Valenti or Sadowsky?

B8ssMan89 · Mar 24, 2005

I've decided to either get a 5 string Valenti or a 5 string Sadowsky.
But I can't make up my mind. Valenti's are chedaper than Sads. Yet... its a Sadowsky

I also think Valenti's look better. But, on my 5'er I want a good string spacing. I dont want it tight. I also want a good slap tone.
As well as an easy tapping fretboard. I'm weighing my options. and I cant make up my mind! :crying:

DWBass · Mar 24, 2005

How much money you got to spend? :eyebrow:

Valenti is one of the best values in bassdom! Sorta like Avatar is to the speaker cab world! It's not a Sadowsky but it is very Sadowsky-ish! I'm saving up for one.

B8ssMan89 · Mar 24, 2005

I'm willing to save up how ever much I need.
I'll be 100% able to geta valenti end of this summer cause of the job I'm getting. But I'll still need to save a little more for a sadowsky. I'm probably gonna get a Valenit. But i still dont know

mark beem · Mar 24, 2005

Good call!! Nino will do you right!!

B8ssMan89 · Mar 24, 2005

can someone give me some pros and cons on Valenti's. How's the slap tone? I want a bass withna great slap tone and tap tone. As well as finger style.

MAJOR METAL · Mar 24, 2005

B8ssMan89 said:
can someone give me some pros and cons on Valenti's. How's the slap tone? I want a bass withna great slap tone and tap tone. As well as finger style.

Their is a few reviews around here written by Talk Bassers you should check out.

B8ssMan89 · Mar 24, 2005

I'm not too worried about resale value. I dont like to sell gear, unless I really really have too.After reading the reviews of valenti basses, they seem like a winner! Though I must say an active/passive switch would come in handy.

mark beem · Mar 24, 2005

B8ssMan89 said:
I'm not too worried about resale value. I dont like to sell gear, unless I really really have too.After reading the reviews of valenti basses, they seem like a winner! Though I must say an active/passive switch would come in handy.

Aguilar pre's come with a act./pass. switch (I thought)... Doesn't he offer those in the basses??

Andy Brown · Mar 24, 2005

I went through the same decision process as you. The bottom line is that if "you want what you want", meaning you choose the components and options, then Valenti is the way to go, else you can spend twice as much for the Sadowsky.

This is my main bass now, and it came out better than I thought. Nino is da man...

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Andy Brown · Mar 24, 2005

mark beem said:
Aguilar pre's come with a act./pass. switch (I thought)... Doesn't he offer those in the basses??

My volume control is push/pull for Active/passive. I've got the Aguilar OBP-3.

B8ssMan89 · Mar 24, 2005

Hey AJ, hows the B on the Valenti? I'm looking at a 5'er

Corwin81 · Mar 24, 2005

no matter which way you go, Nino's got his grubby hands on it

just kidding, I'd go with the Valenti just because I wouldn't have to sell my truck to get one, but Sadowsky does offer my favorite shade of metallic blue.

Corwin81 · Mar 24, 2005

oh, didn't know that. I thought he just offered the Warmoth colors. I kinda like LPB, but in most LPB pics I've seen, it's a little too light for my liking, but I've seen some that look darker.

bikeplate · Mar 24, 2005

Hi!

I would almost consider Anthony a friend but I love my Sadowsky's When in NYC, go and play both. Make up your own mind.

Rob

B8ssMan89 · Mar 24, 2005

I don't know about you but... I'm not gonna go to NY just to play some basses

MikeBass · Mar 24, 2005

B8ssMan89 said:
I don't know about you but... I'm not gonna go to NY just to play some basses

Is there a better reason?!?!?!!!??
If I just didn't stumble into a good deal with my F Bass BN5, I already had a Valenti picked out, money ready to go. Just so happened that this F messed everything up for me

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I own and have owned a few Sadowsky's, and from what I read here, I was gonna give it a go with Sadowsky p-ups and pre in one of Nino's basses.
Man, that would have been a good A/B huh?!?!
A Valenti and a Sadowsky.

pickles · Mar 24, 2005

If you want one of the models offered as a Metro ... then Sad's are not really that expensive. I've had my RV5 a couple weeks and I'm ready to call $2200 an absolute steal for a bass of that quality. I seriously can't put the thing down, I feel like I'm in middle school again running home to practice.

It does look like Nino does great work though ...

Andy Brown · Mar 24, 2005

B8ssMan89 said:
Hey AJ, hows the B on the Valenti? I'm looking at a 5'er

The B is just fine over here. Even for a 34" scale, it's pretty well defined.

B8ssMan89 · Mar 24, 2005

Would it be better for me to use a higher gauge B?

Nino Valenti · Mar 24, 2005

B8ssMan89 said:
After reading the reviews of Valenti basses, they seem like a winner! Though I must say an active/passive switch would come in handy.

I've decieded that I'm going to offer a preamp bypass standard on my basses.

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