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Club Sadowsky!!!

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ianrendall said:
It will be a cold day in hell before I part ways with my Satin NYC. It’s not a true NYC custom per se, but I asked for mine to be built in Pelham Blue (a colour not listed on the ‘available’ colours guide) with Morado board so, to me at least, it IS a custom build. Now that Satins are out of production, I think mine may be the only one in Pelham Blue.
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seriously Satin Pelham Blue sounds... amazing
 
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OnederTone said:
Pics or it don’t exist

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seriously Satin Pelham Blue sounds... amazing
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Frank Meagher said:
What's the difference in Morado v rosewood. The express has Morado. It looks great in pictures. Here is an old p5 I use to own the rosewood was spectacular to look at.
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Tonally speaking, here's what the man himself has said about it:

Wood and Sound in Amplified Guitars and Basses - Sadowsky Guitars

From the article:
Fingerboards: I feel very confident in saying that I have found the fingerboard to be the most important factor in relationship to wood and tone. Here are my observations:

Maple: Tightest and brightest. Best for slap on basses and for bright, glassy tones on guitars. Can produce more string and fret noise than other woods.

Ebony: Not as bright as maple. Most immediate attack and punch of all fingerboard woods. Virtually no “bloom” to the note after the initial attack. Note has more fundamental with less overtones.

Rosewoods: Sweetest and warmest of the fingerboard woods. South American Rosewoods are tighter and punchier than Indian Rosewoods, which are darker and rounder.

Pau Ferro: (Also known as Morado, Caviuna or Bolivian Rosewood): Pau Fero is not a true Rosewood, but I have been a fan of this wood for fingerboards for over 35 years. Grain is very tight and silky smooth. More warmth than Maple or Ebony but tighter sounding than the other Rosewoods.
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Infidelity said:
Anyone have news when would we be able to order the Super J pickups?
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You can order them on an NYC build now.

Just checked in with Ellis, our shop manager, and she reminded me of why we don't sell them a la carte: 1) for a new build, you'd need a routing template, which we aren't set up to sell 2) it does not retrofit into 5 string fender type basses because the pickup is smaller than the 5 string fender bridge pickup.

So, there are a bunch of reasons for not selling them separately, though we are happy to put them in new builds as well as the Super P.
 
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deepestend said:
You can order them on an NYC build now.

Just checked in with Ellis, our shop manager, and she reminded me of why we don't sell them a la carte: 1) for a new build, you'd need a routing template, which we aren't set up to sell 2) it does not retrofit into 5 string fender type basses because the pickup is smaller than the 5 string fender bridge pickup.

So, there are a bunch of reasons for not selling them separately, though we are happy to put them in new builds as well as the Super P.
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Is it the same length as the Sadowsky pickups? I'm quite interested in modding my bass and add the pickups.
 
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Infidelity said:
Is it the same length as the Sadowsky pickups? I'm quite interested in modding my bass and add the pickups.
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I was wrong (deleted my above post)... you can retrofit a super J into a Sadowsky 5 String bass. Just checked with Ellis. You would need to send it back to us to do, but it can be done.
 

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