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Club Sadowsky!!!

#32,261
ElMon said:
My passive 62' Reissue PBass has that Jamerson sound in spades. DEEP Bottom end, not much sustain, and a certain chunky feel that I just love. The Sadowsky PJs in turn had much more sustain and of course were designed to be more modern basses, NOT Fender clones.
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Agree 100%. Vintage and vintage-style Fender P-basses have their own special magic, but the Sadowsky take is *it* for me. If I need more thump I'll add left and right hand muting (I need to carve myself a chunk of foam, too). It's not exactly the same mojo, but plenty close enough for my purposes.
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#32,262
KJung said:
The Hercules hanging stands are the deal for this issue. Totally stable hanging stands. A bit large when folded up, but not bad. Due to the low center of gravity, these stands are virtually impossible to knock over, and the asymmetrical bottom of a J bass and the knob placement that you mention become a non issue.

Ultimate makes similar stand, but it is not nearly as well made.
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Amen! I've been [DEL]abusing[/DEL] gigging the Hercules hanging stands for years. They are rugged.

The ones I own have the curved gooseneck. A newer model has a hinged neck that makes it slightly more compact.
 
#32,263
KJung said:
The Hercules hanging stands are the deal for this issue. Totally stable hanging stands. A bit large when folded up, but not bad. Due to the low center of gravity, these stands are virtually impossible to knock over, and the asymmetrical bottom of a J bass and the knob placement that you mention become a non issue.

Ultimate makes similar stand, but it is not nearly as well made.
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Avoid Ultimate. When the leg lock fails (and it will fail) the stand falls over violently.
 
#32,266
Add one more to the happy Hercules user group. NO failures by myself or anyone I know with their stand. Indeed - I've not heard of any, as well (small surprise).

It appears like I have the a couple instruments going bye-bye. I trust I'll be joining y'all in the near term with something I've put off for too many years. Now...back to my wishful thinking / lurking status :hiding:
 
#32,267
Fuzzbass said:
Agree 100%. Vintage and vintage-style Fender P-basses have their own special magic, but the Sadowsky take is *it* for me. If I need more thump I'll add left and right hand muting (I need to carve myself a chunk of foam, too). It's not exactly the same mojo, but plenty close enough for my purposes.
:bassist:
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I became a thumb-muting master chasing that sound. Glad to have it in my quiver. PBasses aside, I'd love to hear more clips of that musicman-inspired Sadowsky of yours. That's the build that might make me pull the trigger for this year.
 
#32,271
I just got a Hercules Universal stand a few weeks ago. The yoke mechanism works slightly differently on it than the "original" version. Nice & stable, though.

I did notice, however, that when I use it with my Will Lee, the D-tuner kinda rests up against the yoke. I don't know if I like it bearing the weight of the instrument.
 
#32,272
I pretty much just use the Hercules stands as well, and I do still like them best, but I have had some issues with them...

In a couple cases, somehow, the mechanism kinda' got out of sync, which can be "fixed" by snapping one of the tips back to where it's supposed to go, but a couple times and it just stops working right in general. I could probably handle the stand a bit more carefully in the future, but sometimes loading in/out you get in a hurry, weather, etc, and you tend to toss stuff a little. Stands without mechanisms like this won't have this problem.

The other issue I've had is how most of their models are more of a square cage with relatively thin and specifically located pads, rather than just a coated yoke. What that means is certain headstock shapes/sizes will cause the bass to be a little off kilter and you could actually end up with hard plastic contact against wood. Just being careful getting the bass in/out minimizes risk of marring, but there is some risk nonetheless.

Overall, both are low probability low risk issues, but just to say as good as they are, they aren't perfect, either.

Ideally, I'd love to see more of their stands with that "universal" (yoke) system up top, but one that folds up. If you think about it, if a more gripping mech needed, the bass/stand are already falling forward and you have bigger issues than worrying if the neck comes out of the holder or not.
 
#32,273
Vic said:
I pretty much just use the Hercules stands as well, and I do still like them best, but I have had some issues with them...

In a couple cases, somehow, the mechanism kinda' got out of sync, which can be "fixed" by snapping one of the tips back to where it's supposed to go, but a couple times and it just stops working right in general. I could probably handle the stand a bit more carefully in the future, but sometimes loading in/out you get in a hurry, weather, etc, and you tend to toss stuff a little. Stands without mechanisms like this won't have this problem.

The other issue I've had is how most of their models are more of a square cage with relatively thin and specifically located pads, rather than just a coated yoke. What that means is certain headstock shapes/sizes will cause the bass to be a little off kilter and you could actually end up with hard plastic contact against wood. Just being careful getting the bass in/out minimizes risk of marring, but there is some risk nonetheless.

Overall, both are low probability low risk issues, but just to say as good as they are, they aren't perfect, either.

Ideally, I'd love to see more of their stands with that "universal" (yoke) system up top, but one that folds up. If you think about it, if a more gripping mech needed, the bass/stand are already falling forward and you have bigger issues than worrying if the neck comes out of the holder or not.
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I agree with all of this. I usually push down on the yoke before resting the bass on it. I'm not fond of how it sits up top either.
 
#32,275
Chef said:
I've never been a stand user.
I put mine back in it's portabag, and keep the portabag next to my rig, standing up.

Works for me, ymmv....
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My issue with this is I always worry about scraping zippers in and out and how inconvenient it is compared about any kind of stand. Most of the places I play I don't have to worry about foot traffic anywhere near my rig, so Joe Random is not a problem for me.
 
#32,278
Chef said:
On the stand generally means cable still attached, yes?
Then: Joe Random is my singer, drummer, guitard...you know.
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Ahhh, but then they aren't "customers", so you're officially allowed to deck them for being idiots... albeit best outside the club after both the gig an load-out are done. ;) :D :D

Seriously tho, that also shouldn't be an issue, and if it is, heck, hit your tuner and pop the cord out. I'm assuming you're unplugging before putting in the case, too, making that element a wash.
 

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