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Club Sadowsky!!!

#36,701
bassgod0dmw said:
When my guitarist got his new ES-335, he said something along the lines of: "No we're going to have to be careful when we go out on breaks and stuff to make sure everything is okay." Referring to the fact that he is gigging a $3000 guitar now.

Meanwhile, sitting on my side of the stage I've got 2 Sadowsky NYC's with my Mesa Prodigy, Berg CN212, and a pricey little pedal board ;)

Ii didn't say a word

On another note, on Friday night we played the grand opening of a new bar in town. A whole bunch of people showed up along with a few semi famous musicians that are in a very famous musicians touring band. We had the drummer and guitar player sit in on a couple of tunes towards the end of the night. Once we were finished all of them came over to me and made sure that I knew how great my bass sounded which was very flattering. All I could think in my head was: "I know" :). Anyways, I was playing this guy all night:

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If that Bass sounds HALF as good as it looks, it would have to be killin'! :bassist:
 
#36,708
BuffaloBob4343 said:
How do you normally configure it as far as the pickups go? Or do you vary it depending upon what you're playing?
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For the most part I've got the volume all the way up, both pickups on full, VTC is all the way up (100% clockwise), and bass/treble are boosted slightly.

Sometimes I'll roll in some VTC, a little more bass, or shift the pickups over to the P depending on the song.

I've also been experimenting with the bass & treble more lately. I used to keep the treble flat and roll in a touch of bass (maybe 10%), but on a few recommendations here I tried giving it more of both and I'm really liking the change.

My tone is definitely on the more aggressive side of things, but with my technique I can easily lay off and clean it up and dig in and really make it bark. Very dynamic, and even moreso with the Prodigy.
 
#36,709
bassgod0dmw said:
For the most part I've got the volume all the way up, both pickups on full, VTC is all the way up, and bass/treble are boosted slightly.

Sometimes I'll roll in some VTC, a little more bass, or shift the pickups over to the P depending on the song.

I've also been experimenting with the bass & treble more lately. I used to keep the treble flat and roll in a touch of bass (maybe 10%), but on a few recommendations here I tried giving it more of both and I'm really liking the change.

My tone is definitely on the more aggressive side of things, but with my technique I can easily lay off and clean it up and dig in and really make it bark. Very dynamic, and even moreso with the Prodigy.
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Cool. When you say VTC "on" is that more toward the vintage sound and less aggressive, to offset having the full on j added in?

I know when I play my recently reacquired P at home in the bedroom, I tend to roll the VTC toward the less aggressive side (on?) but I suspect once I start giggin it again, I'll want to have a bit more of that Sadowsky aggressiveness in the mix.
 
#36,710
Sorry, that might be worded wrong. In the 1st part, VTC is off (100% clockwise), so it's as bright/aggressive as possible. That's "my" standard tone that I'll use for probably a good 75% of the night.

I'll roll a little in when we do something where I want a more thumpy vintage type of sound.
 
#36,712
AMJBASS said:
Agreed. Hardly anyone around here knows what a Sadowsky is. Truth be told, people tend to hear bass the same way regardless of what you are playing. However, the Sadowskys sit so fat in the mix that I find its extremely easy to lock with a drummer and if anything I get comments about how great the sound and how well I lock in. They really are terrific instruments. I've yet to hear anything even remotely close to "you need to get a Fender" when playing any Sad I've owned.
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I find that I get more compliments on my basses from drummers (excluding bass players, of course) than any other band members.

Roger
 

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