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Club Sadowsky!!!

#21,661
KJung said:
Now, if we want to discuss what I think about a PJ with a reverse P pickup and a hum cancelling J pickup installed in a J bass body with a fancy top and a preamp, I could write a book on the pain that shoves directly into my 'aesthetic heart':D :hiding:
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I may have to start spamming you with pics of my P/J 5 as a form of torture, then... :ninja: :smug: :D
 
#21,664
BluesyCat said:
I cannot recall, was yours a custom order or not? (jus' curious)
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Well, it's an NYC, but all of the options I chose were amongst the standard list of options available at the time. I have a universal route, so regular or reverse P (and I have two pickguards to allow either setup), J-style body, ash body with a fancy quilt maple top (and yes, I covered up a bunch of killer quilt with that pickguard!), and an ebony board. Oh, and of course the Sadowsky preamp. :cool:

Just to torture Ken some more...

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#21,667
tombowlus said:
I may have to start spamming you with pics of my P/J 5 as a form of torture, then... :ninja: :smug: :D
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:D Pure IMO obviously. Just never did like the sort of 'over modded J' thing, especially when it comes to PJ. I get the guys with P's who added a J pickup back in the day (i.e., wanted a little more brightness and definition while keeping that P body and neck). The modern PJ on a J body... just don't get it personally. If I was going that route, I'd just get a good modern instrument with dual humbuckers. IMO totally.:)
 
#21,668
KJung said:
:D Pure IMO obviously. Just never did like the sort of 'over modded J' thing, especially when it comes to PJ. I get the guys with P's who added a J pickup back in the day (i.e., wanted a little more brightness and definition while keeping that P body and neck). The modern PJ on a J body... just don't get it personally. If I was going that route, I'd just get a good modern instrument with dual humbuckers. IMO totally.:)
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They should be called JPs, 'cause in the end they are Jazz basses with an added P pickup, while the PJ moniker should be used for the Precision basses with an added J pickup.

IMO, the use of these different codes would make non-musicians understand that bass playing is not so easy :ninja:
 
#21,670
KJung said:
:D Pure IMO obviously. Just never did like the sort of 'over modded J' thing, especially when it comes to PJ. I get the guys with P's who added a J pickup back in the day (i.e., wanted a little more brightness and definition while keeping that P body and neck). The modern PJ on a J body... just don't get it personally. If I was going that route, I'd just get a good modern instrument with dual humbuckers. IMO totally.:)
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+a million!!!


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Roger and Co even posted my 'golly jeez I really like you guys' email.
 
#21,671
This was recorded more to showcase the Genz Benz Streamliner, but here's some clips of my playing my NYC PJ5, strung with D'Addario Chrome Flats, through the STL900 which is driving two Accugroove Tri115L's. A loose, thrown-together gig but fun nonetheless. Your hearing my rig with no PA support as well, captured on a Zoom Q3 recorder. One of the shapeless blue blobs up there is me, I promise!!!!

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f19/s...u-genz-benz-streamliner-no-pa-support-748017/
 
#21,673
R Baer said:
Question for you guys. Am I the only one that finds the look of the 5 string P pick-ups a little off with that one pick up that only has the two poles and the blank spot off to the left side there? I always thought that it would look better with a three pole pick up and one smaller one that just has the two poles centered in it, like the four strings.
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The coils have to be the same size in order to hum cancel 100%!

Roger
 
#21,675
KJung said:
The modern PJ on a J body... just don't get it personally. If I was going that route, I'd just get a good modern instrument with dual humbuckers. IMO totally.:)
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Just curious though...It seems IMO like you're saying that the slight differences in body shape and a different pickguard shape/control layout makes a bigger tonal difference than the pickups themselves...I think (again IMO) for most it's:

1) The reverse of what you said: They want a more P-Bass like quality to the low/low-mids, but with the slimmer J-Bass neck
2) an aesthetic choice, preferring the J's styling more to the P
 
#21,676
johndough247 said:
Just curious though...It seems IMO like you're saying that the slight differences in body shape and a different pickguard shape/control layout makes a bigger tonal difference than the pickups themselves...I think (again IMO) for most it's:

1) The reverse of what you said: They want a more P-Bass like quality to the low/low-mids, but with the slimmer J-Bass neck
2) an aesthetic choice, preferring the J's styling more to the P
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No, unless I'm missing something, he's not talking about tone, he's talking about the the "total package"... aesthetics and physical feel. I thought the same thing in some PM's we exchanged, and he told me what the real deal was. That plus the fact he just doesn't like PJ basses... he either wants a P, or a J, period.
 
#21,677
johndough247 said:
Just curious though...It seems IMO like you're saying that the slight differences in body shape and a different pickguard shape/control layout makes a bigger tonal difference than the pickups themselves...I think (again IMO) for most it's:

1) The reverse of what you said: They want a more P-Bass like quality to the low/low-mids, but with the slimmer J-Bass neck
2) an aesthetic choice, preferring the J's styling more to the P
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Pure aesthetics and totally IMO. Obviously, lots of guys love that look. I'm kind of more 'if you want a P, do a P, if you want a J do a J'. PURE IMO there! I was being a little tongue in cheek in response to guys agonizing over tuner posts, etc.!
 
#21,680
tombowlus said:
Well, it's an NYC, but all of the options I chose were amongst the standard list of options available at the time. I have a universal route, so regular or reverse P (and I have two pickguards to allow either setup), J-style body, ash body with a fancy quilt maple top (and yes, I covered up a bunch of killer quilt with that pickguard!), and an ebony board. Oh, and of course the Sadowsky preamp. :cool:

Just to torture Ken some more...

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I'm with you Tom. I love the look of the reverse P...pick guard and all. My next Sadowsky will look pretty much like that gorgeous bass of yours! I read an article with Lee Sklar once where he was talking about his bass with the reverse P pick ups and he said that he thought that P bass pickups were the best pick ups ever, but he never understood why Leo put them on backwards. Lee says reversing the pups gives him a better tonal balance string to string and I have to agree. (who am I to argue with Lee?) I play a lot with a pick and I find the D and G strings can sound a little thin on a normal jazz or P bass. Reversing the pick up layout fixes that quite nicely. Probably the same reason some basses, like Warwick, will angle the front jazz pick up.
 

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