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NBD today! Website pic, plus a quick pic from me...
Ultra Vintage 5-20 ash/maple, single coils...
Ultra Vintage 5-20 ash/maple, single coils...
Are you sure that smile is from playing your purple Sadowsky or from all the ladies taking your picture of you playing your purple Sadowsky?
NBD today! Website pic, plus a quick pic from me...View attachment 2813522View attachment 2813523
Ultra Vintage 5-20 ash/maple, single coils...
That's nice!!! And the right number of strings, too!
Awesome! The ultra vintage 5 looks amazing — you don’t see a lot of those.NBD today! Website pic, plus a quick pic from me...View attachment 2813522View attachment 2813523
Ultra Vintage 5-20 ash/maple, single coils...
Can the NYC Deluxe satin series basses be ordered direct from Sadowsky or are they only offered through dealers?
From their website:
"Exclusively available through our NYC Boutique dealers, our new Deluxe Satin Series basses...."
So any Sadowsky fretless owners out there (or in here) these days? Curious about your thoughts on your bass.
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I played my customer's fretless build last month (Mahogany Body - Flamed Walnut top - Roasted Flame Maple neck - Ebony board), just everything you expected from Sadowsky both quality and tone but in Fretless format, I dig it no doubt, I will order one if I'm not a 6 strings fretless player
Koa NYC fretless owner here. Bass has alder body w/ebony and rosewood veneer lines. I enjoy it quite a bit!
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Love mine! (headstock in my avatar)...it's a 5-24 spalted maple top/mahogany body, unlined ebony fb, with soapbars in the modern location. Cuts really well, in a band setting.
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@kjones has two of the sweetest Sadowskys I've ever played: one is fretless, and it's so beautiful it was one of the Featured Instruments for many years (not sure if that page exists on the new site). I'm not a fretless player, but that bass plays so well it almost made me seem like one.
I typically roll out with roundwounds, VTC rolled off all the way, and with both pickups. The most responsive fretless I've ever played/owned (Pedulla/Warwick/Rob Allen/RickTurner/Modulus/etc). Every variation of technique comes through which actually makes it difficult to play unless you're on top of your game.
I liken it to an even-fatter Jaco tone with both pickups, but if you do dial in just that back pickup, you suddenly find yourself with white pants pulled up to your navel, long hair flowing from your sweet African-inspired headband.
Interesting - so that is a full-sized P-body with 21-fret equivalent neck and pickups in the modern position? Never seen that spec. Seems that most s-string fretli are 5-24 config.
It's actually a 20-fret, because 'Jaco only needed 20 frets' ... just kidding. I have my seafoam green NYC PJ5 with 20 frets, and besides, any notes above that high Eb .... Just call Alain Caron on that one.
It's also unchambered ash and the growl from low Eb down to low B is devastating.
My Rob Allen is 21-fret, my current 4-string Fodera fretless is 24-fret, as were my Smith, Zon, etc. I think 21 fret may be the right answer, as it gets a bit questionable up that high in my hands. I do actually use all 24 frets on fretted from time to time.
I am becoming more of a believer in steubig's idea of having matched pairs. Though I think I'd want a PJ for the fretless as I like the way a fretless P sounds.
