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Club Sadowsky!!!

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I just opened a thread on this topic but,,I'll try here as well and maybe delete that one soon if it doesn't draw anything separate.

Hi


I have a 65 l series jazz... sweetest neck ever.. very thin C neck. I've had this bass forever and it's 'home" For me. Lakland Joe's seem close but I'm wondering about the WL.

I know the WL has a 1.45 nut. What is the rest of the carve like??? C/D??Is it like a NYC Bass just with the thinner nut? Or is it different???


Thanks
 
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BTW,,,this is mine. Guess I'm in the club. Great bass!
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#32,803
Vic said:
The main issue with running a forum is not in setting it up and turning it on... it's the vigilance of fighting the porn/malware link spammers that attack forums as easy prey to put their links out there. Depending on the technology used for the forum, it can really be a huge PIA because there's a lot of sophisticated auto-bot functionality out there that is easy to run, and difficult to block.

The Internet is a hostile place. Never forget that. :(
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I guarantee there's a fanboy for every label that would consider moderation a huge honor and do it (well) for free.
 
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Fuzzbass said:
Thanks... it's my first (2005) and still the most dear to my heart. Maybe it's the maple board, or the fact that it was my #1 gig bass for five straight years before I expanded my Sadowsky collection (after which it went into rotation).

Getting back to P-bass tones for a moment, this video (featuring Blackie) captures my hard rock tone pretty well: gnarly! :cool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJY1XuatWWI
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Always a pleasure Ken. Thanks man.
B.
 
#32,806
Fuzzbass said:
Thanks... it's my first (2005) and still the most dear to my heart. Maybe it's the maple board, or the fact that it was my #1 gig bass for five straight years before I expanded my Sadowsky collection (after which it went into rotation).

Getting back to P-bass tones for a moment, this video (featuring Blackie) captures my hard rock tone pretty well: gnarly! :cool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJY1XuatWWI
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That's a killer tone right there showing off one of the many voices of a P bass.
 
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treblemouth said:
Hi, I'm planning to buy a secondhand Sadowsky NYC 24 5 strings. The bass features a super lightweight, chambered Ash body, Quilted maple top, maple fingerboard, EMG pickups.

What do you guys think? Need your opinions. Thanks.
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Do it at your own risk... you need to know that these guys do not tell you all of the truth...

Buying your first Sadowsky will turn you into a freak, you will catch yourself at work, drooling and with a blank stare because you can't wait to get home to play your bass. There's also a risk that you'll become socially isolated because you will prefer to spend your time playing your bass or rehearsing, leaving you with your fellow addicts from the Club Sadowsky as only friends...

Also, Roger, cunning as he is, besides making his basses sound and play so unbelievably good, makes them look gorgeously beautiful that you will catch yourself thinkng about getting another Sadowsky...and another...and another... (and then the 9 month wait will drive you crazy)

Being a Sadowsky addict is also not recognised by medicare or another social security system... so you're on your own (except for us in the Club....)

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

....other than that... GO AND GET THE BASS BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE GETS IT!!!!!:hiding:
 
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treblemouth said:
Hi, I'm planning to buy a secondhand Sadowsky NYC 24 5 strings. The bass features a super lightweight, chambered Ash body, Quilted maple top, maple fingerboard, EMG pickups.

What do you guys think? Need your opinions. Thanks.
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[innocent look] Where is this bass for sale?

J/k. I think that a couple if the posts above will tell you all that you need to know.

When I bought mine, it was (and remains) the most expensive thing I've ever bought myself. I don't know how I'd ever pull another new one off, but I still have another set of specs already worked out for if opportunity ever comes knocking. I've traditionally had a strict policy of never owning more than one bass by a given maker at a time, but the bass that Roger and Kevin helped me own is that good.

I'm not a fanboy; just too many fabulous axes out there these days. But I'd still buy a Sadowsky practically sight-unseen.
 
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treblemouth said:
Hi, I'm planning to buy a secondhand Sadowsky NYC 24 5 strings. The bass features a super lightweight, chambered Ash body, Quilted maple top, maple fingerboard, EMG pickups.

What do you guys think? Need your opinions. Thanks.
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Just one piece of advice...

Weight isn't just about weight, it's also about tone.

If you go all about superlight, the bass will tend to be a little punchier, but not have as much compression/sustain as a heavier bass. Both/neither are good/bad, just the effects of body mass (IMHO/IME anyway). I personally like to strike a balance between the two based on the woods being used (my personal sweet area is 8-9 pounds on an ash bodied bass). Your prefs may be different. Just IMHO keep this in mind when you talk to the shop and spec the bass.

No matter what, though, you get a Sadowsky, you get a great bass. Period.
 
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roadkill2309 said:
I'm not a fanboy; just too many fabulous axes out there these days. But I'd still buy a Sadowsky practically sight-unseen.
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Agreed, and I did buy one practically sight-unseen - no regrets. Beautiful instrument.

Last night I was working on a new piece and started with the Lakland Scheff, nope not the right sound. Then to the 44-64, still not right. Modulus Fretless VJ, good depth and tone, but didn't want mwah. Okay, let's try the Modulus FU4 - too bright and too much punch for the piece. Grabbed the Sadowsky and then spent the next couple of hours just playing and writing - perfect balance of what I was looking for.
 
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treblemouth said:
Hi, I'm planning to buy a secondhand Sadowsky NYC 24 5 strings. The bass features a super lightweight, chambered Ash body, Quilted maple top, maple fingerboard, EMG pickups.

What do you guys think? Need your opinions. Thanks.
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The only reason not to is if a JJ sadowsky would fit your mix better. The 24 fret with emgs are awesome, super modern punchy and cutting, but not warm round and fat like a JJ.
 
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Kinetic Shadow said:
Agreed, and I did buy one practically sight-unseen - no regrets. Beautiful instrument.
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This is a side-benefit of how Roger approaches instrument building. He builds for a VERY high level of tonal consistency for a given wood combo, and his figured tops are designed to be as strictly aesthetic as possible. This means there's very very little tonal variance between basses with the same wood combos. Very much "known quantities". Couple that with his consistently impeccable build quality, and it makes for a pretty safe bet every time.
 
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pickles said:
The only reason not to is if a JJ sadowsky would fit your mix better. The 24 fret with emgs are awesome, super modern punchy and cutting, but not warm round and fat like a JJ.
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+1

What's cool about them is you can literally use less rig power and still cut a mix like a ginsu knife, but if you want that bigger rounder low end, you have to have a neck pickup closer to the neck. You can spec a bass with the soaps spaced out like that, which I considered doing, but just ended up sticking what what I know with the J style pickups.

It's the reason I ended up selling my (amazing) "modern" style NYC and replacing it with a 24F JJ (which is what my new build is).

This is very close to what my new build will look like, FWIW...

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