Nobody seems to know where to get it.
On the Sadowsky site I don’t see it sold separately.
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On the Sadowsky site I don’t see it sold separately.
Joeykun
pronounced ジョーイくん
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Switching hardware to black is doable but not through Sadowsky.
1) Hipshot tuners are an easy one. Make sure you get the correct version. LIC or USA
2) The thin string retainer is exclusive to Sadowsky. You can get a Hipshot one but it is wider.
3) The Sadowsky bridge is not sold separately. Hipshot A style bridge is the closest but still requires a few holes drilled.
4) Input jack can be found online by Allparts and many others.
1) Hipshot tuners are an easy one. Make sure you get the correct version. LIC or USA
2) The thin string retainer is exclusive to Sadowsky. You can get a Hipshot one but it is wider.
3) The Sadowsky bridge is not sold separately. Hipshot A style bridge is the closest but still requires a few holes drilled.
4) Input jack can be found online by Allparts and many others.
Thank you!
It’s clear to me that I have to live with the way it is.
It will grow on me, I hope
- Sep 8, 2010
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Thank you!
It’s clear to me that I have to live with the way it is.
It will grow on me, I hope
If you take to sadowsky he can switch everything out for you. I had my bridge swapped for an 18mm bridge. Amazing what a 1mm difference will do!
Anyone looking for a Like New Sadowsky NYC Port-a-Bag case, I’m getting ready to list one in the classified section.
- Sep 8, 2010
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I'm not sure if they will list everything on their site that they have in stock. 30th Street Guitars in Manhattan is the same way, they have a couple of high-end vintage guitars listed, but when you go into the shop, there's so much stuff you wouldn't see online.
As posted shortly ago, not quite correct.
Right. He might even do an exchange for you and save you shipping, but that's up to him.
Here's the bottom line... Roger doesn't want his hardware popping up on other basses, so he doesn't sell his hardware separately, but he obviously has ways of supporting changes on his instruments.
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Perhaps a colorchange is childish but well, that’s me ;-)
I sent him a mail. I hope he will help me.
Perhaps a colorchange is childish but well, that’s me ;-)
not childish at all!! our instruments are a personal thing, and aesthetics matter. it's your bass. do what makes you happy. i personally love black hardware... it's on both my NYC builds. i think chrome is fine, it's on my other Sadowsky basses, but my fave is black. I like how it ties in with the knobs and pickups.
Just chatted with Jason at Fretnation and he can order black tuners but black bridges are not yet available. That’s from the Warwick factory anyway.
Okay, so when Roger says no there is a plan B.
I hope they ship to Holland.
But I hope Roger helps.
I totally get wanting to change that bass. I've always thought the standard VW basses without the pickguards looked a little too plain. I think just adding a pickguard will be enough of a change and just keep the chrome hardware. Somebody in this group has a very similar bass as yours, maybe even the same color, and they had Sadowsky add a pickguard. It totally changed the look of the bass for the better, IMO.
Wow, thanks for all the input!
And the scratchplate is a good idea,
Indeed too plain looking.
And the scratchplate is a good idea,
Indeed too plain looking.
I dig the lack of pick guard on mine
