Club Sadowsky!!!

[Nenor]

Have mercy!

 

[nostatic]

As much as I tried, I'm just not an ash/maple/JJ kinda guy...

Instead going to order up a NYC sister for this...with a few minor changes

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[dragonbass]

Rob
I was wondering what the fate of that awesome buckeye 5 was. Ready to sell it to me yet...??

Joel,

Not Just Yet! I Re-strung it E-C, since you played it last...

Rob

 

[thndrstk6]

That burl blows my mind!

 

[lgrankin]

Metro MV5 in LPB with single coils...

 

[dragonbass]

+1 That clear guard and plate just doesn't work with that top IMO. Of course, many would think it is a shame to paint a beautiful piece of ash orange... so pure personal preference there.

Ken,

As much as I wanted to build it Std. I couldn't bring myself to it. {Ask Nino and Rob} I rest my Thumb on the Neck Pickup, and without the Pickguard their it would have bothered me.

I could have made a Custom guard to fix that, but I prefer a Vintage layout for all my basses.

Rob

 

[KJung]

Ken,

As much as I wanted to build it Std. I couldn't bring myself to it. {Ask Nino and Rob} I rest my Thumb on the Neck Pickup, and without the Pickguard their it would have bothered me.

I could have made a Custom guard to fix that, but I prefer Vintage layouts for my basses.

Rob

Hey Rob,

That makes total sense, and it still looks amazing. I don't really enjoy playing the standards either (versus the vintage) for similar reasons.

Tough to see a beautiful piece of topwood like that with a guard and plate, but sometimes you 'have to do what you have to do'. I get that totally. Smokin' bass!

Happy Holidays! I really am still totally digging my Vintage. It took three tries for me over a few years to get exactly where I wanted to be. I dug my original NYC alder/RW, but wanted more bite and grind. The Modern didn't work at all for me (no surprise there, but I wanted to try one). I then picked up a Metro MV5, but it also didn't do it for me, although it was close. When I finally found the orange NYC with solid ash body (no routing) and then had singles installed... THERE IT WAS

 

[bikeplate]

HI

When the issue of Rob's build came up, the advisory board said to build it standard, blk hardware, Diamond control layout. His executive decision was the opposite. The corporation has dissolved because of this

Rob(lol)

 

[dragonbass]

HI
When the issue of Rob's build came up, the advisory board said to build it standard, blk hardware, Diamond control layout. His executive decision was the opposite. The corporation has dissolved because of this
Rob(lol)

Rob,

Nice. LoL....
If I wanted the "Bikeplate Special", I would have went that way, however I stand by my decision!

Rob

 

[bikeplate]

HI

That would be a good name for a sig. model. Dont u think?

Rob

 

[bikeplate]

HI

My other two. Hybrid PJ(way underrated, IMO) and my JJ NYC

Rob

 

[Vic]

I LOVE that natural one! I'll have one of those some day.

Thanks! That's my "beater". It's a 2004 I bought that has some miles on it, just barely into the period with the graphite rods, solid body, and single coil pickups. That bass tracks amazingly with no EQ whatsoever on the bass or the board. Just maybe back off the VTC depending on string age. Done.

 

[Vic]

That is just such a stupid, scary, amazing, good looking bass. That's one of those 'how can this even happen' basses.

+1

 

[thndrstk6]

Thanks! That's my "beater". It's a 2004 I bought that has some miles on it, just barely into the period with the graphite rods, solid body, and single coil pickups. That bass tracks amazingly with no EQ whatsoever on the bass or the board. Just maybe back off the VTC depending on string age. Done.

Nice. I like the natural look. It makes it look more beefy, mean, and
raw. Nothing fancy just muscle like a muscle car.

 

[nostatic]

Ken,

As much as I wanted to build it Std. I couldn't bring myself to it. {Ask Nino and Rob} I rest my Thumb on the Neck Pickup, and without the Pickguard their it would have bothered me.

I could have made a Custom guard to fix that, but I prefer a Vintage layout for all my basses.

Rob

Interesting that you say this. I found that playing the std was somehow more difficult than the vintage. Which is odd because neither of my Zons have pickguards...but maybe the height different from surface to string is the same between Zon and Sad vintage.

I was pondering a std NYC PJ but maybe the pickguard does make an actual playing difference. I'll have to rethink that...

 

[KJung]

Thanks! That's my "beater".

That's a $3,800 'beater' Amazing how 'relative' things get around here

Nice bass!

 

[Vic]

Man, this is my favorite part of these threads... when you start a new segment and everyone posts up their basses again.

 

[Cory]

+1

YUP!!! That is one SWEET bass!

 

[Vic]

That's a $3,800 'beater' Amazing how 'relative' things get around here

Nice bass!

Yeah, but I paid WAY WAY less than that for it. I really got a killer deal on it, but it is not at all mint. It's got a few small dings on it, some fret wear, and even a little mojo wear on the bottom of the neck... but it still plays and sounds amazing, and I love the fact that it's so visually understated, yet kicks so much royal A##.

 

[Vic]

Nice. I like the natural look. It makes it look more beefy, mean, and
raw. Nothing fancy just muscle like a muscle car.

Funny you should say that. I call it a "sleeper". Kinda' like a '68 Camaro I had a while back. Managed to fit everything under the stock hood, used stock rally wheels, etc. All the mods, even to the suspension and brakes were nearly invisible, and fairly quiet exhaust. However, it was a bada## ride... let's just say I went through some tires on that bad boy and leave it at that.