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#30,262
KJung said:
+1 I don't think Roger will ever budge on that, just like he will never put a midrange control on a bass... just not going to happen.

Oh... wait......:p

Well, it probably won't happen untill Mikebass gets another Sadowsky. Oh... wait... what the.......
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Killin' me.....

Vic said:
...probably won't happen until Ken starts playing P basses... oh... wait... ;) :D :D
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Probably wont happen because Vic doesnt shower with Burk.....oh...wait....;)
 
#30,263
vision said:
I've got another Sadowsky newbie question...it seems like the blend knob in my bass is reversed - turns clockwise for the bridge pickup and counter clockwise for the neck. Is this normal for the Sadowsky pre? Any particular reason why?
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I'm not a fan of clkwise/Bridge cntrclkwise/Neck, but it's easy to change. Swap the repective p/u hot wires on the pan pot, and viola!

When it comes to a new build all you have to do is tell them if you want it "normal" and they'll do it, no big deal.
 
#30,264
While "it's not a problem," you "lose a little bit of something" by not having the saddles linked together as completely as they could be if the sides were all against each other.
Probably nothing anyone would hear, but, perhaps.....something.
That's the premise behind G&L 's "saddle-loc technology" bridge setup, where all the saddles but together, and are actually "captured" in the bridge, and then locked together with a side-facing allen head.

vision said:
Ahh...gotcha! Yep I didn't even notice. I havent changed anything with the setup yet but I'm not much of a DIY setup guy...
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#30,265
Chef said:
While "it's not a problem," you "lose a little bit of something" by not having the saddles linked together as completely as they could be if the sides were all against each other.
Probably nothing anyone would hear, but, perhaps.....something.
That's the premise behind G&L 's "saddle-loc technology" bridge setup, where all the saddles but together, and are actually "captured" in the bridge, and then locked together with a side-facing allen head.
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That makes sense...yeah I didn't even notice. But I'm gonna take it to my setup guy soon because I'd like the action a bit lower than it is and whenever I make adjustments myself I always throw something off...I'll have him check the saddles as well.
 
#30,266
Chef said:
While "it's not a problem," you "lose a little bit of something" by not having the saddles linked together as completely as they could be if the sides were all against each other.
Probably nothing anyone would hear, but, perhaps.....something.
That's the premise behind G&L 's "saddle-loc technology" bridge setup, where all the saddles but together, and are actually "captured" in the bridge, and then locked together with a side-facing allen head.
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There are two opposing schools of thought on this. One school says it's best to lock everything up and together. The other says it's best to isolate (monorail style bridges). As far as I've seen, there's no clear/obvious "win", so I'm thinking whatever difference it makes is completely negligible at least at the practical level.
 
#30,267
I'll agree with that.
Where the "canted" saddles can make a diff is in feel, to some extent, and since setup is really all about personal pref, that can be a valid thing there.

I'm curious what Roger might have to say about this.

Vic said:
There are two opposing schools of thought on this. One school says it's best to lock everything up and together. The other says it's best to isolate (monorail style bridges). As far as I've seen, there's no clear/obvious "win", so I'm thinking whatever difference it makes is completely negligible at least at the practical level.
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#30,269
Chef said:
I'm curious what Roger might have to say about this.
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Well, lessee... locking bridge technology has been around a long time, yet Roger continues to use his current bridge technology. Since I refuse to believe he's ignorant of those technologies, I'm choosing to take his continued use of his current bridge technology as such a statement. :)

IMHO of course. :)
 
#30,274
I just took the strings off and shot some photos. This is my fingerboard after 3 years of heavy playing:

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