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#8,282
KJung said:
Morado sounds great. I assume that it is less expensive and more available that rosewood, and hence is used on the Metro's. I LOVE Morado... the look of rosewood, but kind of 'in between' true rosewood and maple in tone. A bit more snap and presence. Nothing wrong with that!
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Morado is about 3X more expensive than East Indian rosewood and much harder to source out. EI Rosewood is probably the least expensive and most common production fingerboard wood.

Roger
 
#8,283
Sadowsky said:
I have never been a fan of East Indian Rosewood for fingerboards. I find the tone too soft, the wood too soft (it wears easily) and I don't like the feel (the grain is too open for my taste).

I discovered Morado in the late 70's. It comes from Bolivia. It has the same basic character as rosewood and a similar appearance. The tone is tighter than EI Rosewood. It is harder and has a very close grain and silky feel. For a "rosewood" tone, I can't think of a better fingerboard wood.

It is still our standard on the NYC basses as well, although we offer Madagascar and Brazilian as options.

Roger
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Thanks Roger. Sorry to make you repeat that, as I'm sure I've read it before. I guess I'm used to the soft, open pore E. Indian Rosewood when playing an alder body. Dern brain gets all fooled and locked into crap past.

I appreciate you answering that. Just confirms the Trans White MV5 or PJ5 that is on my list.
 
#8,285
The RV-5 that just went to Chef has one of the nicest Morado boards I've seen. It distinctly resembled some Macassar Ebony fingerboards that I have stashed away to age. I've seen it called "brick and chocolate" Macassar at some of the wood supplier websites. Brick red and chocolate brown stripes.
 
#8,286
Hey Jerry, those pics where nice and I've had a couple of morado boards that were really nice. Guess I had a brain poot and got to asking. Not my place to question; not my product. But there I am asking. Usually more of a "live and let live" kinda guy and didn't mean anything by it. Same question answered once again, and all is good.

Seriously though, I think MV is what I'm all about. Don't get paid for the church gigs, so it just takes longer to build that fund.
 
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Anyone else but me NOT like the sound of morado when slapped? That's the only dig I had with my prior Metro's. Sort of an unpleasant 'gank' in the uppermids. IME/IMO of course. I will say that, to me, there was something special in the mids about the brazilian rosewood NYC PJ5 I recently got rid of (like an idiot of course!).
 
#8,291
LutherHeggs00 said:
Why is it deemed necessary in the NYC but not in the Metro?
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It is not "necessary" at all! I am totally proud of over 20 years worth of Sadowsky NYC basses that do not have graphite in the necks. If I could add them to the Metros without raising the price, I would. I have not raised the price of the Metros since their introduction, in spite of the fact that our costs have increased every year and the dollar has fallen against the yen by over 20%.

Roger
 
#8,292
LutherHeggs00 said:
Why is it deemed necessary in the NYC but not in the Metro?
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The way I understand it is that the graphite rods are not added to the NYCs for support, but rather to help eliminate the possibility of dead spots occurring (the same reason that NYCs feature thicker headstocks). Would the rods be beneficial in the Metros? Yes, but that would up the production cost of that line.
 
#8,294
ElMon said:
Anyone else but me NOT like the sound of morado when slapped? That's the only dig I had with my prior Metro's. Sort of an unpleasant 'gank' in the uppermids. IME/IMO of course. I will say that, to me, there was something special in the mids about the brazilian rosewood NYC PJ5 I recently got rid of (like an idiot of course!).
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I really preferred the slap tone of my UV70 5-string (ash/morado, w/SCs) over that of my NYC PJ (alder/braz. RW). I don't think I've ever gotten a better slap tone. It just killed.

But I'm a 4-string player at heart, so it had to go. Also, I play fingerstyle 95% of the time and slap only rarely, and the PJ with the Brazilian FB does sound really, really good with fingerstyle. :)
 
#8,295
bikeplate said:
HI

I have an ash/maple top/morado NYC for over 4 years. Sounded good any way I played it.

Rob
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BartmanPDX said:
I really preferred the slap tone of my UV70 5-string (ash/morado, w/SCs) over that of my NYC PJ (alder/braz. RW). I don't think I've ever gotten a better slap tone. It just killed.

But I'm a 4-string player at heart, so it had to go. Also, I play fingerstyle 95% of the time and slap only rarely, and the PJ with the Brazilian FB does sound really, really good with fingerstyle. :)
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Well, there ya go. Different strokes I guess. Of course, I"m a guy who rarely slaps when I play, so maybe its just ME. D'oh!! The UV70 I had in ash/morado was a KILLER fingerstyle bass, especially with Sadowsky flats.
 
#8,296
76Dub said:
I Decided that I dig the mint pg on my 59 burst... it has
Grown on me
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Same with me Joe. Mine came with a Parchment and I had a Black one made. The black looks good but the Parchment does really make the looks "pop". Plus mine has a maple board that is not figured but it's very speckled and I just love it. #5254 is a "two tone" but looks like 59' burst to me... maybe a bit less of the dark edge faded in to the center, and more of the other color exposed...

edit: Since the subject is finger boards right now, I have to say my Brazilian RW/Ash VJ4 is not only beautiful, but sounds and plays great. Now my newer UVJ4 Solid Ash/Maple with specks is fanfreakintastic! It just cruises and sounds so fine. Very happy with both. I did have a Sliver NYC PJ4 I custom ordered a few years back, and while it was just stunningly gorgeous it didn't seem to have the 'mojo' of my two current NYC's. It had the most beautiful reddish Morado board and chambered Alder body, it also played great. Funny thing... it only sounded great with Flats on it . I ended up selling and it rapidly changed hands 3-4 times. I have to say that I liked the Morado faily well but like the BRW and Maple the best for my taste. I have yet to try Ebony.
 
#8,297
Sadowsky said:
I have never been a fan of East Indian Rosewood for fingerboards. I find the tone too soft, the wood too soft (it wears easily) and I don't like the feel (the grain is too open for my taste).

I discovered Morado in the late 70's. It comes from Bolivia. It has the same basic character as rosewood and a similar appearance. The tone is tighter than EI Rosewood. It is harder and has a very close grain and silky feel. For a "rosewood" tone, I can't think of a better fingerboard wood.

It is still our standard on the NYC basses as well, although we offer Madagascar and Brazilian as options.

Roger
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I not 100% sure if this is Morado or not (any thoughts?), but I love the grain! One of the features that drew me to this bass.

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