Biography | The Story of Sheldon Dingwall

About this episode

Jamie Gale interviews revolutionary guitar maker Sheldon Dingwall about his biography and contributions to the music industry.

This episode was filmed live on location in Tuscany, where I sat down with revolutionary guitar maker Sheldon Dingwall to document his biography. He'll be the first to tell you that he didn't invent the multiscale concept, but he recognized what it could solve for the bass, replied it with purpose, and in 1993 brought the first production multiscale bass to the market. From there, Dingwall guitars has continued to innovate through hardware, pickups, strings, electronics, and notable co...

People in this episode

Host: Jamie Gale

Guest: Sheldon Dingwall

Topics covered

• guitar making
• biography
• innovation
• music industry
• multiscale bass

Keywords

• Sheldon Dingwall
• multiscale bass
• guitar maker
• Tuscany
• Dingwall guitars

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dingwall guitars

Places: Tuscany

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