Dingwall D-Roc 5 Standard (Demo and Review)

The D-Roc Standard is a player-driven instrument that sits on the rockier side of the tone tracks, but it’s far from a one-trick pony. With a 4-position Quad-Tone rotary pickup selector that offers four distinct voicings, the D-Roc Standard will help you deliver your own sound to your audience in its purest possible form.
The body is constructed from an African mahogany called khaya, with a five-piece maple neck and pau ferro fingerboard. Each of the four color options have been finished with a polyurethane coat, making this D-Roc really stand out from the crowd. The growing endorsee list gives an indication of where they’re proving popular - current users include Jermaine Blandford (Jazmine Sullivan), Pete Griffin (Dethklok) and Nick Campbell (Scary Pockets).
The D-Roc Standard is triple-loaded with FD-3n passive pickups. The key to their punchy tone is the use of Neodymium magnets; higher output means a more aggressive sound. Using the 4-position Quad-Tone pickup selector, you can choose to operate just the bridge pickup, the bridge and middle pickups, just the middle pickup, or the bridge, middle and neck pickup in unison. The remaining controls comprise passive tone and master volume.
While the D-Roc Standard 4-string features an adjustable Hipshot bridge, which has been specially designed for Dingwall, the 5-string version sees the introduction of our minimalist bridge. This new bridge unit has been specially designed to be lightweight, solid and easy to adjust (a single wrench adjusts both the action and intonation). The hidden ball pocket also simplifies restringing, making the process quicker and easier than ever before. The remaining hardware, from the knurled control knobs to the edge-mounted jack socket, is plated with smoked nickel.
Product Specs
Made In : China/Canada (Hybrid Manufacturing)
Body : Khaya
Neck : 5-piece Maple, bolt-on
Fingerboard : Pau Ferro, 20 'banjo-sized' frets, 9.45-inch radius
Scale Length : 34-37 inches
Pickups : Dingwall FD3n, Neodymium Magnets
Electronics : Passive
Controls : Master Volume, 4-Position Quad-Tone pickup selector, passive tone
Bridge : Dingwall 'Minimalist' one-piece bridge
String Spacing at the Bridge : 18mm
Pickup Selector : Position 1: Bridge, Position 2: Bridge & Middle, Position 3: Middle, Position 4: Bridge, Middle & Neck
Tuners : Open gear
Nut : Graphtech Black Tusq
Case : Dingwall Padded Gigbag Included
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[@soopahsoopah]

Great playing, thanks Dylan

[@DingwallGuitars]

great video

[@SafeHavenMusicNY]

Thank you!

[@abouc]

This may be the best sounding passive bass on the market right now

[@sharnoldpapa7339]

I think it is. I own and have owned a lot of really fancy stuff and my Droc5 keeps some of the $5k+ stuff on the shelf. I’m selling stuff as a result of it lol. I don’t know of any other bass that can pull off a P bass, MM, and big Sadowsky sound (all pickups on) as well as this.

[@_lun4r_]

this is some real shit