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Club Sadowsky!!!

Yes. Yoshi Kikuchi trained with Roger Sadowsky for a time and then set up the Tokyo Sadowsky shop. The Japan-made lines were TYO (masterbuilt), Metroline (team built) and most recently, Metro Express (assembly line). All superb IMHO.
Thanks for that. I just needed to clarify terminology. I have always called my metroline Will Lee a Japan metroline to distinguish it from the German models. Somehow "Kikuchi Metroline" sounds more distinguished.
 
Maybe I'll start referring to my Japan Metro bass as well.
Yeah I think that's easiest. Japan Metro/Metroline/MetroExpress vs China MetroExpress and German Metroline. Then you have NYC Custom and German Masterbuilt.

Seems easy enough.
 
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Let’s see them both please!

Sorry - tried to get the light to show them well but it seems like a losing battle this week, so here they are mostly-well lit.
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Love that Satin Deluxe.

I regret not getting that when I purchased my Satin in dark Lake Placid blue, but was flush out of cash.

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Hmm. Can’t recall seeing a pre-owned NYC Satin for sale, like, ever. Memo to self: why didn’t I buy one while it was possible? :facepalm:
 
Hmm. Can’t recall seeing a pre-owned NYC Satin for sale, like, ever. Memo to self: why didn’t I buy one while it was possible? :facepalm:

Because there is no reason, ever, to part with one. Shoot - I smile when I just LOOK at mine, and I quickly go into poopie-eatin'-grin territory when I pick it up to play, even 2+ years after I picked it up.

If you're patient enough, someday I may have a great-grandchild of mine dumb enough to sell it. My daughter knows to keep it, so someday her kids will also know it's a family heirloom. After that, who knows?
 
Last week, I received this 5-21 from the shop. Many thanks to Roger & crew for another fantastic instrument. I've owned half a dozen different 5 strings Lakland, Spector, Warwick, EBMM, ect and never really got on with any of them. Coming from that 4 string background, the 5-21 feels more natural to play plus, it's not near as fatiguing to play. Family photo 5-21, Will Lee 4, S Type Guitar

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