Club Sadowsky!!!

[NOLA Bass]

1989, so far I win the award for most hairspray!

 

[roadkill2309]

1989, so far I win the award for most hairspray!

Truth.

 

[Vic]

1989, so far I win the award for most hairspray!

Now THAT is a glam rock doo.

 

[Joeykun]

wow! Another ric 4001! Dude I like you more and more all the time. Lol.

LOL! Yeah man, I bought that bass brand new in '76. My first real bass.
Retired it after 20 years and sold it. That was a mistake. I loved my Rick!

 

[anezthes]

1989, so far I win the award for most hairspray!

Kinda look like Duff McKagan.

 

[Chef]

"That's no woman, that's a maaaan baaaaby"

-Austin Powers; International Man of Mystery.

 

[NOLA Bass]

I think we've officially derailed the Sadowsky thread!!!

 

[Chef]

I'm here to help!

 

[Chef]

Tonight's gig rig:
MV5>MBFusion>TC115.

It's gonna be awesome. Even if my hair is really short.

 

[BluesyCat]

Tonight's gig rig:
MV5>MBFusion>TC115.

It's gonna be awesome. Even if my hair is really short.

What settings on the bass tonight Chef...with that setup?

 

[P. Bass]

I think we've officially derailed the Sadowsky thread!!!

YES!!!
A nice change o' pace. I look forward to these little diversions from time to time. The spice of life so to speak. There's no jail time involved for taking a detour.
B.

 

[pickles]

What came first, the modern 5 or the vintage 5? I'm curious about the development of the modern 5, don't think I've ever heard the back story on it. Just got one with big singles, it smokes.

Anybody?

 

[NOLA Bass]

I wish I had a pic holding my buddy's '63 P-Bass at this point.
We used to trade off quite a bit at our gigs. I'll NEVER forget that puppy!!!
This is before I took up bass only. In high school we used to gig every weekend at high school & teen club dances playing early R&R (A lot of "The Ventures" instrumental stuff & the 1st Beatles songs etc). This is the '61 Les Paul SG I traded in on a '63 strat. The amp is a '63 Fender Tremolux (2x10"). My buddy had a '63 P & a '63 Fender Bassman of the same tolex color & grill cloth.
The pic was taken before packing it up on the way to the gig. I STILL have that gold tie I'm wearing. Quite a keepsake. It's the earliest photo I have of my music.
Showman heads were mentioned recently here. I saw The Ventures play an arena in 1962 using 2 twin 15" JBL showman amps & a Fender Bassman. Lots of bass players adapted that Showman head for bass around that time as well.
B.
Spring 1963.

Great pic!

 

[roadkill2309]

Okay, now that I've actually had the time to sit down and play with my new bass, I'd like to say to Roger and this thread that I'm glad to have finally joined the Sadowsky family. This bass is extremely bloody nice.

 

[P. Bass]

Great pic!

Thanks Rob. I love to see all those vintage pics that we all posted. They're not so far removed from this thread as I see it. Gotta start SOMEwhere! I just love the telling of stories, however told.
B.

 

[maurilio]

What came first, the modern 5 or the vintage 5? I'm curious about the development of the modern 5, don't think I've ever heard the back story on it. Just got one with big singles, it smokes.

I'm almost sure the Modern 24F came first. I even have two color brochures from back than…

But as always I could be wrong…

Roger?

M

 

[BluesyCat]

Okay, now that I've actually had the time to sit down and play with my new bass, I'd like to say to Roger and this thread that I'm glad to have finally joined the Sadowsky family. This bass is extremely bloody nice.

Welcome! Now change that Avatar!

 

[BluesyCat]

Thanks Rob. I love to see all those vintage pics that we all posted. They're not so far removed from this thread as I see it. Gotta start SOMEwhere! I just love the telling of stories, however told.
B.

This is my story....

 

[Tomis17]

That's a chronic problem in this thread. It should probably come with some type of disclaimer to that effect. Browse the Sadowsky club thread at your peril!

In.

What a nice jazz you've got. I absolutely love the body. Truly one of a kind. It goes very well with the maple neck. I'm envious of you.

 

[Chef]

I ran the bass flat, with the exception of rolling back VTC to calm down some new stainless strings.
Other than that, it was just messing with pickup bias for whatever the song called for, and varying right hand position some.

I *love, love love* my ash/maple MV5.
It's sooooo super awesome.

What settings on the bass tonight Chef...with that setup?