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Oh no. Is this another of those “what color is the dresss” things?
I brought the Verdine (now with Sad flats!!) to the Roots on 66 reggae festival in Victorville yesterday - loads of compliments and a bunch of "what was that bass??" comments. I'll try to get a clip posted here in a little bit. The wind was blowing up to 40 MPH at the fairgrounds, there was a wee bit of dust to clean off of her today.... 
I swear, since I put the Sadowsky flats on this thing I have been channeling the reggae legends; the grooves have been deep. This may be the perfect reggae bass.
I swear, since I put the Sadowsky flats on this thing I have been channeling the reggae legends; the grooves have been deep. This may be the perfect reggae bass.
I just love the pickguard on it!I brought the Verdine (now with Sad flats!!) to the Roots on 66 reggae festival in Victorville yesterday - loads of compliments and a bunch of "what was that bass??" comments. I'll try to get a clip posted here in a little bit. The wind was blowing up to 40 MPH at the fairgrounds, there was a wee bit of dust to clean off of her today....
I swear, since I put the Sadowsky flats on this thing I have been channeling the reggae legends; the grooves have been deep. This may be the perfect reggae bass.
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Not a bad combo. I’ve settled in at about 80/ 20 P/J and it’s great.
Any one know what strings come stock on Sadowsky NYC basses? Mine came with blue wraps and feel like they might be steel to me, but I’m not 100% sure. I was thinking about swapping them out for Sadowsky Nickel strings to help preserve fret life with slapping.
I called up to the shop and Carl confirmed they are blue steel. I ordered some blue nickel to try swapping in.
Unless you consider the 2 digits after the period, we have never exceeded 5 digits!
Roger
So here's the clip I promised... not too many videos of the Verdine 5 in the wild, I may be the only one with reggae vids, lol... I'm really surprised how clean the audio was, the wind was cooking - 25-30mph constant with 40+ gusts. Behind the camera were tents and tent anchors hanging on for dear life! It was a blowin....
Brought my new Metro Express to the practice room today...
...this bass sounds completely awesome in a mix! DI’d it thru my EV Evolve50 system + a Warwick LWA1000/Berg HDN112 (w/gold badge)...
I’m finding the Alder/Morado to be a fantastic wood combo, and sustain “for days” all over this fretboard, too
I initially had Black SS’s on it, but changed out for a set of balanced tension (95/75/55/40) Chrome Flats that my very proficient young student bass player prefers (she’s now fully addicted to Sadowsky and Bergantino equipment...at 11
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L-o-v-e my NYC’s...but I can confirm that these ME’s flat out rock, too!
...this bass sounds completely awesome in a mix! DI’d it thru my EV Evolve50 system + a Warwick LWA1000/Berg HDN112 (w/gold badge)...
I’m finding the Alder/Morado to be a fantastic wood combo, and sustain “for days” all over this fretboard, too
I initially had Black SS’s on it, but changed out for a set of balanced tension (95/75/55/40) Chrome Flats that my very proficient young student bass player prefers (she’s now fully addicted to Sadowsky and Bergantino equipment...at 11
)L-o-v-e my NYC’s...but I can confirm that these ME’s flat out rock, too!
I got the ball rolling on my next Sadowsky order today!
Vintage 24fret 5 string:
Chambered Okoume
Maple neck - no vintage tint.
Ebony fingerboard
Black Hardware
Super P & Super J pickups
Black/White/Black pickguard
Candy Apple Greenburst finish with matching headstock
Here's a color sample:
Vintage 24fret 5 string:
Chambered Okoume
Maple neck - no vintage tint.
Ebony fingerboard
Black Hardware
Super P & Super J pickups
Black/White/Black pickguard
Candy Apple Greenburst finish with matching headstock
Here's a color sample:
About an 1/8” narrower at the top.
To me it’s just a little more comfortable, but you really don’t notice much difference as you work down the neck.
To me it’s just a little more comfortable, but you really don’t notice much difference as you work down the neck.
It’s pretty noticeable on the ‘business end’ of the neck IME (1st to 8th fret). Very fast neck in comparison to my 1.875” PJ5
Can't wait to see this one!
