Club Sadowsky!!!

[AMp'D.2play]

LOL @ "rich". Yeah, as I'm still driving my 11-year-old Honda CR-V with 250k+ miles on it!

Maybe a better way to look at it is, I tend to buy what works!

 

[Ewo]

Get a Sadowsky... because they sound good and right...my bass has paid for itself many times over already...

Hey, Timothy--that Metro WL5 you sold me has!

 

[Jerry Ziarko]

As they say......

 

[BoogyBass]

37 chapters, 100+ pages per chapter, and these bases are easily two grand and up a piece! I've just realized, this site is full of rich people.....lol

No, not rich. I just made a wise investment in 2004, when I bought my RV4. Never needed an other bass and no need to keep trading basses.

 

[Joeykun]

Here's a photo from my Festival gig on Saturday. Sadowsky fun under the sun. Sure it is pretty, but it has tone that kills!

 

[Odia]

Whatever happened with that Jason Newsted signature model that was possibly coming out?

 

[kobass]

Just stumbled upon this... Michael Rhodes playing a Sadowsky P4 (w/roasted maple neck) live at Red Rocks w/ Joe Bonamassa.



That's Reese Wynans on keys.

 

[Holdsg]

thanks for posting that. the amount of talent on one stage!
And is Michael a doppelganger for Tony Levin, or what?

 

[bass12]

thanks for posting that. the amount of talent on one stage!
And is Michael a doppelganger for Tony Levin, or what?

I guess if all white bald guys look the same to you.

 

[Holdsg]

I'm a white bald guy, so I guess, yes!

 

[Jerry Ziarko]

Something has me puzzled. I have owned 3 different ash/maple Sadowsky basses, all with single coils. The Will Lee 5 I currently own (also ash/maple) sounds quite different than any one of them. I'm talking no mid boost engaged, but just the pre active with the VTC. Are the J pickups the same single coils used in all models? The low end of this bass sounds nothing like others I have owned.

 

[SCT1422]

Hey Jerry, when are you going to be back at Stir ??? I picked up an older Sadowsky PJ-5 you have to check out...

 

[TimothyGroovy]

Something has me puzzled. I have owned 3 different ash/maple Sadowsky basses, all with single coils. The Will Lee 5 I currently own (also ash/maple) sounds quite different than any one of them. I'm talking no mid boost engaged, but just the pre active with the VTC. Are the J pickups the same single coils used in all models? The low end of this bass sounds nothing like others I have owned.

All 3 single coils are Duncan made or the latest Nordstrand?

 

[FunkyMcNasty]

All 3 single coils are Duncan made or the latest Nordstrand?

This.
The "older" Jazz basses were Duncan's which sound beefier to me and a little more mid scooped. The newer Sad J basses are nordstrand pickups which sound more mid focused IMO. I'm not the best at describing bass sounds, but that's what I hear. I prefer the Duncan pickups, but many cats like the Nordy's.

 

[TimothyGroovy]

Agreed with the tonal description, I like the Sadowsky spec'ed Duncan SC, but I like Nordstrand pickups as well especially those with the latest Alinco 3 option.

 

[bass12]

Something has me puzzled. I have owned 3 different ash/maple Sadowsky basses, all with single coils. The Will Lee 5 I currently own (also ash/maple) sounds quite different than any one of them. I'm talking no mid boost engaged, but just the pre active with the VTC. Are the J pickups the same single coils used in all models? The low end of this bass sounds nothing like others I have owned.

Could be the pickups but it could just as easily be the fact that each bass is going to sound different (some more markedly than others). This is why the best thing you can do when buying a new Sadowsky (if you live close enough) is to visit the shop and try out all of the basses in the showroom rather than choosing one based solely on specs and looks.

 

[Jerry Ziarko]

Hey Jerry, when are you going to be back at Stir ??? I picked up an older Sadowsky PJ-5 you have to check out...

We're back there next Sat 6-20 5:30-9:30. Metro or NYC?

Could be the pickups but it could just as easily be the fact that each bass is going to sound different (some more markedly than others). This is why the best thing you can do when buying a new Sadowsky (if you live close enough) is to visit the shop and try out all of the basses in the showroom rather than choosing one based solely on specs and looks.

I completely understand that, but every Sadowsky I've actually played, (maybe 10 or so) all sounded like they we're in the same family. Even the alder/rosewood ones sounded at least like cousins. The low end on this one just sounds different. Hard to really describe, just different. I'm not saying it's a bad thing by any means, it's just it's the first time I've encountered it. The PU's volumes are adjusted evenly, so it's not that. The serial number is in the low 6900's, so not exactly new. I'm not sure when the PU's changed from Duncan's to Nordstrands.
Honestly, I've never had a problem buying used. Talkbass is more like a library. Once your finished, you turn it in and check out another one. Some I like better than others, but if everyone liked them all equally, there would never be a used mkt.

 

[SCT1422]

I'm actually playing right after you from 10-2, and it's a NYC from 1999...

 

[Jerry Ziarko]

I'm actually playing right after you from 10-2, and it's a NYC from 1999...

Very nice! Are you playing it that night? It will be good to see you again. I'll probably do the P5 myself. Through that rig, it doesn't seem to matter much.

 

[Ewo]

Something has me puzzled. I have owned 3 different ash/maple Sadowsky basses, all with single coils. The Will Lee 5 I currently own (also ash/maple) sounds quite different than any one of them. I'm talking no mid boost engaged, but just the pre active with the VTC. Are the J pickups the same single coils used in all models? The low end of this bass sounds nothing like others I have owned.

Will Lee has singles, MV5 has 'buckers, no?

I'm just going on the difference between my Metro RV5 and my Metro WL (rosewood/alder). They do sound different, but I'm figuring it's the difference between the humbuckers and the singles.