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Club Sadowsky!!!

Is it possible to configure the Sadowsky on board preamp to provide both boost, and cut?
I know this is a foregone conclusion at this point, but since I didn't see a clear answer to your question, it's "no". Strictly boost only. You want bass cut, you gotta' swap preamps for another brand.
 
Fer-real.
Mine's got that black guard, and I'm *totally* like her.
Just look at my profile pic!

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The MV5PJ I've had on approval ships back today, so, if anyone has been jonesin' for a great natural ash/maple MV5PJ, it'll be back in the shop in a few days. Great bass, just not my thing.

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I hope she finds a great home!
 
The VTC provides treble cut.
I wouldn't describe it in that way in the context of the conversation. We were talking about the preamp. The VTC is not part of the preamp, and honestly, I wouldn't consider it in the same terms as "EQ" in the sense of boost/cut, either. It's really a passive filter, and it does a lot more than just cut treble, which is why it actually makes sense to have one in addition to an active treble boost/cut control in the same instrument.

Anyway, IMHO/IME.
 
Yeah, those guys. I know that Sadowsky black label strings are made by R. Cocco, but they sound just different: fuller with less extended highs. I've played Sadowsky black label steel and nickel during the last six months and I find that Cocco strings have a fuller and more detailed finger and pick style sound. I'm not a slapper at all, but I don't like them for slapping. YMMV.
Plus, I don't know why but they just sound better than every other string I've tried (Sads, D'addario, DR, T-I, Fender....) for chordal stuff. Others point this out as well.


Yes, I don't know why, but intonation seems better on the Cocco's, which I really appreciate on chordal stuff.