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svtb15
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- Mar 22, 2004
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- I play it all. Whatever works for the gig. Q+
Just got the tracking number for this baby! 
Pretty excited I have to say! this ones been a couple of years in the planning to add to the arsenal and it sure looks sweet!
I'm hoping the PJ will be a nice option tonally to add my two JJ Standards?
Thanks Kevin, Roger and crew!
Pretty excited I have to say! this ones been a couple of years in the planning to add to the arsenal and it sure looks sweet!
I'm hoping the PJ will be a nice option tonally to add my two JJ Standards?
Thanks Kevin, Roger and crew!
Just got the tracking number for this baby!
Pretty excited I have to say! this ones been a couple of years in the planning to add to the arsenal and it sure looks sweet!
I'm hoping the PJ will be a nice option tonally to add my two JJ Standards?
Thanks Kevin, Roger and crew!
Sweet bass...I'm craving a J body P/J for about a year now...
Can't wait to hear/read your review
All the best!!!
Just got the tracking number for this baby!
Pretty excited I have to say! this ones been a couple of years in the planning to add to the arsenal and it sure looks sweet!
I'm hoping the PJ will be a nice option tonally to add my two JJ Standards?
Thanks Kevin, Roger and crew!
Im happy for you and cant wait to hear the reviews.
Just got the tracking number for this baby!
Pretty excited I have to say! this ones been a couple of years in the planning to add to the arsenal and it sure looks sweet!
I'm hoping the PJ will be a nice option tonally to add my two JJ Standards?
Thanks Kevin, Roger and crew!
Hi everybody,
I have a little story to tell.
Back in the 90's I decided I was going to order my first custom bass to celebrate my upcoming bachelor's degree in music. I had almost no money given that I was a cash strapped music major at the University of Miami. I went through all my options at the time and made a real effort to play everything to figure out what I would order and who would build it. This included more than one trip to Roger's old shop in Times Square.
Well, I fell in love with the idea of something really expensive from Brooklyn. I decided I would parlay my newfound experience evaluating the best basses around into an internet buying and selling venture in order to flip my way up to the bass I had in mind. I began in ernest with a meager amount of money and found lots of basses for sale for less than they were worth. Eventually a Sadowsky Standard 4 with a tobacco sunburst quilted maple top and maple neck in mint condition crossed my path for...get this...$700. You can imagine how my eyes widened when I thought how much I could make reselling that baby.
The Sadowsky arrived at my apartment, and it only took a second to fall in love with it. It was so light and punchy, aggressive, and warm. I made the mistake of taking it to a rehearsal and a gig, where it killed (of course). Then I sold it with a little tear in my eye, thinking "I'm a 5 string guy," and ordered what was my dream bass at the time (which turned out great).
Lots of basses have come and gone. I have never owned another Sadowsky, yet I have always been haunted by that brief encounter with that tobacco maple 4 string. I've watched for it to resurface ever since.
Well, here I am two decades later, and I just bought the tobacco burst, maple neck, quilted maple top, Standard 5 currently in the TB classifieds. It looks like my old one, but with an extra string. I'm still a working musician in Boston, and I'm finally back in the fold. Very cool!
-Ryan
I have a little story to tell.
Back in the 90's I decided I was going to order my first custom bass to celebrate my upcoming bachelor's degree in music. I had almost no money given that I was a cash strapped music major at the University of Miami. I went through all my options at the time and made a real effort to play everything to figure out what I would order and who would build it. This included more than one trip to Roger's old shop in Times Square.
Well, I fell in love with the idea of something really expensive from Brooklyn. I decided I would parlay my newfound experience evaluating the best basses around into an internet buying and selling venture in order to flip my way up to the bass I had in mind. I began in ernest with a meager amount of money and found lots of basses for sale for less than they were worth. Eventually a Sadowsky Standard 4 with a tobacco sunburst quilted maple top and maple neck in mint condition crossed my path for...get this...$700. You can imagine how my eyes widened when I thought how much I could make reselling that baby.
The Sadowsky arrived at my apartment, and it only took a second to fall in love with it. It was so light and punchy, aggressive, and warm. I made the mistake of taking it to a rehearsal and a gig, where it killed (of course). Then I sold it with a little tear in my eye, thinking "I'm a 5 string guy," and ordered what was my dream bass at the time (which turned out great).
Lots of basses have come and gone. I have never owned another Sadowsky, yet I have always been haunted by that brief encounter with that tobacco maple 4 string. I've watched for it to resurface ever since.
Well, here I am two decades later, and I just bought the tobacco burst, maple neck, quilted maple top, Standard 5 currently in the TB classifieds. It looks like my old one, but with an extra string. I'm still a working musician in Boston, and I'm finally back in the fold. Very cool!
-Ryan
Just got the tracking number for this baby!
Pretty excited I have to say! this ones been a couple of years in the planning to add to the arsenal and it sure looks sweet!
I'm hoping the PJ will be a nice option tonally to add my two JJ Standards?
Thanks Kevin, Roger and crew!
Amazing maple board on that, truly spectacular
NICE!!!Just got the tracking number for this baby!
It will be... very much so. The PJ is a very different animal from a JJ... with a more modern twist on the Fender type sound, and the P5's Roger is using these days just KILL.
Nice shot of 5050 from Fri night...
Jerry I am glad you are enjoying the bass, great pic.
I just finished up an email exchange with Kevin regarding my current build. It reconfirmed for me what a pleasant experience it is dealing with the genuine folks at Sadowsky - every single time, no exceptions. I'm not one to gush but, really, does it get any better than this?! A couple of months ago I called the shop to ask some questions about the preamp and ended up speaking with Lisa. She was totally down-to-earth, polite and informative. We're incredibly lucky to have these guys as part of the bass community. 
P.S. I forgot to mention how handsome Kevin is (see Kev, I got your back
).
P.S. I forgot to mention how handsome Kevin is (see Kev, I got your back
).
- Feb 3, 2005
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- Endorsing artist: Bergantino Audio Systems and GHS Strings
Just got the tracking number for this baby!
Pretty excited I have to say! this ones been a couple of years in the planning to add to the arsenal and it sure looks sweet!
I'm hoping the PJ will be a nice option tonally to add my two JJ Standards?
Thanks Kevin, Roger and crew!
Beautiful, congrats!
