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Club Sadowsky!!!

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I received the candy apple red 24F-4 day before yesterday. It was sold as a prototype, had been handled and played some and was supposed to have had a few nicks, etc. Ok, I was able to find one little ding in the headstock, that's about it. I could care less, I like whipped old Fenders - this is mint to my eyes :D
As with every sadowsky I've seen on the website and then in person, it looks much better in the flesh (and I think they look great on the website). The CAR is beautiful, the pickguard is a much greener mint (mintier green?) than it looks in the pic which is what I was hoping for.
The neck feels GREAT! The Big Singles are really nice pickups, very aggressive and snarly if you want them to be. Has a ton of very useable, great sounds. Weighs 7.5 pounds. Sounds wicked through an old SVT.

Bottom line - it's a stonking great bass and an instant keeper. Nice work Roger + Co.

I know, no pics no bass, but I wasn't able to get a shot that looked any better than the website pic. I'll keep trying.

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#2,403
I thought the B*ner bass design was reserved for the modern styles. Is Roger doing this for vintage layout ones now?





cripula said:
I received the candy apple red 24F-4 day before yesterday. It was sold as a prototype, had been handled and played some and was supposed to have had a few nicks, etc. Ok, I was able to find one little ding in the headstock, that's about it. I could care less, I like whipped old Fenders - this is mint to my eyes :D
As with every sadowsky I've seen on the website and then in person, it looks much better in the flesh (and I think they look great on the website). The CAR is beautiful, the pickguard is a much greener mint (mintier green?) than it looks in the pic which is what I was hoping for.
The neck feels GREAT! The Big Singles are really nice pickups, very aggressive and snarly if you want them to be. Has a ton of very useable, great sounds. Weighs 7.5 pounds. Sounds wicked through an old SVT.

Bottom line - it's a stonking great bass and an instant keeper. Nice work Roger + Co.

I know, no pics no bass, but I wasn't able to get a shot that looked any better than the website pic. I'll keep trying.

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the JT - I hung up my thumb years ago so it's not an issue. However, I can slap it no problem, but I only ever used my index finger to pop and there's plenty of room for that. You might prefer the pickups in the Modern position and no pickguard though.

luckydog - it's a Modern body with pickups in the Jazz positions (and a guard). You get your choice of Modern of Jazz position for the pickups.
 
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cripula said:
the JT - I hung up my thumb years ago so it's not an issue. However, I can slap it no problem, but I only ever used my index finger to pop and there's plenty of room for that. You might prefer the pickups in the Modern position and no pickguard though.

luckydog - it's a Modern body with pickups in the Jazz positions (and a guard). You get your choice of Modern of Jazz position for the pickups.
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Thanks Cripula. The thing is though, if i were to get a sadowsky, which i could never afford:crying:, I would want the sound that jazz positioned pickups give you, and i would need 24 frets also. So that would pose the problem of how much slapping room i would get. This makes me wonder, knowing that Roger can do custom pickup placements, how far back could the neck pickup be placed for it to still sound like a jazz bass? Just my musings.
 
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the JT said:
Thanks Cripula. The thing is though, if i were to get a sadowsky, which i could never afford:crying:, I would want the sound that jazz positioned pickups give you, and i would need 24 frets also. So that would pose the problem of how much slapping room i would get. This makes me wonder, knowing that Roger can do custom pickup placements, how far back could the neck pickup be placed for it to still sound like a jazz bass? Just my musings.
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Here is a good example of different pickup placements on a 24/5.
 

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Joeykun said:
Here is a good example of different pickup placements on a 24/5.
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Yeah i saw that one. The neck pickup seems quite far back, which makes me think it may not perfectly nail that jazz tone. Sure it sounds fantastic in it's own right though. :D An alternative of course would be P/J configuration, since the higher strings have their half (or 3 fifths) of the pickup further back. The PJs sound a bit more gutsy than JJ config am i right?
 
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Just a quick 'on the gig' report on the new MV5 (pictured earlier in this thread).

I now have done 5 gigs in a variety of rooms with the orange bomber (NYC MV5, solid ash body, Sadowsky single coils, for those who don't feel like finding my original post a few pages back). I've used either the Epi410UL(II) or the Bergantino AE410 with the Markbass F1 head.

Wonderful!. This bass really loves the Epi410, due to the MV5's strong growl and mid character overlayed on the wide, smooth, crisp EpiUL voicing. This particular MV5, quite frankly, is a little much with the Berg AE410 (although still very nice, but LOTS of growl and grit in the 800hz to 2K space). This bass with the Sadowsky Blue Label steels has a very strong 'hear the windings of the roundwounds all the way down to the open B' sort of vibe. It can be a bit frightening, especially with the BergAE/F1 rig... no slop allowed there!!!!

The tone sits right where the bass sits in the picture posted earlier in this thread. It is more aggressive, modern and active sounding than the very passive and pure/vintage sounding Alleva, but is more mid punchy, tight, and growly (more 'modern J', but still with a strong nod to an ash/maple Fender-like active J tone) than the huge low end, and sizzly active top end of the 'on steroids' Celinder. It really sits in the mix wonderfully, and the single coils eliminate that kind of upper mid clack and lower mid hole that I experiences with previous, lighter weight MV's with the stock HC pickups IMO.

GREAT bass!!!!!
 
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nemo said:
Just found this one in the SOLD section.. and been speechless since..
Isn't the current owner here on TB? ...and wishing to sell... :ninja:

I know, i know... but worth trying.. :help:

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That looks like what I have on order...except mine will be a 4-stringer and fretless. But that exact finish! Beautiful!
 
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thisSNsucks said:
What kind of pickup placement is that? I know the standard jazz pickup placement has the neck pup way closer to the neck doesnt it?
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I am not too sure but my guess would be something towards the Sweetspot on the bass. I believe those are Nordy singles so the close spacing could capture that sweetspot when blended together. IMO
 
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Mark Latimour said:
The neck pickup looks further back than in 60's positions.

I wonder if they are in P/J positions:

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The Koa 4 P Bass pickups are located in normal P/J locations..They are Big Singles.

The Blue 5-24, are Big Singles in P2 shells, and the neck pickup is located at Standard J location, while the Bridge is in Normal 5-24 position, but measured out to the front of where the Soapbar route would start,not the pole pieces. (make sense??).

Rob
 
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dragonbass said:
The Koa 4 P Bass pickups are located in normal P/J locations..They are Big Singles.

The Blue 5-24, are Big Singles in P2 shells, and the neck pickup is located at Standard J location, while the Bridge is in Normal 5-24 position, but measured out to the front of where the Soapbar route would start,not the pole pieces. (make sense??).

Rob
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Rob,
What kind of setup do I have on the Flame Mrytle one?
 

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