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12-14-2010, 10:15 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Atlanta, Ga | | | sadowsky metro question: alder body with maple neck
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hey guys,
i am looking to getting a new bass in the near future. i played a uv metro at the gallery and it was insane! didnt have the bread at the time... oh well story of my life 
anywho......
i was curious if anybody here has tried this combination... i love alder bodies and i've always enjoyed maple necks.
so, i would like a alder body and maple neck.
if anyone has any experience with this combination, it would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
evan
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12-16-2010, 02:13 PM
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12-17-2010, 12:07 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Dumas, Texas! | | | I have...by maple neck, I assume you mean maple fingerboard? If so, they sound great. Problem is, if you want a Sadowsky like that, you have to buy a NYC, as they don't offer that combo in the Metro line. IME, the maple board makes the attack a hair faster and brighter. It's nice. Which bass are you considering?
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12-17-2010, 03:52 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: St. Louis, MO USA | | | The "rosewood" that is used with alder bodies on the Metros is actually morado, or more commonly known as pao ferro in the fingerboard world.
While it may look a bit like rosewood, it is actually much more dense and probably shares more with maple than the Indian rosewood most of us think of on basses.
I have an alder/morado PJ5 and I like it very much. I personally think it is a little smoother and more tame than the ash/maple PJ I had before. |
12-17-2010, 03:59 PM
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Yep. Alder/Morado is the combo for metros. Its the nearest tonal wood to maple in the rosewood family. Id find the one u like, grab it, and enjoy
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12-17-2010, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by funkyfretless hey guys,
i am looking to getting a new bass in the near future. i played a uv metro at the gallery and it was insane! didnt have the bread at the time... oh well story of my life
anywho......
i was curious if anybody here has tried this combination... i love alder bodies and i've always enjoyed maple necks.
so, i would like a alder body and maple neck.
if anyone has any experience with this combination, it would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
evan | I have a NYC that is alder/maple. Agreed that if you go Metro, the morado should be pretty close tonewise.
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12-17-2010, 06:10 PM
|  | Bassman7654 | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: North Las Vegas NV | | | The Ultra-Vintage '70s Metro features a full-size body, bridge pickup in '70s location (about 1/2" closer to the bridge), and a fingerboard with blocks and binding. Maple fingerboards are available with white or black blocks and binding, and rosewood boards have white blocks and binding. Each model is available with an alder or ash body, regardless of fingerboard choice.
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