Dingwall Guitars Combustion C3 5 String | Whalepoolburst Quilt

The Dingwall Combustion C3 is a modern 5-string designed to punch well above its price point, delivering serious tone and rock-solid playability for both studio sessions and live gigs. With final fretwork and setup handled by Dingwall’s expert team in Canada, you’re getting boutique-level refinement without the boutique price.

The swamp ash body is light, compact, and shaped for comfort—based on the Custom Shop Afterburner—but ready to handle anything from smooth grooves to aggressive riffs. A five-piece maple neck and fanned-fret fingerboard give you lightning-fast feel with incredible clarity and tension balance.

Loaded with FD3n neodymium pickups and a flexible 3-band preamp, the Combustion dishes out punchy, articulate tones that stay defined in any mix. The Quad-tone pickup selector and active/passive switch give you plenty of tonal options without getting in your way.

This is a performance machine through and through—from the custom Dingwall bridge and Hipshot Ultra-lite tuners to the purpose-built multi-scale strings. If you’re chasing low end, glassy highs, and impeccable feel, the Combustion C3 delivers all that and more.

Body Wood: Swamp Ash
Top Wood: Quilt Maple
Neck Wood: 5-Piece Maple, Bolt-On
Fingerboard Wood: Maple, 24 ‘Banjo-Sized’ Frets, 9.45” Radius
Scale Length: 34-37”
Pickups: Dingwall FD3n, Neodymium Magnets
Preamp: EMG
Controls: Master Volume, 4-Position Quad-Tone Pickup Selector, 3-Band Active EQ (Bass, Lo-Mid, Hi-Mid), Active/Passive Toggle Switch
Bridge: One-Piece
String Spacing at the Bridge: 18mm
Tuners: Licensed Hipshot Ultralite
Nut: Graphtech Black Tusq
Pickguard: Matte Black Included (Not Installed)
Case: Dingwall Padded Gigbag