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Hi Rob,
It's been a while since I last had singles in any of my basses. I actually forgot how good they can sound but from the moment I got the Sadowsky I knew I have to give it a try.
Your experience (with the gorgeous Sad' your selling now, which is the same wood combination except for the quilted top) has helped me pull the trigger, and there is no regret.
I guess a "thank you" would be appropriate..
Now I'm really curious how would the MV4 sound with Sadowsky singles.
Ronen.
OMG I am totally lovin it for the old school stuff...Told you bro.That combo is lethal!!
Got mine in the mail yesterday. Enough for the bass, 13 sets of strings, 3 straps and a ball cap. Hmmm....
Got mine in the mail yesterday. Enough for the bass, 13 sets of strings, 3 straps and a ball cap. Hmmm....
Well, I'll have to wrestle the wifey for it. We'll see what I end up with.
I received my Sadowsky UV70 earlier this afternoon and it looks awesome!
I've been playing it for a good while and tried and set it up properly. The bass came with a fairly medium/high neck relief but it's the string height what was too much for my taste.
I'm used to play with a fairly low action, low string height on my '78 Fender Jazz bass, which has the strings pretty close to the fretboard and makes really easy to fret the strings with a minimum effort.
To my surprise, on the Sadowsky bass, even lowering the saddles at it's maximum, the string height on the E and G it's greater, quite high for my taste, and not comfortable for me play... Is this a normal on Sadowsky basses?
Please, could you help me out with this issue guys?
If your saddles are all the way down and the action is still too high you will need to shim the neck...
It's very simple just pop off the neck and slide 1/2 of a business card in at the back of the cavity than re install the neck...
You will most likely need to raise all the strings at the bridge but this should rectify your issue...
It's very simple just pop off the neck and slide 1/2 of a business card in at the back of the cavity than re install the neck...
You will most likely need to raise all the strings at the bridge but this should rectify your issue...
I received my Sadowsky UV70 earlier this afternoon and it looks awesome!
I've been playing it for a good while and tried and set it up properly. The bass came with a fairly medium/high neck relief but it's the string height what was too much for my taste.
I'm used to play with a fairly low action, low string height on my '78 Fender Jazz bass, which has the strings pretty close to the fretboard and makes really easy to fret the strings with a minimum effort.
To my surprise, on the Sadowsky bass, even lowering the saddles at it's maximum, the string height on the E and G it's greater, quite high for my taste, and not comfortable for me play... Is this a normal on Sadowsky basses?
Please, could you help me out with this issue guys?
Pau, it sounds like the neck has too much relief, before you adjust the bridge you should fix that by tightening the truss rod.
Hola Fran! Que tal?
Thanks for your advice guys.
The neck relief it's fine, nearly a straight neck, only a bit of relief.
I checked and adjusted it before dealing with the bridge sadles.
I don't have anything here to get exact measures, but on the G string at the 12th fret, no fretting anywhere, I can easily fit 2 credit cards whilst on my other basses I fit only one... Makes sense?
How low can you get the action on yours?
It would be VERY surprising to me that a Sadowsky (NYC or Metro) would need a neck shim. Something does not seem right here. Assuming it is a 4 string, I guess the moderate neck radius would keep the outer strings from literally laying on the neck, but there should be no issue in getting the action quite low IMO and IME. I guess, though, if you like your action REALLY low, a flatter radius fretboard would give you the ability to get the outer strings stupid low.
Bien, gracias
As Ken says, I highly doubt that a Sadowsky has come out of the shop, being Brooklyn or Tokyo, needing a shim.
why don't you measure the string height and compare it with Roger's description of high/med/low action (you can find a pdf on his website with this info).
Bien, gracias
As Ken says, I highly doubt that a Sadowsky has come out of the shop, being Brooklyn or Tokyo, needing a shim.
why don't you measure the string height and compare it with Roger's description of high/med/low action (you can find a pdf on his website with this info).
i don't suppose you have a link to that file do you? the only thing i've been able to find on the site is a pdf that shows what the preamp controls are.
