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Club Sadowsky!!!

#36,961
And my old friend. Someday I'll go with the gold pickguard look:

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#36,972
I was a "Sadowsky holdout" for a long time, but owning
a Metro Will Lee turned me around 180 degrees.

I have yet to play anything that even comes close to my
Sadowsky. It is what it IS - Best sounding bass ever IMHO.

Somehow, everything else (in my collection) is "less" in one
department or another.

I'm a big fan, and if I had to buy another bass, it would be,
(you guessed it) another Sadowsky - maybe a New Yorker with an exotic wood top, but definitely another Sadowsky!

:bassist::bassist::bassist:
 

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#36,973
I've seen the video where Roger talks about how he sets up his basses, but I'm wondering about the horizontal angles of the saddles (where one side of the "barrel" might be slightly higher than the other. Any thoughts on how these are generally set up?
 
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bass12 said:
I've seen the video where Roger talks about how he sets up his basses, but I'm wondering about the horizontal angles of the saddles (where one side of the "barrel" might be slightly higher than the other. Any thoughts on how these are generally set up?
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I believe the general concensus is to have each barrel level
on it's own and adjust the string height with it remaining level.

That said, I've also done it with the barrels following the
curve of the fingerboard radius with no ill-effects. As long
as the grooves in the saddle are deep enough to hold the string
in place, I've had no trouble.

If the saddles are more blade-like then I can see where
you may get some side slippage, especially if you're a
hard plucker and near the bridge, but still, I don't think
it would be anything that noticeable, and would self-correct as you continue playing.

I believe Leo used threaded rod to make saddles in order to
prevent this kind of slippage.

Either way, I don't see it as a major problem.
 
#36,976
THORRR said:
I believe the general concensus is to have each barrel level
on it's own and adjust the string height with it remaining level.

That said, I've also done it with the barrels following the
curve of the fingerboard radius with no ill-effects. As long
as the grooves in the saddle are deep enough to hold the string
in place, I've had no trouble.

If the saddles are more blade-like then I can see where
you may get some side slippage, especially if you're a
hard plucker and near the bridge, but still, I don't think
it would be anything that noticeable, and would self-correct as you continue playing.

I believe Leo used threaded rod to make saddles in order to
prevent this kind of slippage.

Either way, I don't see it as a major problem.
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I always thought the threads were so that you could adjust string spacing slightly. I dunno. Maybe its simply what he had available in the shop at the time.
 
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bass12 said:
I've seen the video where Roger talks about how he sets up his basses, but I'm wondering about the horizontal angles of the saddles (where one side of the "barrel" might be slightly higher than the other. Any thoughts on how these are generally set up?
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I use a neck radius gauge and set up the saddles to follow the neck Radius. Most Sadowsky basses have a 12" neck radius. Setting the bass up this way requires a slight differentiation in the screw height, leaving one side of the barrel higher than the other.
 

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