Club Sadowsky!!!

[AMJBASS]

So speaking of this Will Lee metro thats en route to me, I'm actually trying to get close to a 70s J bass sound with this axe for some Marcus like slap tones.. (I can't find much that got 70s spacing that not full sized body, which was more important to me.)

I ordered a set of the aguilar 70s wound pickups to throw in it. I haven't owned a bass with Sadowsky singles (always had hum canceling). If I'm correct, the Sadowskys are a bit more grindy in the in mids compared with a 70s pickup. Does that seem accurate? Anyone else tried the Aguilars in a Sadowsky before?

I think you get a bit more upper mid content with the Sadowsky single coils. I wouldn't dream of replacing the stock pickups in my WL5 as the bass sounds perfect as is. If I remember correctly the Aguilar 70's are a bit underwound to give you slightly less mid range. I'm sure they sound great. I'm not sure how much of an improvement or change they will make on the Will Lee.

 

[sonic 7]

It's a common troll thread topic on here and complete HOGWASH

Thanks , I thought that sounded like BS .

 

[EagleMoon]

My biggest issue with the new website design is that it looks like it was made too large. The pictures are too big and crowd the pages. I want to see front and back of the basses for sale, and there doesn't seem to any order to the page where the basses are for sale either.

 

[AMJBASS]

Thanks , I thought that sounded like BS .

I think you will find most of the people who makes these comments have either never played one ever, or never played one in a band(or studio) context.

Played 2 gigs this weekend with the WL5. There is nothing I would change about these basses. They just "work". Sits in the mix perfectly with a fat growly and clean tone.

 

[G-MonRV5]

@roogbass! Sounds great! Nice solo, good overall playing by the whole band. Thanks for sharing.

 

[roogbass]

@roogbass! Sounds great! Nice solo, good overall playing by the whole band. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks!

 

[cripula]

amjbass:
FWIW I've always been a fan of white guards with black/maple. But my first bass was black/white/maple so I may be slightly biased:

Still looks right to me. Parchment would be nice too.
Apologies for the non-Sadowsky content. For demonstration purposes only

 

[GRAHAM JACOBS]

Happy with my new Sadowsky

Some really great playing guys. Very well done.

 

[Burwabit]

Family pic with my latest edition. Metro Will Lee, Metro P/J 5, NYC Modern 24-5 (newby circa 2007). 1 gig on the NYC Modern and very happy!

 

[GregC]

I was checking out pictures on Dan Lakin's FB page and found this shot of Roger with Carl Pedigo (a fantastic luthier who splits his time between Lakland and his own business, Chicago Bass Doctor). Portrait of the Artists As Younger Men:

 

[FunkyMcNasty]

Hey Fellas. Does anyone have an older set of the Sadowsky Duncan single coil pickups for a 4 string? If so, I'd be interested in buying them. Shoot me a pm if so. Thanks

 

[FunkyMcNasty]

I also have a set of the Duncan Singles in 5 string that I'd trade for a set of 4's

 

[soong]

Someone snapped me playing my RV5 this weekend!

 

[Burwabit]

Someone snapped me playing my RV5 this weekend!

Really like that color combo. Not something you see every day.

 

[Joebone]

I was checking out pictures on Dan Lakin's FB page and found this shot of Roger with Carl Pedigo (a fantastic luthier who splits his time between Lakland and his own business, Chicago Bass Doctor). Portrait of the Artists As Younger Men:

This photo is too heavy for words!

 

[M Sterling]

My Sadowsky and I playing with the MAN. Poogie Bell on the drums!!!

 

[jondiener]

Well, since a lot of folks are posting gig pics lately, I'll throw one in from this summer.

My '09 Metro MV5PJ that I bought at the beginning of the year from TBer fudgegf. For a long time, I was a rosewood/morado fan. But this maple-boarded beauty has shown me the light! So many tonal options with this instrument!

(please excuse the crappy left-hand position here... no idea what I was doing at that moment!)

 

[Fuzzbass]

(please excuse the crappy left-hand position here... no idea what I was doing at that moment!)

Great pic!

Off-topic followup on technique: no need to apologize for your left hand. In a Bass Player interview many years ago, Darryl Jones called that the "monkey grip". In short, Darryl said that for tricky runs his thumb is always behind the neck, but when grooving down low on simple riffs (such as most Rolling Stones songs), he flops his thumb over the side of the neck because it just feels good. I couldn't agree more! Of course there are advantages to thumb-behind-the-neck; doesn't mean YOU MUST ALWAYS KEEP IT THERE.

Also in BP, Glenn Letsch said the same thing about one-finger-per-fret: it's an excellent technique, but for pentatonic stuff (box shuffles, etc) it can be comfy to use four fingers over three frets. He called that "the cup" because your four left hand fingers are adjacent, and you're basically using index and pinky. I agree with him, too.

Nothing wrong with variance/versatility. For simple stuff I use "cup" plus "monkey grip", for tricky stuff I use finger-per-fret plus thumb-behind-neck.

/off-topic

 

[jondiener]

Nothing wrong with variance/versatility. For simple stuff I use "cup" plus "monkey grip", for tricky stuff I use finger-per-fret plus thumb-behind-neck.

/off-topic

Couldn't agree more! I guess that's what I do, but never really thought about it (on purpose). Makes total sense.

 

[Kevan Campbell]

I was checking out pictures on Dan Lakin's FB page and found this shot of Roger with Carl Pedigo (a fantastic luthier who splits his time between Lakland and his own business, Chicago Bass Doctor). Portrait of the Artists As Younger Men:

When my Sadowsky developed a "mystery buzz" and I contacted Roger about shipping it back to his shop to give it a look, Roger recommended that I reach out to Carl since I was living in Chicago at the time and Roger said that Carl is an incredible tech that he had his upmost faith in. Carl was incredibly nice and skilled, and while he pulled my bass apart looking for the cause we had a great conversation about music and swapped gig stories. Although we couldn't fix the "mystery buzz" as we couldn't locate the source (doesn't come through amplified, only acoustically) he set up my bass to my exact preferences for a very fair price. Loved working with Carl!