Dingwall Lee Sklar Signature Custom Bass - Build your Own!

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Best known for his bass work with the likes of James Taylor, Lyle Lovett, Phil Collins, Toto, and Carole King, not to mention The Immediate Family, the Lee Sklar Signature is a result of Dingwall's long-standing association with the session legend Lee Sklar! 

“It was hard for me to find a 5-string I liked until I met Sheldon Dingwall,” says Lee. “The B-string is the best bottom I have ever heard – I think it is the additional string length that makes the difference. I will be playing these basses for the rest of my life.”

Body & Neck:

The Dingwall Lee Sklar Signature model is constructed using a unique dual-density construction method that couples a piece of northern ash with a piece of alder.  Rather than use an alder body with an ash laminate top as is often seen on other instruments, Dingwall places the pieces side-by-side.  The result is a naturally equalizing body: the higher-density ash accentuates the highs and gives power to the lows without affecting the treble strings.  "The solidity and sustain we were looking for is there in the lower strings, and the warmth and sweetness in the top end of the treble strings is there too," says Sheldon Dingwall. 

Pickups and Electronics:

The Sklar Signature uses Super Fatty II pickups paired with a Glockenklang three-band EQ circuit.  The pickups have been made with an end-to-end hum-cancelling coil array with neodymium magnets and hardened steel poles.  The coils are also noise-symmetric / tone-asymmetric, meaning that they boast near-perfect noise rejection along with increased low-end clarity.  Lee chose these pickups as they combine clarity on the B and E strings with increased warmth and fatness on the D and G strings. 

The pickups are wired to a 3-Band EQ, Master Volume, and a 4-Position Quad-Tone rotary pickup selector that has positions for front pickup soloed, both pickups in parallel, both in series, and neck soloed.   Existing Dingwall users should note that this control is wired to Lee's preference which is to have these positions placed in a slightly different order. 

Hardware:

The Dingwall Sklar Signature is equipped with a Hipshot Xtender key on the lowest string, which drops the B-string down to a Low-A.

The Dingwall Sklar uses Mandolin Fretwire exclusively. Playing this bass feels effortless like playing a fretless! 

Specifictions:

• Crafted in Canada
• Scale Length: 
  • 5-String: 34-37"
    
• Fingerboard Radius: Compound
  • 7.25" @ Nut
  • 25" @ Bridge
• Frets: 
  • 24 Mandolin Frets
  • Novax Fanned-Fret System
• Pre-amp:
  • Glockenklang 3-Band (Bass / Mid / Treble)
  • In passive mode, the treble knob turns into a tone cut control!
• Bridge: 
  • Dingwall Custom
• String Spacing:
  • 18mm @ Bridge
• Tuning Machines:
  • Custom Hipshot
• Case:
  • Dingwall Padded Deluxe Gig Bag w/ Accessory Pouch