Episode 10 - Sheldon Dingwall

Today's guest is the king of the low B, Sheldon Dingwall. From humble beginnings in a garage in Saskatoon, Sheldon has built his business into one of the most recognizable and respected names in the world of bass guitar.

We learned that he toured relentlessly for three years (playing around 900 gigs!!!) leading up to moving into the world of guitar repair and manufacture. We also learned that his love of bass strings actually started when he was a boy and would stand at eye level with the family piano bashing away on the bass notes, which sounded so much richer than the higher notes (and would eventually inspire his iconic fanned-fret approach).

He told us a great story about delivering a guitar to Lee Sklar in a studio one day and walking right into the middle of a Willie Nelson recording session, which he was able to witness first hand from behind the glass! (How's that for serendipity!!!)

With "zero training in anything I do", Sheldon's success is down to his drive, relentless creativity, and pursuit of a vision which isn't always within his reach, which he considers essential if you want to reach the top of your field.

We learned about his mentors at HEL in Saskatoon, his love of Jack Semple, and that his favourite thing in his closet right now is.... his skateboard!

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Check out the Dingwall Guitars website and prepare to fall in love: https://dingwallguitars.com/

Check out the Toto concert with Lee Sklar rocking a Dingwall bass here (and really, who doesn't love Rosanna???): https://youtu.be/I6apwAZHzkw

Sheldon told us that he is always blown away by Jack Semple (check out that bass guitar...): https://youtu.be/pqnNaqc98ik

If you want to see someone really putting a Dingwall through its paces, check out Adam "Nolly" Getgood: https://youtu.be/jypYWRmfM9A

or the insanely talented and rapid-fingered Wena Velasco: https://youtu.be/5v54YL5yoFg

Of course, you should listen to that tasty, tasty bass line in Amanda Marshall's monster hit Birmingham: https://youtu.be/eIzMcCNAmp4

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