Roger, I'm going to have to creatively convince the wife that if I order the case, I might as well get the bass...
... I'll do it when she's on the phone.
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Roger, I'm going to have to creatively convince the wife that if I order the case, I might as well get the bass...
... I'll do it when she's on the phone.
you could draw on econ 101 to blow some smoke. buy the case, then argue the case is a _sunk cost_ with little _salvage value_ apart from storing an nyc bass...
Oh yeah, I know it's outside of your control ☺ it is a shame! I'll have to keep booking gigs so I can order the case with another Sadowsky inside!
Dig the hard case. Looks like you're on your way to a gig at Carnegie Hall. Without the practice.
Sadowsky lovers - here's a little piece I recorded using the Metro RV5 and my new Launchkey 25. Thought I'd give the MIDI thing a go and see if you CAN teach an old dog new tricks, lol... The bass was one take - recorded direct into a Scarlett 2i2 in Ableton, and the drums are courtesy EZDrummer 2. Enjoy!
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Slowly converting all my hardware to black on my MS5. So far I've gotten the anodized black Sadowsky knobs, black satin Hipshots, black string tree, and the black Dunlop strap buttons. I'm going to have the bridge plated in satin black and will match the output jack plate as well.
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Joeykun
pronounced ジョーイくん
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I did the same to my MS5 around 6 years ago!
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I did the same to my MS5 around 6 years ago!
How much did the plating end up costing you?
When I bought mine someone had done it already ..I love it
Joeykun
pronounced ジョーイくん
- Jun 22, 2007
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- Endorsing: LAKLAND SADOWSKY GENZLER DARKGLASS NORDSTRAND TEMPLEBOARD KIRLIN DRSTRINGS ACCESS
I never plated. USA Hipshot Tuners and Sadowsky NYC hardware. I sold the bass after finishing it and bought a NYC Standard 5. Sold that too and back to playing Standard 4s exclusively.
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Oh yeah I got the hipshot's as well. I was mainly talking about the bridge. Did you get it used or call the shop?
VERY cool looking pick guard on this new listing:
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my nyc wl-5 is '59 burst, soaps, tort. yep, the tort is beautiful!
Question, Metro owners - has anyone replaced their tuners with ultralight ones?
I'm wondering if it's possible to do this on my MV4, after I replaced the tuners on my Fender CIJ Classic Lacquer 60s with Gotoh GBR640s (dropping the weight to just 3.6kg, under 8lb). I didn't think it would make as much of a difference as it did!
I'm wondering if it's possible to do this on my MV4, after I replaced the tuners on my Fender CIJ Classic Lacquer 60s with Gotoh GBR640s (dropping the weight to just 3.6kg, under 8lb). I didn't think it would make as much of a difference as it did!
I did this on a WL metro and it saved about 200g/0.5lb, so I thought it was helpful. The side effect is that you see the extra 4 holes from the larger tuner plate on the back of the headstock.
Three months ago today, on Nov. 2nd Bob Cranshaw passed away. A sad loss of a great musician and Sadowsky player:
Preamp question for you guys - I'm curious, does anyone set their boost levels and then bring up the instrument volume to the desired playing level? This as opposed to just "rolling the volume back about 10%" and then adjusting the EQ? There was a post a few pages back about a Sadowsky artist and a photo of his settings - his boost levels were VERY high and it made me wonder if he was using the preamp in that manner.
