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What kind of strings are you using? Mine are buzzing too, but it’s the strings. I have Dunlop Superbright SS on it now. I prefer Blue Labels.
IMO buzzing and rattles don't matter until they start being picked up through the pickups.
I had my "boutique" bass set up and the frets levelled and a great playing bass came back with a lower action and a 100% better feel.
IME, however good you think your bass is, a good luthier can usually make it better.
I had my "boutique" bass set up and the frets levelled and a great playing bass came back with a lower action and a 100% better feel.
IME, however good you think your bass is, a good luthier can usually make it better.
I find the Dunlop Super Bright(Nickel or Stainless) both vibrate a bit differently than other strings. I had them on the WL5 I owned a couple of years ago... they sounded good, but digging in caused them to buzz a bit. I'm a big fan of the Sadowsky Blues.
Yeah maybe im just too conscious on how well the bass built. But i play very lightly though
If you play lightly, and have the bass set up for light (or even medium) playing style, then don't hit the strings hard! The harder you play, the greater the string excursion -- and the higher the action has to be to prevent buzzing.
And... what chris_b said: if a string buzzes on the fretboard but the pickups can't "see" it, then it isn't really buzzing.
Thanks for the replies guys.
Its currently has daddarios regular light gauge strings, 45 at the G and that is the only string that buzzes a bit. I put a little relief on the neck and put the G string 2/32 from the fretboard
I read some reviews on metros that some can't get a really low action. And i think that's true based on my own metro.
But like Chris B said, a good luthier can make a boutique or any bass 100% better and make the action lower. Im used to play super low action before but when i followed the sadowsky bass guide, i find it like "medium action" to me and its still feels good to my hands.
Its currently has daddarios regular light gauge strings, 45 at the G and that is the only string that buzzes a bit. I put a little relief on the neck and put the G string 2/32 from the fretboard
I read some reviews on metros that some can't get a really low action. And i think that's true based on my own metro.
But like Chris B said, a good luthier can make a boutique or any bass 100% better and make the action lower. Im used to play super low action before but when i followed the sadowsky bass guide, i find it like "medium action" to me and its still feels good to my hands.
Yeah it buzzes a bit before the setup was done. But slightly raising the saddle can lessen the buzzing.
I think the string vibrates a lot too
Play a different one, then...
... please, don't take this personal... how's your nut height? Press the 1st string down (G, at the second or third fret)... now look at the distance between the bottom of the G string and the top of the first fret, while maintaining pressure... I forget what the measurement is, but you should see daylight between the two, unless it's night and you forgot to pay your electric bill...
Yeah maybe im just too conscious on how well the bass built. But i play very lightly though
I play with a light touch and use a slightly lower than "sadowsky medium" action (as described by Roger in that article I can't locate). Occasionally I will hear a "buzz" when I'm not plugged in, but that doesn't usually translate coming through the amp. Unless I've dropped the action so low that the strings lie UNDER the frets. then we've got some buzzing.
Bingo!
I haven't been trained in a formal setting but this sounds like sage advice a new player would really benefit from. I could've saved myself some dough on setups when I was a teen had I known this at the time, lol....
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I just got a NYC PJ and is is the cleanest bass I’ve ever played. Especially right out of the box. The neck is completely flat. Heck of a fret/setup job.
The fret ends aren’t tapered as much as my other basses, and the frets may be slightly taller, so it feels a little like wearing braces when sliding my hand up and down the neck. Don’t notice it much while playing.
Did some recording this past weekend and it sounds AMAZING. My 70 P may be taking a little break.
The fret ends aren’t tapered as much as my other basses, and the frets may be slightly taller, so it feels a little like wearing braces when sliding my hand up and down the neck. Don’t notice it much while playing.
Did some recording this past weekend and it sounds AMAZING. My 70 P may be taking a little break.
A slight update to my Sadowsky 24 Fret that I got back in August. I swapped out the Soapbars for a set of Nordstrand Big Splits, and I'm very impressed by the sound. I did like the soaps but I wanted something closer to a "Jazz" like sound, but didn't want to build the bass with Jazz pickups. After listening to many, many sound clips from Nordstrand, and on the "Tube" and emailing with Stew at Nordy, I decided on the Splits. They're described as sort of a hybrid P/J character, and they're a hum canceling pickup. Excellent high end, with very tight lows. I think the bass is (to me) perfect now. Plus, with Roger's solderless preamp connections it's a breeze to go back to the original pickups.
This is really a deja vu moment for me because around 7 years ago I had another 24 Fret that I had the Sadowsky shop swap the pickups for Nordy Big Singles, and even though they were (and still are) great pickups I found them to be a little bright for me, and the hum bugged me a bit. I'm really happy with these Big Splits.I recently installed some Nordy Big Splits in a (non-Sadowsky) bass and they sound amazing.I don't do single-coils because of the hum factor. IMO the Big Splits get close to single-coil vibe.
Where are these reviews? That is not my experience at all, having owned three Japanese Sadowsky basses and played many many more.
I actually like that the Sadowsky ends aren't as tapered as some other basses (though they are nicely rounded and polished of course). If there's a lot of taper, then there's a greater chance the G string will slide off the fretboard when using side-to-side vibrato. Not that I do it much, but it occasionally happens on other basses of mine that are highly tapered. Yeah, one can argue that it's a string placement issue (nut slot/saddle) rather than tapering, but still, I like to have more fret-top to work with.
I suppose the risk is present on the opposite side of the fretboard too, but for vibrato on low B I tend to pull in, away from the edge, rather than do the side-to-side thing.
Just placed an order for a Verdine White Signature Model in satin Fiesta Red. I should have it in about six months.
This one, as well as my plain jane all natural no fancy woods ash/maple MV5 from 2004, still rockin' my sox off.
Both have Sadowsky SD-based singles.
This one is a solid ash body with a maple neck and ebony board.
Both have Sadowsky SD-based singles.
This one is a solid ash body with a maple neck and ebony board.
