{"id":8847,"date":"2016-05-09T11:55:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T16:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=8847"},"modified":"2017-02-17T15:34:14","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T20:34:14","slug":"an-interview-with-sheldon-dingwall-of-dingwall-guitars-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/interviews\/an-interview-with-sheldon-dingwall-of-dingwall-guitars-part-4.html","title":{"rendered":"An interview with Sheldon Dingwall of Dingwall Guitars &#8211; Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:6px;background:#ffffc0;border:1px solid #555555\">See Sheldon Dingwall&#8217;s business listing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/techdirectory\/detail\/dingwall-guitars-2315\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sheldon discusses what it&#8217;s like to design basses. He notes that while it is preferable for the builder to use his own design, that&#8217;s usually not what the player (who ultimately buys the instrument) wants. In addition, Sheldon discusses the importance of connecting past designs to present technologies, and goes on to talk about how something as seemingly simple as a headstock can go through 100 or more (that&#8217;s not a misprint) revisions before the final design is reached.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4XlQ85cP_SM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>What can you learn from this when it comes to building a bass yourself?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Whether you are building a bass from scratch, using ready-made parts or even just performing simple modding on an existing bass you own, don&#8217;t be surprised at the number of changes you may make before getting a design that feels right to you.<\/p>\n<p>Bass building is not a simple 1-2-3-finished process and never has been. It takes time, thought, effort, changing things around again and again, and so on. But the end result is totally worth it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 15px\"><img title=\"momo profile pic\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"momo profile pic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/momo-profile-pic.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"81\"><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: sans-serif\">Video interview contributed by Momo. Involved in the entertainment business for over 40 years, combined with his mad gear obsession, Momo brings a unique perspective and energy to the blogging game.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themomozone.com\">www.themomozone.com<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/themomozone\">facebook.com\/themomozone<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See Sheldon Dingwall&#8217;s business listing here Sheldon discusses what it&#8217;s like to design basses. He notes that while it is preferable for the builder to use his own design, that&#8217;s usually not what the player (who ultimately buys the instrument) wants. 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