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Club Sadowsky!!!

#482
Roscoe5 said:
I have a couple questions for Sadowsky owners;

1. Does the Battery fit under the control plate, or is there a battery compartment plate on the back of the bass?

2. Do most Sadowsky Metro's come Vol/Vol, or Vol/Balance?

3. Do you prefer Vol/Vol or Vol/Balance and do think one sounds better than the other?
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1. The battery fits under the back control cover.

2. I believe all Sadowsky's come Vol/Blend

3. The Vol/Blend has worked for me just fine, but I like Vol/Vol too (as on my former F Bass)
 
#485
Sadowsky said:
We do Volume/Blend on all models except the Ultra Vintage models.

We wire our pan to be:
Clockwise = bridge
Counterclockwise = neck

It is easy to reverse the direction of the pan. Just reverse the two pickup wires at the pan pot.

Roger
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LOL!

You beat me to it! I was going to say the NYC Ultra Vintage is the only bass that gets the VOL/VOL. For what its worth, I really like both and I see absolutely no difference as far as tone or control goes...

Peace,

T
 
#486
I'm really not getting to grips with my Modern 5 :hmm: (after 4 months of trying), as it's the only 5-string bass I've owned in 25 years and I just can't seem to make my fingers understand that the "E" is in a different place on this one :rollno:.

So, thanks to some pretty rash thinking last week, it's currently sitting on ebay :hiding: (with no bids, luckily), but another thought has just occured to me - wouldn't it be easier to string it with a high C and play it that way :) ? Of course, I will experiment with that option later (although I don't have a .30" string at home), but I'm stuck at work now (for the next few hours) and so I thought that I'd see if anyone here had tried it and ask what they thought about the way the bass sounds and plays in that configuration!?

I must admit though that the first thing that struck me when I plugged the bass in for the first time, was just how awesome and "tight" that B string sounded :hmm:.

So, the question to you all is: Is it a crime to strip a Sadowsky Modern of it's manhood (i.e the B string ;))?

Your views, please ....



;) Oh, here's a gratuitous picture of my brace of Sadowskys, BTW. Hopefully, the sunburst one isn't about to become "orphaned" :D.

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#488
When I first started seriously playing a 5string my keys player would look at me and say "FIVE STRING" whenever I hit the B instead of the E string.

After a while, it got easier. It just requires one to break their habits and start to think again.
 
#492
Fender32 said:
I'm really not getting to grips with my Modern 5 :hmm: (after 4 months of
trying), as it's the only 5-string bass I've owned in 25 years and I just can't seem to make my fingers
understand that the "E" is in a different place on this one...

...but another thought has just occured to me - wouldn't it be easier to string it with a high C and play it
that way?...I thought that I'd see if anyone here had tried it and ask what they thought about the way
the bass sounds and plays in that configuration!?...Is it a crime to strip a Sadowsky Modern of it's
manhood (i.e the B string ;))?
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I bought a fretless 5-string Valenti from Fretless5erFan via the TB classifieds. It arrived strung EADGC
with TI Flats. I figured I'd need a new nut to properly convert to low B, and even discussed it briefly
with Nino Valenti.

As time passed and I played the instrument, I realized it was absolutely great the way it was, and so it
has stayed. I play Low B 5 string quite a bit, though my main instruments are my Sadowsky and my
upright, both 4-stringed basses. EADGC is a great tuning, IMHO.

My advice is to do it. Get a good quality "6-string" set. Save the low B, install the other five, and
enjoy. Leave the nut as it is and see how it works. Someday, you will be ready to try BEADG again.

I don't think gender issues matter here ;), it just takes lot's of practice. :bassist:

In this pic (on Nino's floor), I'm not sure how the bass is strung.
stealth_valenti_017.jpg
 
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#493
Fender32 said:
...
So, thanks to some pretty rash thinking last week, it's currently sitting on ebay :hiding: (with no bids, luckily), but another thought has just occured to me - wouldn't it be easier to string it with a high C and play it that way :) ? ...

So, the question to you all is: Is it a crime to strip a Sadowsky Modern of it's manhood (i.e the B string ;))?
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DO IT!!!!

I restrung my modern from E-C and I'm not looking back. This is the easiest playing bass I've ever owned.
 
#495
#498
JimS said:
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No, it's not a crime. Go for it. EADGC is a lot of fun.


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PocketGroove82 said:
When I first started seriously playing a 5string my keys player would look at me and say "FIVE STRING" whenever I hit the B instead of the E string.

After a while, it got easier. It just requires one to break their habits and start to think again.
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Jim Carr said:
I bought a fretless 5-string Valenti from Fretless5erFan via the TB classifieds. It arrived strung EADGC
with TI Flats. I figured I'd need a new nut to properly convert to low B, and even discussed it briefly
with Nino Valenti.

As time passed and I played the instrument, I realized it was absolutely great the way it was, and so it
has stayed. I play Low B 5 string quite a bit, though my main instruments are my Sadowsky and my
upright, both 4-stringed basses. EADGC is a great tuning, IMHO.

My advice is to do it. Get a set of good quality "6-string" set. Save the low B, install the other five, and
enjoy. Leave the nut as it is and see how it works. Someday, you will be ready to try BEADG again.

I don't think gender issues matter here ;), it just takes lot's of practice. :bassist:

In this pic (on Nino's floor), I'm not sure how the bass is strung.
stealth_valenti_017.jpg
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AJ Brown said:
DO IT!!!!

I restrung my modern from E-C and I'm not looking back. This is the easiest playing bass I've ever owned.
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:) Thanks a lot for the replies, everyone.

I'm gonna let God decide on this one ;). If the bass doesn't sell on ebay, I'll keep it and re-string it with a high C and try again. I did try swapping the first 3 strings over today, so that I had E-A-D-nothing and G, but somehow the bass loses something by not having that wonderful sounding B string. Still, at least I can play it this way!

Only thing is, this Sadowsky doesn't do anything on the bottom 4 strings that my other basses (including the other Sadowsky ;)) can't do a lot better IMO :hmm:. Guess I bought the wrong bass for my needs, but that's what happens when you can't try these things out in a shop before buying!

OK, I'll quit moaning now - I know that I'm lucky to have the chance to own a bass like this, when there's 1,000+ people who'll read this post, who could play it better than I ever could, so I'll leave it there ;)!

Thanks again for your input, folks!
 
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#499
Since I got my NYC 5's, I've been seriously considering stringing my Modern E to C. I do miss the high C sometimes and the Modern's crisp high end got me thinking that stringing it tenor would work well. However that crispness also makes me wonder if it's better off just strung regular. I am afraid that the C will be overly-bright and zingy.

I, too, am interested in hearing what others have to say about their experiences stringing their Modern tenor. The B does sound awfully good and it's what has kept me from making the change already. With the groups I play in, the low B is much more useful than a high C and that's what it really comes down to. My Modern has this ultra-focused sound on the low strings and it's hard to want to let that go!

Also, many of the suggested parts written for me in two of my groups go below E and I wouldn't really be able to use it in those projects anymore. Still, it's relatively easy to throw on the upper part of a six set and see how it goes! If and when I do that, I'll try and remember to post my findings.
 

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