I was thinking the same thing. A set of big splits or something that could do single coil and hum bucker in one would be pretty sexy option
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I was thinking the same thing. A set of big splits or something that could do single coil and hum bucker in one would be pretty sexy option
I had that on a Fodera, the humbucker sound was more ore less identical to this Sad. So that’s why I posed the question.
I’ll check Nordstrand.
thanks.
Honestly, I have never found another soapbar that sounds as good as ours. It is a unique design that Kevin Beller designed for me many years ago. Even Carey has not been able to reproduce it. It is a very special pickup. Of course there are dual coil pickups that you can split (including our Super J), but they won't sound like our soaps.
That exactly what I had in my 24 fret to get more of a "Jazz" sound. Nailed it. And thanks to Roger's preamps, no soldering necessary to swap back and forth. This at the time was my only Sadowsky (oh no) but I've since acquired a Satin Verdine White P/J and am currently waiting for a Satin J with single coils, so I've gone back to the original Soapbars in this one.
Almost embarrassed to say, My go to setting on Jazz and dual pickup basses has always been blended slightly towards the neck pickup for a "fatter" sound. Never towards the bridge pickup. Well, the other day, I was playing my 24 fret (still love that WL neck) and I tried blending a bit towards the bridge pickup and boosting the bass and hi-mids a bit. It's a completely different sounding bass (reminding me of my 62 Jazz), i have discovered some of the range of these pickups after how long? It might be my new go to setting for this bass. Ha!
First, no humcanceling pickup, IME, really captures what a top tier single coil will do on a Jazz. If that is the sound you are after, nothing else will really do. But, of course, those come with the 60 Hz noise issues. That’s why I previously dropped the not so subtle suggestion to Roger that it might be worth looking at a Gen2 preamp with a dummy coil. But, Roger may not have the energy for that undertaking.
When you get to soap bars, there are now a whole range of configurations out there. Roger may be correct that the Sadowsky bars have the most mojo. I’ve used the Nordstrand Fat Stacks and Zen Blades in some other basses; and still have the Zen Blades, since they pretty much scratch my soap bar itch. FWIW. I have yet to hear how the Zen Blades behave with the Sadowsky preamp. That is a combination I’ve spent some time pondering. But, I would not expect it to produce a single coil type of character.
When you get to soap bars, there are now a whole range of configurations out there. Roger may be correct that the Sadowsky bars have the most mojo. I’ve used the Nordstrand Fat Stacks and Zen Blades in some other basses; and still have the Zen Blades, since they pretty much scratch my soap bar itch. FWIW. I have yet to hear how the Zen Blades behave with the Sadowsky preamp. That is a combination I’ve spent some time pondering. But, I would not expect it to produce a single coil type of character.
I am with you. I always favor the neck pickup in my '98 modern with emgs. Mine has a pope pre, but I'm still going to try your suggestion and see if it has the same effect.
So I’ve been working on this piece for a while now. When my NYC PJ came in, I got inspired to replace some of the parts with it. I used all 3 of my Sadowsky basses on this song.
I also played the guitars, keyboards and programmed all the drum tracks too. (took forever) But hey, what else do you do while being shacked up?!?!
Check it out at:
Spidey like.
Perhaps I let it be for a while then and see how it sits in the mix.
Not enough gigs these days...
This hurts. I had a great NYC 5-94 - needed a little less "modern," and should have tried Big Singles instead of selling the bass...
Just saw your old Bass in the as on reverb, someone is selling it again.
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The great thing about Sadowsky humbucker placement is that they are centered on 60's or 70's location. Fodera will place them where a specific coil is in the 60's or 70's location which make sense as their pickups are splitable. With the Sadowsky you can install a Nordstrand big singles, fat stacks, or other similar and the coils will be in the right spot, 70's for yours. Pickups aren't that expensive. Though your single cut sounds fantastic based on the video you posted, trying a different set of pickups won't hurt anything.
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I don't know if this helps the discussion, but we now offer a coil cut switch for stacked J pickups to go from humbucking to single coil. It's an option on our price list:
COIL CUT SWITCH WITH STACKED J PICKUPS $150
COIL CUT SWITCH WITH STACKED J PICKUPS $150
weird question: did Sadowsky make a 6 string at any point in time? I am on the market for a 6 and that would be my dream bass!
IIRC Sadowsky Tokyo did a couple of them for a show.
