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Funny that’s exactly what I was about to say. I have a parts J bass with Reed James pickups and it became a complete different animal with the Sadowsky preamp. I’m about to put one in another PJ bass I have. This past year I’ve tried a few high end preamps in various basses and honestly nothing is as instantly gratifying as the Sadowsky preamps. I found I had to really tweak and get used to the others but these take so little to sound so good.
i coined a new term after owning my first Ssadowsky bass regarding sound men... "doing the fonz". for those of you too young to remember the happy days sitcom, there's a scene where the fonz steps up to the mirror, and basically decides nothing is to be done, it can't be improved upon... same with Sadowsky... the sound guy basically sets everything "flat" and is done. lol
Joeykun
pronounced ジョーイくん
- Jun 22, 2007
- 4,200
- 16,150
- Disclosures
- Endorsing: LAKLAND SADOWSKY GENZLER DARKGLASS NORDSTRAND TEMPLEBOARD KIRLIN DRSTRINGS ACCESS
Yup, since my first Sadowsky I’m lucky to play 5 notes before the sound guy says “Sounds Great...next!”
Then at the end of the night they come up to me and say “What kind of bass is that? That thing sounds amazing!” I usually respond, It’s some guy named Sadowsky out of NYC. He knows a thing or two cuz he’s seen a thing or two. “He is Roger....Bum Biddy BumBum Bum Bum Bum!”
Then at the end of the night they come up to me and say “What kind of bass is that? That thing sounds amazing!” I usually respond, It’s some guy named Sadowsky out of NYC. He knows a thing or two cuz he’s seen a thing or two. “He is Roger....Bum Biddy BumBum Bum Bum Bum!”
Yup, since my first Sadowsky I’m lucky to play 5 notes before the sound guy says “Sounds Great...next!”
Then at the end of the night they come up to me and say “What kind of bass is that? That thing sounds amazing!” I usually respond, It’s some guy named Sadowsky out of NYC. He knows a thing or two cuz he’s seen a thing or two. “He is Roger....Bum Biddy BumBum Bum Bum Bum!”
I love running into new musicians, and when they hear what I’m throwing down and how good it sounds, Roger has made it possible for me to pretend that it’s my playing.
Ha!
Even my wrong notes sound great in the mix.
Just A/B tested 2 M5-24
A is ash+birdeye maple
and B is a 60s position ash +
roasted birdeye + roasted maple neck
A generally has a more in-your-face mid and the bridge pickup have a very Smith-ish vibe that I really love... Also the front pickup sound close to the j bass sweet spot
Surprisingly B has a tasty modern yet organic p tone on neck pickup which also a plus for meaty slapping tone.
Love both of them
Light weight, punchy, meaty, big bottom, smooth high... just don't wanna put them down.
generally B has a slightly more versatility sound
to my ear because of the wood combination and variants of pickup position but the I really love the bridge pickup sound on normal m524 position
for soloing finger tone.
wonder if having the neck pickup in 60 position and bridge at normal m5-24 position
would be an option..when making custom order...
Along with the single cut control layout
Or it might be great to make it triple pickups
A is ash+birdeye maple
and B is a 60s position ash +
roasted birdeye + roasted maple neck
A generally has a more in-your-face mid and the bridge pickup have a very Smith-ish vibe that I really love... Also the front pickup sound close to the j bass sweet spot
Surprisingly B has a tasty modern yet organic p tone on neck pickup which also a plus for meaty slapping tone.
Love both of them
Light weight, punchy, meaty, big bottom, smooth high... just don't wanna put them down.
generally B has a slightly more versatility sound
to my ear because of the wood combination and variants of pickup position but the I really love the bridge pickup sound on normal m524 position
for soloing finger tone.
wonder if having the neck pickup in 60 position and bridge at normal m5-24 position
would be an option..when making custom order...
Along with the single cut control layout
Or it might be great to make it triple pickups
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Just A/B tested 2 M5-24
A is ash+birdeye maple
and B is a 60s position ash +
roasted birdeye + roasted maple neck
A generally has a more in-your-face mid and the bridge pickup have a very Smith-ish vibe that I really love... Also the front pickup sound close to the j bass sweet spot
Surprisingly B has a tasty modern yet organic p tone on neck pickup which also a plus for meaty slapping tone.
Love both of them
wonder if having the neck pickup in 60 position and bridge at normal m5-24 position
would be an option..when making custom order...
Along with the single cut control layout
Or it might be great to make it triple pickups
long experience/too many GAS-induced trades tells me:
one of each
Every word of this rings true with me as well.
Especially the part about the wrong notes.
Lol
It sounds so good, the guitar players like ‘ya know ... actually you SHOULD land on that b7 instead of the root’
Have them both in a double gig bag..would be too much for my back
Found two like this on web
A 5 and a 4
Thanks to all of you for your very kind words. Nothing means more to me than when the sound guy or the engineer is happy. And when they are happy the player is happy! In many ways my goal is to be transparent.....to not get in the way between the sound you have in your head and what you hear. Club Sadowsky means the world to me!
Roger
Roger
FYI all, Sadowsky site has fall special in stock Basses 15% off.
I’m personally sitting by my computer waiting for #7747 to hit 50% off and I’ll be pounding my buy button
I’m personally sitting by my computer waiting for #7747 to hit 50% off and I’ll be pounding my buy button
Joeykun
pronounced ジョーイくん
- Jun 22, 2007
- 4,200
- 16,150
- Disclosures
- Endorsing: LAKLAND SADOWSKY GENZLER DARKGLASS NORDSTRAND TEMPLEBOARD KIRLIN DRSTRINGS ACCESS
A shot of me with my #1 and my rig from tonight’s show.
Roger, I once played at a Satellite for one of the larger churches in the area. They sent over their main sound guys Tim to work with the new Sound men. And I brought my metro (one of the earliest NAMM 3 of 5) to the service. When I plugged in for the set up Tim the main sound guy immediately asked about the bass and said it was one of the best signals to the board he ever had from a bass without a lot of extra processing gear. Tim has a great ear one of the best I ever worked with. He later took a full time gig mixing for Northpoint in Atlanta GA one of the largest churches in the country (30,000) . He is the real deal and he was very impressed by that metro. I love your basses Roger, I plug them in and they work!
The way I that have managed to avoid immediately selling all my non-Sadowsky basses is to buy an outboard Sadowsky preamp, which makes even so-so basses sound fabulous and therefore un-sellable. I use matching SD Studio Bass compressors with moderate settings on both A and B channels. And yes, my mediocre playing does sound exceptionally nice. Even on wrong notes.
When I get in a hurry in the practice studio and plug a (channel A) Sadowsky into the outboard preamp on channel B, the resulting double amplification is enough to summon law enforcement.
When I get in a hurry in the practice studio and plug a (channel A) Sadowsky into the outboard preamp on channel B, the resulting double amplification is enough to summon law enforcement.
you guys catch this unique version of What is Hip? with Tokyo Sadowsky content?
Metro Express , 3ofWe had a fun summer playing our music for our little city , the Metro Express had fun too !
