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Club Sadowsky!!!

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Joeykun said:
I have been using Hipshot D-Tuners since the mid 80's. Sure, they add a little neck diving but nothing that would make me remove it. Seriously, if you used them alot there is not a whole lot of thinking involved. I bring both my 4 and 5 to gigs and play standard, drop D and 5 string without ever thinking too much about it. A few times I have forgot to move out of drop D and had to improvise a bit before moving it back in the up position. But, that just makes it more fun! I never owned a 4 string without a D-Tuner. Plus, Sadowsky has them made with their logo so it matches perfectly with the other tuners. Nice!
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I have not been using them quite that long (going back to the early '90s for me), and I can't say that I have them on every 4-string bass (though perhaps I should!), but other than that, a big +1 with regard to D-tuners. :cool:
 
#10,310
TheDialog said:
I just sold a vintage Fender P and am thinking about putting some money into a bass that has jazz pups on a P body. Has anyone ever seen a Sadowsky done in that fashion?
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Here you go! Check the Featured & Recently Sold section of the Sadowsky site. There are a few there to view.
 

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#10,311
Did anyone happen to see the Jennifer Hudson Christmas Special last night?
Her bass player (?) was playing a hot NYC Vintage 4 CAR with a pearloid pg and maple neck. Sounded fantastic!
 
#10,315
Joeykun said:
I have been using Hipshot D-Tuners since the mid 80's. Sure, they add a little neck diving but nothing that would make me remove it. Seriously, if you used them alot there is not a whole lot of thinking involved. I bring both my 4 and 5 to gigs and play standard, drop D and 5 string without ever thinking too much about it. A few times I have forgot to move out of drop D and had to improvise a bit before moving it back in the up position. But, that just makes it more fun! I never owned a 4 string without a D-Tuner. Plus, Sadowsky has them made with their logo so it matches perfectly with the other tuners. Nice!
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I've been using D-tuners for awhile myself. I really don't feel they add any neck dive, even on my 6.7 lb 24-4. They're extremely convenient once you have them tamed and broken-in. I have d-tuners on all my basses, even the 5's. However, my 5's are strung E-C.
 
#10,316
FWIW, I never really noticed a neck dive problem using detuners. My main issues with them is I just prefer not to deal with alternate tuning when I'm so used to the 5, and the fact that it makes the E string a bit floppier. I know it's not a big problem or they wouldn't be as popular with some folks as they are, but I just vastly prefer playing a 5 instead. Just a lot simpler at least for me, and also provides even more usable range, which I do also use.
 
#10,318
Chef said:
"just play a 5"

that's my personal pref as well...

ymmv of course.
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While I do agree with this, I would also say that sometimes it's far easier to just downtune a 4 string.

Especially in heavy music where the riff constantly goes back to the open D, it would be a royal pain to have to go back to the 3rd fret of the B string every other note.

Solution: have a lot of basses or get used to playing one way or ther other. I like the former.
 

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