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06-22-2011, 04:59 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lake Tahoe/Santa Cruz, Ca | | | Sadowsky NYC 5, Koa/Braz
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I took this bass in trade recently, NYC Sadowsky 5, Koa/Braz RW, Soapbar J position, and realized I miss having a VJJ. Great playing and sounding bass.
- Up for sale is this beautiful NYC Sadowsky 5-string
- Natural AAAA Koa on Mahogany
- Brazilian Rosewood board, 12" radius
- 1 7/8" Nut Width, 19mm bridge spacing
- Black hardware
- 9.3 lbs
- Sadowsky Soapbars in J Locations
- Sadowsky 2-band preamp with VTC
- Original listing from Sadowsky here: 4612
No functional issues - plays like... a Sadowsky , low action, no significant fretwear, neck true, balances perfectly. 2 small surface dings on body edge near input jack and one more on upper edge which is visible only with very close inspection. Protective stickers still in place on the back and over the control plate.
This bass sounds even better than it looks. Huge B-string, no honkiness in the mids, and when you solo the neck pickup you'd swear you were playing a P-bass. Only reason I'm selling is my growing realization of my distinct preference for a narrower nut width than 1 7/8".
$3100 Shipped CONUS
Trade: Sadowsky NYC VJJ 5 or a really nice MTD 535-24
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06-22-2011, 05:07 PM
| | Fueled by chocolate | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Montreal, Canada | | | Bump for a gorgeous bass. Good luck with the sale, Bob. |
06-22-2011, 05:20 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Edgewater Maryland | | That's a fantastic bass. She used to belong to a friend of mine. 
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06-22-2011, 05:51 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Atlanta, GA | | | and this friend can't believe this bass is back up on the block again. I have owned 7 Sadowsky basses...this was by far my favorite. It is a KILLER bass. Plays like butter and the tone is awesome. Warm but still ballsy like a Sadowsky.
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06-22-2011, 06:10 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bourbon Street, New Orleans | | | gonna take another crack at it...
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06-22-2011, 08:36 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Corona, CA | | | Any interest in this bass... |
06-23-2011, 09:59 AM
|  | I play the bass and design things. | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brockton, MA | | | gorgeous...
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06-23-2011, 10:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Corona, CA | | | Your's is a beauty too Bob. Best of luck on the sale regardless my friend. Buy with confidence everyone, Bob is as good as gets. And this bass is amazing!! |
06-23-2011, 06:28 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Tahoe-Reno with 16 ski resorts | | | Divine axe.
Again, I wish this was a 4. Then again, maybe being a 5 is keeping me out of harms way.
And I'm 20 minutes from Tahoe's Incline Village near Mt Rose.
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06-24-2011, 09:01 AM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: New York | | | This bass haunts me to this day. I really wish I could make this one work -- The timing may just not work for me right now! |
06-24-2011, 09:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Atlanta, GA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Joelc73  This bass haunts me to this day. I really wish I could make this one work -- The timing may just not work for me right now! | You won't be disappointed! 
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06-24-2011, 09:34 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | nice!!!!
very sweet bass....sent pm proposal |
06-24-2011, 01:07 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: New York | | Quote:
Originally Posted by rwider We could make this work, just let me know if you change your mind......Life is short. | Bob,
I have a trade pending on my Cherryburst NYC 5 that I'm thinking pretty seriously about. If that falls through, I may send you a PM. |
06-24-2011, 01:14 PM
|  | Grand-dude | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Denton, TX | | | Great bass, and sounds even better than it looks. If I hadn't had my heart set on a Sadowsky with a 1 3/4" nut, it would never have left my stable.
If you're on the fence about this one, hop off and PM Bob. You will not be sorry.
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06-30-2011, 12:31 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: phoenix az | | | mtd for sadowsky
Howabout a MTD 535-24
Alder body, Maple neck/ BEM board
Arbitus (madrone) burl top
Pics if interested
Hope things are well,
Chris |
06-30-2011, 03:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Edgewater Maryland | | | How can this still be here?
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06-30-2011, 03:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Oklahoma City, OK | | | Curious to hear impressions on how this bass differs tonally from an M5-24? |
06-30-2011, 04:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Atlanta, GA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by ElMon Curious to hear impressions on how this bass differs tonally from an M5-24? | Different animal altogether. If you think this one will sound like an M5-24. It won't. Not saying that is a bad thing...just what it is. I've owned this bass and a couple of M5-24s. One ash/maple and the other alder/ebony. This one is one has much more going on in the low end. The gut wrenching lows on this bass are astonishing. And it does not have quite as much upper mid punch of the M5-24. All of that is to be expected considering the wood differences and pickup positioning. IMO, the best way to describe this one is "all the warmth and fatness of a humbucker equipped bass with all the snap and balls of a Sadowsky preamp" If that makes sense.
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06-30-2011, 05:16 PM
| | Grand-dude | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Denton, TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by rodneyat Different animal altogether. If you think this one will sound like an M5-24. It won't. Not saying that is a bad thing...just what it is. I've owned this bass and a couple of M5-24s. One ash/maple and the other alder/ebony. This one is one has much more going on in the low end. The gut wrenching lows on this bass are astonishing. And it does not have quite as much upper mid punch of the M5-24. All of that is to be expected considering the wood differences and pickup positioning. IMO, the best way to describe this one is "all the warmth and fatness of a humbucker equipped bass with all the snap and balls of a Sadowsky preamp" If that makes sense. | Very good description, IMO.
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07-04-2011, 12:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lake Tahoe/Santa Cruz, Ca | | | To the top for the 4th. Enjoy the day
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