By combining North American sourced materials and components with Chinese manufacturing we now offer many of the Dingwall tone and performance advantages at an extremely affordable price. The Combustion is a break-through in terms of performance per dollar. Dingwall basses are normally custom made, with the new Combustion basses offer a more affordable package as the bass body and neck is made in the far east to the same exacting standards of Sheldon Dingwall. By having a shorter length of scale for the higher strings and a longer scale for the lower strings you get a more even string tension and thus a tighter overall sound. Since the 1990s Dingwall guitars have been at the forefront of custom bass design and are the leading users of 'fan fret' technology, now considered to be the one of the best ways of getting an improved low B sound from a bass guitar.