it done good of course but for me not nearly as good as my Devon Bass. Playability and build is as good as any but I still prefer my modern Basses.
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The humcancelling pickups in all NYC basses are a big notch above the MetroLine.
That is the default pickup, but we offer other options.
I would give it some more time
You’ve had Devons for some more time
Sorry to misrepresent.
I had confused your info re: Satin basses below with the MetroLine.
“For the electronics, we use our prewired preamp assembly (our NYC basses are hand wired).”
I was unaware of the differences in pickups and stand corrected.
My apologies.
SPG
Anyone else like when Roger visits the thread to hand out heaping portions of truth?
Well, I sure do.
It's like he senses the disturbance in the bass force.Anyone else like when Roger visits the thread to hand out heaping portions of truth?
Well, I sure do.
Doug Parent
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Perhaps a question for @Sadowsky .....can I obtain a pair of higher notch humcancelling NYC pickups for my MIJ Metro Express through your online store? Not available? Just wondering. Thanks.
eventually. Once the accessories are available again, they have said that pickups will be part of that.
that may be true, but keep in mind the new NYC HC pickups, if we're talking the same new ones they came out with about a year ago or so, are stacked coils, and as such, are too deep for the routes in the MIJ MetroExpresses, so you'd also have to deal with that somehow.
I know the NYC Satin series instruments switched over to the stacked J pickups in September 2018. Here is an old website bit I captured back around that time when the Sadowsky store had some sets for sale.
Do stacked coil J pickups provide both a more true single coil tone and hum cancelling? I’ve read that placing the second coil underneath the first vastly reduces its magnetic field interaction with the strings.
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It has been said that the stacked hum cancellers sound a lot more like a true single, and that that was the goal.
I currently have Sadowsky/Duncan singles in my 5 and plan to purchase a set of the Stacked HC when they are available.
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Definitely makes more sense than the goat...
there was another goal... to have full hum cancelling on 5 string instruments, where a split coil design was not fully hum cancelling due to the asymmetrical coils.
