Sadowsky Owners and Lovers!

[PDK]

I have searched for this quite a bit but I want a fresh perspective. I'm trying to decide between alder/morado and ash/maple. I play everything from hard rock, r&b to jazz and gospel. It has to be a 5 string. Any help you provide will be greatly appreciated.



On a side note I'm still debating if it's going to be a pj or JJ design.

[PDK]

Anybody?

[Antti]

Take Nordy VP5.

[VroomVroom]

Not being a smart aleck - honest - but I'm guessing the 16 Club Sadowsky threads may offer some value.

FWIW, my take would be for alder/morado. IMO it's a more versatile combo, with ample options for both fingerstyle and slap tone.

[PDK]

Originally Posted by VroomVroom

Not being a smart aleck - honest - but I'm guessing the 16 Club Sadowsky threads may offer some value.

FWIW, my take would be for alder/morado. IMO it's a more versatile combo, with ample options for both fingerstyle and slap tone.

Yeah, I think I've read just about every post from those 16 sadowsky threads. thanks for your input.

[kbasso]

I own a 5 P/J NYC model with maple on ash and a 4 string metro jazz ash. The 5 string has an extremely tight B and great rock tone. Planning on purchasing a 5 string jazz, in my opinion a little more versatile. The ash bodies that Sadowsky uses are amazing.

[Jim Carr]

Originally Posted by kbasso

I own a 5 P/J NYC model with maple on ash and a 4 string metro jazz ash. The 5 string has an extremely tight B and great rock tone. Planning on purchasing a 5 string jazz, in my opinion a little more versatile. The ash bodies that Sadowsky uses are amazing.

I have read on the Sadowsky web pages that in Roger's opinion, the Maple/Ash combination on a 5-string gives a clearer low B-string than Rosewood/Alder.

As for the Jazz being more versatile than the P/J, I think that is a subjective matter. For me, a Sadowsky P/J is more flexible than a Sadowsky Jazz--in that it can do a legitimate passive P-bass tone, a great active Jazz neck pickup tone, and a convincing range of P/J tones that range from thick Jazz bass to punchy rock to pure country twang, and one heck-of-a slap tone. But don't take it from me. Call Kevin Drexler at Sadowsky and ask him what is the right bass for you. He will help you figure it out.

[Chasarms]

I have two NYC Sadowsky basses. (I always write it like that because I have yet to figure the appropriate plural for Sadowsky ) Both are five string. Both are ash bodies. Each has a figured maple top. Each has a maple fingerboard. One is a reverse PJ the other is a JJ with single coils.

IMO, I would call the PJ more versatile. That bass has a really tight, punchy bottom end with a KILLER B string. The bass is super articulate with a ton of natural balance. I think it is far more of a tone chameleon than the JJ. The solo P in passive gets a very true P bass thing, you can get a good bridge PU burp, and with everything flat, active and center detent, the bass has an AMAZING modern tone. It can be very similar to the M24 to my ears.

My JJ is an amazing bass. It's pure tone is absolutely the best thing I have ever heard in a bass. But, to me, it is far more of a variations on a theme jazz than anything else. The single coil mid presence is absolutely there, and the bottom end is full, but less articulate. The P bass is much "quicker."

Of course, there are some significant differences between the single coils and the hum cancelling PUs. If you go with a HC jazz, you are going to be more like the PJ than you are the SC JJ. At least to my ear, anyway.

[jeff5311]

Ash maple jj is the sadowsky sound imo. However its going to be a great bass regardless of what u choose.

[Fuzzbass]

I get swamp ash basses from time to time but they never stick around. I prefer alder, regardless of fingerboard wood.

[JimS]

I have nothing to add.

[DrewinHouston]

Originally Posted by Chasarms

I have two NYC Sadowsky basses. (I always write it like that because I have yet to figure the appropriate plural for Sadowsky )

The plural for Sadowsky should be Sadowskys. Not Sadowskies or Sadowsky's.

[Jeff K]

I currently have a Metro UV70 (for sale, by the way) that is ash/morado. If I recall correctly, the Metro UV70 is the only model that offers the ash/morado combination. I might be wrong about that though. In any case, it's a nice combination of snap and warmth. But mine is a 4-string, so that wouldn't help you (PDK) any.

[EagleMoon]

Alder/morado. Gives a nicer, warmer tone.

[pickles]

Originally Posted by jeff5311

Ash maple jj is the sadowsky sound imo. However its going to be a great bass regardless of what u choose.

+1