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Dingwall Guitars Z3 Custom shop 'Black burst'

Dingwall Guitars Z3 Custom shop 'Black burst'

Regular price $10,045.00 CAD
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The Dingwall Z3 with a Buckeye Burl to Black Burst finish is a high-end, custom bass guitar, known for its exceptional craftsmanship, innovative design, and striking aesthetics. Here’s a deeper dive into the features of this model:

Dingwall Z3 Overview:

  • Dingwall is renowned for its fan-fret (multiscale) basses, which improve intonation and tension consistency across the strings. The Z3 model is part of their flagship line, featuring highly customizable options, making each Z3 bass unique.
  • The Z3 model stands out due to its high-end materials, premium components, and versatility. It's popular with bass players who demand tonal clarity, punch, and extended low-end response.

Buckeye Burl to Black Burst Finish:

  • Buckeye Burl: This exotic wood has wild, unpredictable grain patterns with a mixture of light and dark areas, swirling knots, and highly figured textures. It’s often used on high-end custom guitars and basses for its unique visual appeal.
  • Black Burst: The "burst" finish fades from the natural buckeye burl pattern in the center to a deep black around the edges. The result is a visually stunning bass, with the natural irregularities of the burl wood emphasized by the dark fade.

Key Features:

  • Multiscale (Fan-Fret): The Dingwall Z3 employs a fanned fret system, which means the frets are angled rather than parallel. This design provides a longer scale length on the low strings and a shorter scale on the higher strings. This enhances string tension, clarity, and playability.
  • Pickups: Z3 typically comes with three Dingwall FDV pickups, allowing for a wide range of tonal possibilities. The pickups are positioned to give different tonal flavors, with switches allowing for series/parallel configurations.
  • Electronics: Z3 basses feature advanced electronics, often with active/passive options, allowing for flexible tone shaping suitable for a wide range of genres.
  • Hardware: High-quality hardware, including Dingwall’s proprietary bridge and tuning machines, designed to ensure stability and precision tuning.

Custom Options:

Since Dingwall basses are highly customizable, each Z3 model can differ based on the customer's preferences for wood choices, electronics, and hardware. The Buckeye Burl to Black Burst finish is one of the more visually striking options, offering a balance between natural beauty and a sleek, modern aesthetic.

If you're looking at a Z3 with this specific finish, it's likely to be a showpiece instrument, both for its visual allure and its exceptional playability.

Body - Swamp ash 

Neck - maple 

fingerboard - Wenge

weight - 3,91  kilos 

colours - natural to black burst with Black back 

scale - 37 to 34 

pickups - FDV

Pre amp - DarkGlass

string spacing - 18 mm 

 

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