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Club Sadowsky!!!

#28,141
kulit17 said:
My thoughts exactly!!! Have been speaking to Kevin about getting one and finally decided and placed a deposit for a Will Lee model with roasted Birdseye maple neck and fretboard.



I chose vintage tint based of archived basses I've seen.

Any opinions here about how the roasted Birdseye maple necks/fb are with sadowskys? This will be my first sadowsky :)

It's gonna be a long 7 months!!!
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Congrats, A great choice
 
#28,143
jmeyers44 said:
Hang in there. It will be over before you know it.
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Yeah, like Josh and everyone else said... its an exciting experience and well worth the wait.
Whether you buy from the in stock page or order a custom build it's a complete rush! Enjoy!
 
#28,146
I don't know much on this subject at all... but I think I remember reading that a PJ, even rolled to the neck (P) pickup only, is not a true "P" tone.

I find this hard to believe, or if its true, I find it hard to really tell a difference.

I know there's a hole Series & Parallel thing going on... but again, I'm not quite sure.

I'm looking to get a P tone in my stash, but wouldn't mind the versitily of that rea J pickup. Any drawbacks with going PJ vs. J ?
 
#28,149
theaterbass29 said:
Just because you've panned to one pickup, the magnets from the other one are still pulling the string in a seperate area causing phasing. Does not sound like a single pickup would, but it's the price you pay for wanting more tonal options on one bass. : )
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Thats it- the Magnets pulling on the strings? I don't see how this would make any huge tonal impact...
 
#28,150
Is it a different enough sound that you still need a "real P" to get that tone, or can you get close enough. I'm in the same boat as MG. I am thinking of ditching my main Fender P for a Sadowsky PJ, but want to know if I could still get close to that old Jamerson P-bass tone if I wanted.
 
#28,151
My train of thought is this - I pan and favor the neck or bridge pickup all the time on my JJ. I never though "OMG, my tone is ruined".

I just don't see the pickups 'pulling' on the strings, killing a "P tone". Hard to believe it makes any difference....

Now pickups wiring (series / parallel) mis-matching is more believable - but this doesn't seem to be the issue?
 
#28,157
ElMon said:
For what it's worth on the Sadowsky P vs 'the real' Pbass thing:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/sadowsky-nyc-pj5-vs-fender-pre-cbs-62-pbass-705567/

IMHO what makes a Pbass a Pbass has more to do with the physics of the build and pickup placement than whether the head stock says Fender or not.
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I can't hear the sound clips - but it seems your stating other then the ovbious "Sadowsky vs. Fender" thing - which we all get by now... that the Sadowsky nails the P-Tone rolled all the way to the neck pickup?

Also, the Sad has the P in the "correct" position?
 
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My experience is it is probably much more noticeable recorded than in a band setting. Like I said, close enough for me, but I prefer the Sad, so maybe not a perfect comparison.

I've had a 73 along with a 2003 Am Std, 2008 Am Std and 98 Hot Rod P. all those Fenders had a real difference in tone, so it is kind of relative.
 

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