Club Sadowsky!!!

[Spidey2112]

One thing is for certain, I wouldn't trade my Japanese Metroline for anything...

... I may sell it, but trade is out of the question.

 

[Holdsg]

Love all the pics. has anyone ever talked the boss into doing a dual P?

 

[R&B]

Love all the pics. has anyone ever talked the boss into doing a dual P?

Oh!! Be still, my Sklar!

 

[kobass]

Love all the pics. has anyone ever talked the boss into doing a dual P?

*waits for @Fuzzbass to post his dual-P from that other guy...*

 

[NOLA Bass]

Great question. Hopefully they are building something cause they sure were good at the trade.

I owned a MIJ Metro Will Lee. It was excellent in every way.

 

[Bassdudeman]

Love all the pics. has anyone ever talked the boss into doing a dual P?

That would solve the weird phasing in the PJ config when both pickups are on... IMHO.

Whenever I had the PJ I would always use one pickup or the other soloed.
Usually the P occasionally the J, but the two together always had a weird phasing sound to me.

Of course YMMV.

 

[kevk]

Could we puh-leeze see some Sadowsky bass pics already??

I’ve owned ‘a few ’ NYC’s…this is no question, my favorite. The stable will inevitably grow (and shrink), but this one stays…

‘21 NYC WL5…

 

[Vic]

Plus, the P/J 5 just fits my preferences and the "ideal tone in my head" so much better.
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damn, i remember that p/j. absolute magic.

 

[Fuzzbass]

*waits for @Fuzzbass to post his dual-P from that other guy...*

LOL. I took my dual P concept to Roger first, but he politely declined. I totally understood... it's pretty nutty! Works for me, though.

 

[Bassdudeman]

LOL. I took my dual P concept to Roger first, but he politely declined. I totally understood... it's pretty nutty! Works for me, though.

Yeah, Lee must have been out of his mind!
Equipment
Sklar's favorite instrument is an electric bass assembled from parts of various basses, consisting of a Charvel P-Bass body, Precision Bass neck which has been shaved down to the proportions of a Fender Jazz Bass and fitted with mandolin wire frets and two sets of reversed position EMG Precision Bass pickups. It has been used on nearly all of his recordings and he refers to it as the "Frankenstein bass".[6]

 

[JLY]

I’ve owned ‘a few ’ NYC’s…this is no question, my favorite. The stable will inevitably grow (and shrink), but this one stays…View attachment 4558111View attachment 4558123
‘21 NYC WL5…

This one is drop dead gorgeous
That black PJ5 you had was sweet too- Dave is a lucky man

 

[KaseOfBass]

Some pics of my beloved Sadowsky's:
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I no longer have the 25th Anniversary Modern. Loved, loved, loved the bass, but I have found that this particular pickup placement just doesn't trip my trigger.
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Plus, the P/J 5 just fits my preferences and the "ideal tone in my head" so much better.
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The WL4 still just kills, too:
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Still, I wouldn't mind getting that Modern back in the stable:
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I bought the Modern from you and it was a very, very nice bass! Sold it and wish I had it back, but like you, I seem to gravitate toward a JJ or PJ tone.

 

[Vic]

I bought the Modern from you and it was a very, very nice bass! Sold it and wish I had it back, but like you, I seem to gravitate toward a JJ or PJ tone.

i wonder who owns it now.

same for me, i bought a fantastic modern from ken jung years ago, loved it, played insanely well, but just kept going back to my j basses and such, so sold it.

 

[KaseOfBass]

i wonder who owns it now.

same for me, i bought a fantastic modern from ken jung years ago, loved it, played insanely well, but just kept going back to my j basses and such, so sold it.

I sold it to @Joebone who sold it to @fbenitz | TalkBass.com, but I wonder where it is now.

 

[puff father]

What is that cabinet? Beautiful Bass Too!!

Cab is a Greenboy Fearless F112.

 

[kevk]

This one is drop dead gorgeous
That black PJ5 you had was sweet too- Dave is a lucky man

Thx! The PJ5 has a 1-7/8” nut (decided awhile back to only keep 1-3/4” nut 5’s)…but still, tough to let that one go (made easier that it went to my friend @ExaltBass)…

 

[puff father]

Same as above but different fingerboard.
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I really like the Sage Green color.

 

[SteveC]

I really like the Sage Green color.

Yeah, me, too. It's really been an impressive bass so far. It looks beautiful, plays great and sounds amazing.

 

[Breeze3]

There was a beauty there today , silver NYC P , maple neck and black hardware.

 

[Joebone]

I sold it to @Joebone who sold it to @fbenitz | TalkBass.com, but I wonder where it is now.

Guilty as charged, and as far as bass gear goes, my dumbest move ever! I started in with a really cool band doing mix of Latin rock, reggae, cumbia, brazilian and other things, a lot of it with a folklorical feel, and I wanted to get more thump and purr - a more organic sound. What I should have done is tried flatwound strings, or installed Nordsrtand Big Splits, or both of the above! Oh well...