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I usually buy a 5er every 2 years and sell it two to tree months later. That's why I never committed to a Sadowsky 5.
My new Will Lee is here at last.
I'm very much digging the CAO Metallic right now - what a hot color. And the Will Lee - I'm interested as much in the neck profile as the mid-boost. How's the neck compare to your other Sadowsky?
Like I wrote before, I never thought I could find a nicer neck then My vintage 4 NYC. The neck on the WL is faster and super comfy. It reminds me of a 1972 Fender Jazz I owned years ago. The neck was slimmer then the regular 1.5". The only thing bad about this old Fender is It was the most unstable neck I ever owned. Too thin i guess. Any change in humidity and the bass needed to get adjusted.
I'm not worry about that with the Will Lee because of the graphite reinforce neck.
My little story - how my #1 bass came to me:
I've been playing Sadowsky basses for 5 years and I never asked Roger to build me a bass like this because I had never seen this combo on the In Stock page; I thought that since they usually use solid ash for natural finishes the resulting full size P would be too heavy for Roger's standards. This PJ only weighs 8.4 lbs!
I've had it only for 4 months but it already has a lot of sentimental value (apart from being a fantastic instrument) because I have a little story about how I won it on ebay: I placed a bid on it like ten days before the auction ended. Early in the morning of the last day of the auction my baby girl 'knocked at the door' and I had to run to the hospital with my wife so I couldn't track the end of the auction; I lost all hope of getting the bass and I had already assimilated that some Sadowsky sniper was already celebrating the 'shot'.
My beautiful Nora was born later that day and when I came home for a shower I checked my email and found out I had won the bass. The 10th of July was my lucky day for sure.
I just took a few pics of them together. She already has her own 'bass face'
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I've been playing Sadowsky basses for 5 years and I never asked Roger to build me a bass like this because I had never seen this combo on the In Stock page; I thought that since they usually use solid ash for natural finishes the resulting full size P would be too heavy for Roger's standards. This PJ only weighs 8.4 lbs!
I've had it only for 4 months but it already has a lot of sentimental value (apart from being a fantastic instrument) because I have a little story about how I won it on ebay: I placed a bid on it like ten days before the auction ended. Early in the morning of the last day of the auction my baby girl 'knocked at the door' and I had to run to the hospital with my wife so I couldn't track the end of the auction; I lost all hope of getting the bass and I had already assimilated that some Sadowsky sniper was already celebrating the 'shot'.
My beautiful Nora was born later that day and when I came home for a shower I checked my email and found out I had won the bass. The 10th of July was my lucky day for sure.
I just took a few pics of them together. She already has her own 'bass face'
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My little story - how my #1 bass came to me:
I've been playing Sadowsky basses for 5 years and I never asked Roger to build me a bass like this because I had never seen this combo on the In Stock page; I thought that since they usually use solid ash for natural finishes the resulting full size P would be too heavy for Roger's standards. This PJ only weighs 8.4 lbs!
I've had it only for 4 months but it already has a lot of sentimental value (apart from being a fantastic instrument) because I have a little story about how I won it on ebay: I placed a bid on it like ten days before the auction ended. Early in the morning of the last day of the auction my baby girl 'knocked at the door' and I had to run to the hospital with my wife so I couldn't track the end of the auction; I lost all hope of getting the bass and I had already assimilated that some Sadowsky sniper was already celebrating the 'shot'.
My beautiful Nora was born later that day and when I came home for a shower I checked my email and found out I had won the bass. The 10th of July was my lucky day for sure.
I just took a few pics of them together. She already has her own 'bass face'
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Cool story Fran. Winning the bass was probably great but I'm sure the birth of your daughter trumped it!
Thanks - sorry for the duplication - didn't remember reading your earlier post - enjoy that bass. It is sweet!
I've got what I hope isn't too stupid of a question here.
I'm trying to scope out my second Sadowsky. I know I definitely want an ash\maple 5 string, but am torn between a PJ vs. JJ. If I was going Alder\RW, it would definitely be PJ, but I know I want the brighter tone of maple. I've never really played a P bass with ash\maple - I'm thinking it sounds like the jazz with a touch wider\fatter tone and perhaps slightly less lows?
Also, any thoughts on P vs a reverse P on a 5 string. I imagine it tightens up the tone, but does the E and A strings lose any oomph with the reverse P?
Thanks for your help!
I'm trying to scope out my second Sadowsky. I know I definitely want an ash\maple 5 string, but am torn between a PJ vs. JJ. If I was going Alder\RW, it would definitely be PJ, but I know I want the brighter tone of maple. I've never really played a P bass with ash\maple - I'm thinking it sounds like the jazz with a touch wider\fatter tone and perhaps slightly less lows?
Also, any thoughts on P vs a reverse P on a 5 string. I imagine it tightens up the tone, but does the E and A strings lose any oomph with the reverse P?
Thanks for your help!
I've been contemplating the same thing lately! Hoping for some good info. I have an ash/rw jazz and alder/maple P. Thinking about a metro PJ5 but not sure MV or RV.
I really wanted to be into the PJ5 I had. Really for years though that would be the bass for me. But ultimately I found that I didn't like the blend sound of the strings with the coil nearer the bridge. So for me, reverse P was awful. With regular P I loved B, E, and A strings.
On a P I love the difference in tones. Like a kick and snare. But with a PJ, the close coils get nasal for me.
So I say get a JJ, or a P5.
On a P I love the difference in tones. Like a kick and snare. But with a PJ, the close coils get nasal for me.
So I say get a JJ, or a P5.
So your main objection to it was that the bridge pickup was slightly closer to the bridge? I didn't know that. I just measured mine to see what the deal was. It's only about 1/8" or so diff, but it is different.
I'll chime in and say that I too did NOT like the sound of the reverse PJ5 I tried. My alder/rw NYC PJ5 with standard config sounded, to me anyways, like what I was used to: classic p tone when using the neck pickup only (I used this 90% of the time), punchy 'Jaco-tone' with the bridge pickup if I needed it, and a balanced 'modern' sound when using both at the same time. IME at least.
Of course, I've never felt that the B string clarity on my PJ5 needed improving in anyway by reversing the pickup. I'm very excited to get my new Metro PJ5 in ash/maple just to hear the sonic difference from alder/rw. I"ll be sure to right a glowing and probably wordy review, complete with pics!!!
Of course, I've never felt that the B string clarity on my PJ5 needed improving in anyway by reversing the pickup. I'm very excited to get my new Metro PJ5 in ash/maple just to hear the sonic difference from alder/rw. I"ll be sure to right a glowing and probably wordy review, complete with pics!!!
