Club Sadowsky!!!

[StayLow]

Actually, I just got an audition for tomorrow and the band would require slap playing, so I guess flats are no good now.

Chromes are great for slap, especially with a 2-band active boost-only EQ. Slap is a style, not a string. Give it a shot if you can make the B fit.

 

[rictrose]

Anyone know what finish Sadowsky use on their Metro Maple neck & board basses? Its obviously a satin finish of some kind -
but it doesn't feel like satin finish poly. It feels ALMOST like raw wood. The Metro maple boards and neck all look so WHITE - how durable is the finish? Anyone have a metro long enough for it to show signs of colouring? Do they end up looking like Musicman maple necks? (in other words brown)

 

[Bergerman]

RickC: 1-1/2 at the nut. Awesome neck...

Rictrose: metro necks and fingerboards are satin nitro. You'll wear through it if you play it enough, but it will still feel excellent!

 

[Firesalt]

RickC: 1-1/2 at the nut. Awesome neck...

Rictrose: metro necks and fingerboards are satin nitro. You'll wear through it if you play it enough, but it wii still feel excellent!

It also dents quite easily if you're not careful, it's a very thin coating, that's why it feels a lot like raw wood.

 

[RickC]

RickC: 1-1/2 at the nut. Awesome neck...

Thanks. Another question (for anyone) re my thoughts for a PJ. Has anyone tried an alder/maple combo? I know Roger recommends ash with maple and that's the only config I've ever seen on the website. I'm leaning toward maple, but I'm much more an alder fan.

/rick

 

[bikeplate]

Necks are sprayed w nitro just like NYC basses. Difference is that Japan doesn't use any tint so they are the same color as the wood. Nyc's have tint mixed on the nitro for a worn look when new

 

[bikeplate]

I have an ash maple metro pj. I've had it many years. Exc bass

 

[seebee]

Lake Elkhart Wisconsin Jazz on the Vine Jazz Fest. Sound check.

 

[seebee]

Lake Elkhart Wisconsin Jazz on the Vine Jazz Fest. Sound check.
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[Musicfreak1988]

Got the famous e-mail yesterday. She should be here somewhere next week!

 

[Dragan]

seebee, lovely bass and rig too.

 

[StayLow]

^ That rules!

 

[JaminDyer]

I wish. I really wish.

 

[TimothyGroovy]

Got the famous e-mail yesterday. She should be here somewhere next week!

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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats! This one is hot!!!

 

[Joelc73]

Got the famous e-mail yesterday. She should be here somewhere next week!

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That is sweet! Gold sparkle?

 

[Musicfreak1988]

Yep, gold / champagne sparkle! Also my first ash/maple Sadowsky. I'm a sucker for ash/Braz (or Amazon) rw, but I figured I had to give the ash/maple combo a try! I can't wait to take her for a drive .

 

[FunkyMcNasty]

Thats awesome musicfreak. I love the color combo.

 

[StayLow]

^ Why the pick guard, if you don't mind me asking? I'm curious if Sadowsky would do it without, if asked.

I have a couple nice sparkle Stingrays that I wish hadn't come with their gaudy oval pick guards, so I switched to clear but would prefer they'd had no guards & screw holes at all.

 

[Musicfreak1988]

I kinda like the feel of a pickguard, and I ordered the bass before Roger came up with the idea of cutting the neck pocket a little less deep / deeper to give basses with pickguards the same feel (string to body distance) as basses without, so that's why there's a very thin pickguard on mine.

 

[Lichtaffen]

Got the famous e-mail yesterday. She should be here somewhere next week!

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Getting that email must be like seeing an ultrasound of your baby in the womb. Congrats!