: https:\/\/coffinrotofficial.bandcamp.com\/<br \/>\nLivssyke: https:\/\/transylvanianrecordings.bandcamp.com\/album\/livssyke-solace-in-worms<br \/>\nArlone: https:\/\/transylvanianrecordings.bandcamp.com\/album\/arlone-reign-at-dawn<\/p>\n<p>Specs<br \/>\nBody: Maple burl on black limba<br \/>\nNeck: Wenge, dyed maple veneer<br \/>\nFretboard: Indian ebony<br \/>\nPickups: Dingwall FD3N<br \/>\nPreamp: Darkglass Tone Capsule<br \/>\nBridge &#038; Headpiece: Nova Guitar Parts<br \/>\nScale: 34&#8243;-37&#8243;<br \/>\nFretboard Radius: 16&#8243;<br \/>\nFrets: 24x Jescar 43080<\/p>\n<p>Supplies<br \/>\nFinish: Crystalac Brite Tone matte<br \/>\nDye: Transtint<br \/>\nSealer: Mohawk&#8217;s pre-catalyzed sanding sealer<br \/>\nGrain filler: Z-poxy finishing resin<br \/>\nAbrasives: Eagle Abrasives Super Assilex<\/p>\n<p>00:00 &#8211; Intro<br \/>\n00:11 &#8211; Jointing drop top<br \/>\n01:03 &#8211; Planing body<br \/>\n01:54 &#8211; Laminating body<br \/>\n02:44 &#8211; Cut neck laminates<br \/>\n03:24 &#8211; Laminating neck<br \/>\n05:06 &#8211; Warped body<br \/>\n05:25 &#8211; Cutting body<br \/>\n05:46 &#8211; Neck rod channels<br \/>\n07:08 &#8211; Fingerboard<br \/>\n07:30 &#8211; Shaping<br \/>\n08:15 &#8211; Fret slots<br \/>\n08:47 &#8211; Fingerboard binding<br \/>\n10:09 &#8211; Inlays<br \/>\n10:41 &#8211; Fingerboard glue-up<br \/>\n11:08 &#8211; Pickup cavity<br \/>\n11:39 &#8211; Neck details<br \/>\n12:20 &#8211; Neck pocket<br \/>\n13:19 &#8211; Fingerboard radius<br \/>\n14:03 &#8211; Install frets<br \/>\n14:32 &#8211; Nut slot<br \/>\n15:44 &#8211; Route body cavities<br \/>\n17:53 &#8211; Cavity covers<br \/>\n18:33 &#8211; Neck carve<br \/>\n20:15 &#8211; Body continued<br \/>\n21:44 &#8211; Grain fill<br \/>\n22:55 &#8211; Apply color dye<br \/>\n24:49 &#8211; Level and crown frets<br \/>\n25:29 &#8211; Clear coat<br \/>\n26:33 &#8211; Assembly<br \/>\n27:38 &#8211; Beauty roll<br \/>\n28:42 &#8211; Sound demo<br \/>\n30:29 &#8211; Photos<\/p>\n<p>#luthier #guitar #bassguitar<\/p>\n<p><!-- Video Blogster Pro --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s change it up; I built a bass this time. I wanted to get the Dingwall sound into a 5-string headless bass, so I installed the FD3N pickups and even the Darkglass Tone Capsule that would com [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bassguitar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25932"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25934,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25932\/revisions\/25934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}