Very nice, Buc! I like the dark fretboard, as well as the dark hardware... that's a beautiful bass, man... Enjoy!
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Very nice, Buc! I like the dark fretboard, as well as the dark hardware... that's a beautiful bass, man... Enjoy!
I've actually posted that elsewhere; but, here is a synopsis. Basically, it was kind of accidental.
- I had put together a Shoreline Gold '97 Fender J Deluxe with a Sadowsky Onboard as a cheater Fender for auditions (with the Fender inclined acts) about 4 years ago. I wanted to replace the Suhr single slugs with something more potent, and found and bought the actual set of Delano JMVC4's that are in this bass, somewhat on a whim. (Footnote: I did end up installing a second set of the Delano's in the gold Fender; but, I just traded that Fender + cash for an RV5-WL. The TB'er who acquired that Fender left the Delano's in it. FWIW)
- For reasons I don't recall, I ended up installing that initial set of JMVC4's in the RV4 I was gigging at the time. The next day I took the bass to Big Band rehearsal, at which the BL halted the entire 25 piece band during the first tune, mid tune, and asked me what the heck I had done to make the bass sound so amazing. I had been gigging the RV4 with HC's with them already for almost a year. Needless to say, that set of pickups stayed in the RV4, and went to the shop when that RV4 was sold to partially fund this NYC build. The shop retained those pickups for me, and they are in this bass.
Meanwhile, I have been using Seymour Duncan SJB2's, which I had identified a number of years (decades) ago, in my passive Fender J's. I like them a lot. I'm not sure whether the Sadowsky SD's are similar or not; but, I do have experience with the Sadowsky SD SC's, which I gigged for a couple years in an RV5. I have the SJB2's in my Fender parts bass, which I recently converted to a cheater bass with the addition of a Sadowsky preamp. That bass sounds fine. But, I have a set of JMVC4's on the way that are going in that cheater bass. Oh, I also have a set of JMVC5's that are going in the RV5-WL when I get that bass back from Pat Wilkins. Basically, I like the combination of the Delano JMVC pickups with the Sadowsky preamp. If you couldn't tell.
I don't think I ever got a number. I don't know how to post pics, but it's 6113 (pictured here: I finally got a Sadowsky!). I just got an MV4 last week that I also purchased here, SOLD - Sadowsky Metro MV4-'59 Burst but have yet to gig with.
I emailed with Roger after I picked up 6113 to get a little advice on a few things, and he couldn't have been more gracious and gentlemanly. I'm sold for life. Lightweight, beautiful tonal range, and practically artwork to look at.
May I get a number now?
I emailed with Roger after I picked up 6113 to get a little advice on a few things, and he couldn't have been more gracious and gentlemanly. I'm sold for life. Lightweight, beautiful tonal range, and practically artwork to look at.
May I get a number now?
You "finally got a Sadowsky after lusting after one for the better part of a year"? I've been lusting after one for 14 years (I'm 30)!!!
Four more months for my NYC.
Yeah, I'd be interested in a PJ's ability to get something like the classic JJ slap tone.
Simply speaking, when you are on the P pickup, it sounds like a P. When you are on the bridge position, J, it sounds like a bridge position J. However, when you have both pickups on together, it does not have the sound you associate with a J bass. Think of it as basically a more versatile P bass. But I don't find Verdine White complaining about the slap tone he gets on his bass! 
Simply speaking, when you are on the P pickup, it sounds like a P. When you are on the bridge position, J, it sounds like a bridge position J. However, when you have both pickups on together, it does not have the sound you associate with a J bass. Think of it as basically a more versatile P bass. But I don't find Verdine White complaining about the slap tone he gets on his bass!
I'm with this guy. Have the PJ5 to prove it.
For me, the blended pup tone is a kind of compressed, thick lowmid kick with the VTC rolled off that is very responsive to right hand placement (lots if P and J mixing to be had tonally) and the slap tone is kind of its own animal.
It's my one-stop-shoppa
I'd like to hear a PJ that has the P pickup with the new dual coil pickup that allows you to have 60's rear J pickup sound, a 70's rear J pickup sound or a combination which I imagine would be real thick!
Pat Wilkins just sent me a shot of the mod he did for me on the Cherry Bomb RV5-WL. Can't wait to get it back. Enjoy!
Edit:...aaaaand, unfortunately it seems there is no solution to the misfit on the hold down, other than using the full bar that the Metros used to have. So, the headstock has to be refinished again to get that hold down in place in proper order. Few more weeks waiting, but important that the mod is done correctly.
Edit:...aaaaand, unfortunately it seems there is no solution to the misfit on the hold down, other than using the full bar that the Metros used to have. So, the headstock has to be refinished again to get that hold down in place in proper order. Few more weeks waiting, but important that the mod is done correctly.
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I've owned a number of PJs, starting with some hot-rod mods I did back in the late 70's, up to a 2010 Sadowsky. For me the biggest difference between PJ and JJ -- with both pickups on -- is on the D and G strings. With PJ, the E and A are Jazz-like, but the D and G are snappier... or thinner, depending on your POV. With reverse PJ, the difference is in the E and A strings: they are either growlier, or less thumpy, than JJ... but the D and G are more similar to JJ.
IMO, IME, and all that.
IMO, IME, and all that.
This compared to a P (only)?
Never noticed any thin-ness on the ones I've played, lol.
