Endorsers
Lee Sklar “The best 5-string bass I’ve ever played.” Check out Lee Sklar’s |
Jon Burr Jon has toured and recorded with many great jazz masters, including Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Horace Silver, Hank Jones, Art Farmer, Stephane Grappelli (from 1986-1997), Sir Roland Hanna, Dorothy Donegan, and Buddy Rich. From 1980 – 1985 he toured with Tony Bennett; he has also worked with Lainie Kazan, Rita Moreno, |
Dale Peters (The James Gang) “The ‘Super J’ is an amazing instrument! Fantastic sound |
Patrick Laplan Patrick is one of the most in demand rock bassists in Brazil. Patrick gets all the cool gigs. Check out some of his photos. |
Breen Leboeuf (April Wine) “Sheldon Dingwall and his team created this beautiful Afterburner II with such craftsmanship that I have a hard time putting it down.” |
Craig Nelson Nashville session bassist and artist. Craig has recorded sessions with many artists including Amy Grant, The Judds, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, and Randy Travis. |
Earl Pereira Bassist for one of the greatest bands to come out of Canada in the last decade: Wide Mouth Mason. Earl has been using Dingwall basses exclusively since 1999. |
Hank Insell “When I use the Dingwall live I can feel the floor move, |
Al Niblock Bassist for The Commitments (yes the movie!) Al has been a Dingwall endorser since 2001.”Thanks again for a beautiful bass and for looking after me when I called in. I must tell you, I just love the Dingwall, Its so in tune that at first I thought it was out……seriously……. At the moment I am enjoying how easy the bass is to play.” |
Carl Carter Ex-bassist for Brian McKnight, Carl currently plays for Spin Doctors, Jiro Yoshida, Chuck Loeb among others. Carl has been a Dingwall endorser since 1999. He has a great solo CD called “This Day” and is touring extensively. |
Arlington Houston Arlington is a talented Bay Area player who has been playing a Dingwall Z1 5-string since 2000. Check out Arlington’s outstanding Jazz CD “Cool Casual”.”I am really enjoying the new Dingwall FD-3 pickups, they make play in the style of my early 70’s funk and soul fusion days. These pickups have that vintage “Throwback” style of the very early Marcus Miller Fender jazz tone.” |
Ross Vallory (Journey) “The extra string length makes a big difference.” |
Mark Fain (Ricky Skaggs, Loretta Lynn) “It’s the only 5-string bass that Ricky likes and Ricky is very picky about bass.” |
Prescott Niles (The Knack) “Thanks for the coolest bass!” |
Scott Petito Scott takes bass where it’s never been before on his CD “Sbass Music:. Textural, emotional, spatial, at times even eerie. |
Paul Slagle |
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J. Langlois (Sin’s Den) “I’m tuned a full step down and it used to be really hard to get a decent sound out of a low A. My Dingwall’s low A sounds better than most low B’s out there. The sound is meaty, clear and defined and the neck profile is out of this world.” |
Micah Vasquez “I was introduced to Dingwall, luckily, by my bass intructor John Reid early in my career. Ever since then I have never wanted to play another bass.” |
Mike Brignardello “The most in-tune bass I’ve ever played…I love it!” |





