My NYC and my 2 Metros all have a logo. My NYC is much older than 3 years so it's not something new. Maybe you just never noticed it?
Or your basses had different pickups. Pretty sure Roger will put what ever the customer wants it them.
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Or your basses had different pickups. Pretty sure Roger will put what ever the customer wants it them.
Interesting...my 2018 NYC 5-21 JJ (hc) and UV P PJ (hc) arrived without logo’s. I didn’t specify anything unique. No worries...as I stated, just curious.
Btw, the sc’s are terrific...should have spec’d them on all my previous JJ’s!
Btw, the sc’s are terrific...should have spec’d them on all my previous JJ’s!
Amen. The single coils in my TYO Teppei model are just plain killer. That one and a Metro HPJ are my desert-island basses.
Sadowsky SCs are it. Plenty of HC options out there in general but the SCs really bring the music to my ears. And I say this as a finger style player.
Thanks for all your feedback—pu cover logo (or not), it’s all good...if the large brown box from Long Island City, contains this logo...
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Question for Sadowskyites. What is the proper voltage to run a Sadowsky SBP-1 DI/Preamp? 9V or 18V?
I've been running it at 9V without apparent issue but just saw an old magazine review that listed 18V as the recommended power source.
I've been running it at 9V without apparent issue but just saw an old magazine review that listed 18V as the recommended power source.
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When you need a 60s looking jazz bass to play John Paul Jones, but you have caviar taste. You do things. Loving my new UV.
now I have a "nice venue" bass and a "sketchy venue" bass
now I have a "nice venue" bass and a "sketchy venue" bass
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I'm kind of in the same frame now, just sell off everything non-Sadowsky basses apart from say just one of my Fender Ps with flats (if you hook up with people that HAS to have that vibe) . They are just the best! Everything just works perfectly!
One of my two Sadowsky P-basses is strung with flats*.
Speaking of which: not long ago a little bird named Kevin sent me a gently used 5-string set of Sadowsky Blue Label flats. I put 'em on my alder/Brazilian P5, and wow, I love 'em! I'm convinced that they're in my top two, along with TI's (I suppose I do like my flats on the lively side). The Sadowskys almost seem like half-rounds in comparison to the EB Cobalts that were previously installed, but that's relative: the Cobalts had become very vintage, lots of fundamental. I don't want my flats to sound like rounds, but do want some harmonic richness. The Sadowsky Blues have great string-to-string balance, low B included, and once they break in a bit more I'll put my TI set back on for comparison.
*I don't own a Sadowsky J... I know I should, but I've never really been a J guy.
“Naked” MV5 take 2:
Sorry if I’m over sharing on this topic, but I can’t seem to shake wanting the naked, pickguard-free look on my MV5. This time around, rather than filling the pickguard screw holes with a plain pan head screw (which stuck up higher than I liked and seemed a bit unfinished), I used oval head screws and tiny black nylon washers that I painstakingly countersunk for the screw head on my drill press. I think it now looks cleaner and more finished than just plain screws. All the work that went into the washers is really only visible up close (see last pic), but I’m kind of a detail guy and enjoy the good, clean fun of easily reversible mods.
Sorry if I’m over sharing on this topic, but I can’t seem to shake wanting the naked, pickguard-free look on my MV5. This time around, rather than filling the pickguard screw holes with a plain pan head screw (which stuck up higher than I liked and seemed a bit unfinished), I used oval head screws and tiny black nylon washers that I painstakingly countersunk for the screw head on my drill press. I think it now looks cleaner and more finished than just plain screws. All the work that went into the washers is really only visible up close (see last pic), but I’m kind of a detail guy and enjoy the good, clean fun of easily reversible mods.
Ha. I can completely empathize with obsessing over details such as this. You are the player, you see the bass up close every time you play it, so go with whatever makes you happy.
FWIW I typically go with a non-transparent guard on a classic Fender-style bass, but the washered screws look cool to me as well.
it's like totally transparent, mannnn.
No offense, but I think I just would have put the screws back in. It may not mate flat with the body that way, but it would probably stick out a little bit less, right? Otherwise, you can always try a smaller screw that goes pretty much flush, even if you have to use a toothpick piece to keep it in? Anyway, beautiful bass, and that's the bottom line.
Use the Fender if they have both types of music and a chicken wire cage for you to play behind.
Ouch. Getting there. Just can’t decide which of my non-Sadowsky basses to sell first.
Plus, nobody has any money (that they haven’t already spent on basses).
Both types of music? Rock *and* roll? Rhythm *and* blues? Country *and* western? Praise *and* worship? I could go on...
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