![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This allows us to use a higher density wood such as Northern Ash for the bass side to accentuate the highs and give power to the lows without affecting the treble strings. To achieve this naturally equalizing body we turned traditional thinking on its side by laminating across the width of the body. At the time this had never been done before. What if we could take this concept one step further by focusing on the needs of the bass and treble strings separately? In effect creating a body that naturally balances tone between the bass and treble strings. However, our experience with the Novax Fanned-Fret ® system has opened up a whole new way of thinking about an instrument. This system works well to alter the tone response of all the strings as a group. For example, laminate a thick maple top on a mahogany core to increase the brightness of the mahogany. Position Markers and Inlays 3 mm plastic face dots, 2 mm plastic side dots.Body Core The traditional way of combining body woods to control tone is to laminate horizontally. Although its size is smaller than standard bass fretwire, its service life is about the same. This is the same size as you’d find on most guitars from the 50’s and 60’s. The advantages are a more woody, less metallic tone, smoother glissandos and a faster feel. Lee Sklar turned us onto the benefits of small frets. Maple Fingerboard Options Pau Ferro Fretless Option N/A Fret Options We use 18% hard nickel silver fretwire. Headstock options N/A Standard Fingerboard The results are excellent balance and solid performance. We combined the minimalist shape of the Afterburner headstock with the lightest import tuners we could find. Headstock design – Flat, string retaining bar. Neck Carve Medium thin C shape Neck Reinforcement Heavy duty truss-rod Headstock Years of experience have proven this design to be extremely stable and reliable. We’ve experimented with many different laminations and have found a 5-piece maple construction to be among the best. Many state that their Dingwall necks are as stable as their graphite necked instruments. Touring musicians are constantly amazed at how stable Dingwall instruments are. Many of these problems could have been minimized through simple design changes and materials choices. In my years in the guitar repair business I constantly had to deal with humidity related problems made worse by the huge temperature and humidity swings of our local climate. ![]()
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