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Kevin @ Sadowsky sent me this photo of my new bass-in-progress. I nearly had a "big-O" at my desk at work today.
WOW!!
I mean. WOW!! That looks AMAZING! Congrats! What do they call that color?
WOW!!
THANKS!!! That is their Trans red.
Kevin @ Sadowsky sent me this photo of my new bass-in-progress. I nearly had a "big-O" at my desk at work today.
That's going to be SEXY. What kind of fretboard are you getting?
Kevin @ Sadowsky sent me this photo of my new bass-in-progress. I nearly had a "big-O" at my desk at work today.
Wow!
Me likey.
Exciting times for you BluesyCat, I bet you are super excited about getting your hands on that beauty! Beautiful!
Birdseye Maple. Yummy!
Thanks everyone! I am real excited to see it at this point.
Good choice. A little part of me would have died if you had told me that beautiful body was going to be paired with a rosewood/morado board
. I could have lived with ebony, but maple... especially birdseye maple, is gonna look killer!
Good choice. A little part of me would have died if you had told me that beautiful body was going to be paired with a rosewood/morado board
Yeah, I was on the fence in the beginning regarding the Ebony vs BEM. I just love BEM more so I went with it.
Nice!!!! What's the body wood?Birdseye Maple. Yummy!
Thanks everyone! I am real excited to see it at this point.
Kevin @ Sadowsky sent me this photo of my new bass-in-progress. I nearly had a "big-O" at my desk at work today.
I am not a fan or red basses but that looks great!!
NICE!!! IMO, that bass screams for a single coil swap
Well that's the first thing I did to my MV5 and I still prefer it to the HC equipped ones
NICE!!! IMO, that bass screams for a single coil swap
is there really a big difference between the two??
Yes IMO and IME. Both sound great, it just depends what you want. The HC's (based on the Dimarzio Super J pickups, from what I understand) are big, wide, deep clean lows, a slight scoop in the low mids, and an almost hi fi top pure treble response. These pickups sound quite nice on the Alder/RW Sadowsky's to me, where the slight 'warming' impact of those woods combines very nicely with the more modern tone of the pickups. The treble response is very pure and sweet with that combination.
The single coils (based on the WONDERFUL Seymour Duncan antiquity II pickups) have hotter output, a MUCH more complex mid response, a touch tighter low end, and a more gritty, aggressive upper mid/lower treble grind. IMO these pickups sound particularly good in the ash/maple Sadowsky J's, which can get a bit clacky and sterile with the HC's IMO.
We just did a small GTG at my house with two NYC ash/maple basses (an MS5 with stock HC's and my new MV5 with the singles). The difference in tone was not subtle, and matched my description above.
Again, not better or worse, but different. The single coils are just more aggressive, more punchy, and move the Sadowsky tone just a touch more to the 'true Fender J' side of things. They are on the 'quiet' side regarding single coil hum, but of course if you are one that likes to solo one of the pickups, you will run into hum issues like with any other pickup.
My post about your bass was really driven by the vintage, old school vibe of that particular instrument (beautful!) that just really brought to mind the more organic, growly, 'raw' tone of the single coils to me. Trust me, it will also sound GREAT with the stock pickups. I guess I would just say that if you get it, and it sounds a little too wide and pure for you, the single coil swap will take care of that.
IMO!
Slightly off sub-thread here, but I'm doing this new P&W gig and this particular church is in-ear only on stage, but full PA out front with a digital board up top, etc...
All I have to plug into is a DI box on the floor (generic Whirlwind) and the Aviom system.
I took the 24F-5 in there this past Sunday and the sound guy was in love with it, and even a few of the other musicians were really commenting on how great it sounded to them even in the in-ears. It's hard to tell absolutely in the in-ears, but I do have coax plugs, so my in-ear tone is pretty good (IMHO, anyway, but I also rarely use much EQ on an amp).
Bottom line, it KILLED.
I figure most here have seen my previous posts, but here's one pic for any curious and not wanting to go search...
All I have to plug into is a DI box on the floor (generic Whirlwind) and the Aviom system.
I took the 24F-5 in there this past Sunday and the sound guy was in love with it, and even a few of the other musicians were really commenting on how great it sounded to them even in the in-ears. It's hard to tell absolutely in the in-ears, but I do have coax plugs, so my in-ear tone is pretty good (IMHO, anyway, but I also rarely use much EQ on an amp).
Bottom line, it KILLED.
I figure most here have seen my previous posts, but here's one pic for any curious and not wanting to go search...
rockstarbassist
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I'll be testing out the Metro 5-24 this week and weekend.
We'll see how it stands up against the MTD!
We'll see how it stands up against the MTD!
