Man, that is an amazing bass. Dang.
My newer NYC JJ5 is also a dragonbass. I say we start a dragonbass club.
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My newer NYC JJ5 is also a dragonbass. I say we start a dragonbass club.
Mine is too, but at least dragonbass was the one that did my mods and final check-over before it went out, so I still consider it to be one.
My four string is a Dragonbass, but my five was made by some fellow named Mark...
About a month ago!
Another masterpiece by our very own dragonbass!
Single piece ash body (about 7.45 lbs.) single-coil goodness!
Need I say more?
I've been really busy, but a "family" pic (P5, 24/5, and Vintage JJ5-all built by Rob L.) is coming soon!
Single piece ash, singles... yeah man! I actually like the fancy top on that also. I think the nice white/parchment, whatever guard works great on that (the torts on those fancy tops plus the bursts is just TOO much going on for me. That bass is BEAUTIFUL... PERIOD!!!!
I bet it kills. Solid ash, maple board, singles is by far my favorite Sadowsky spec. Hard to play the HC's IMO once you've experienced this combination (for me anyway!).
Congrats... beauty!
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My newer NYC JJ5 is also a dragonbass. I say we start a dragonbass club.
Mine were all built by Dragonbass too!
My own little club. Nice.
"Look ma they like me....they really like me"
Seriously, thanks guys, I love what I do! {and Working for Roger ain't half bad!
}Rob
Mine were all built by Dragonbass too!
My own little club. Nice.
"Look ma they like me....they really like me"
Seriously, thanks guys, I love what I do! {and Working for Roger ain't half bad!
Rob
Add me to the club, my J4 is also a dragonbass
My PJ4 was built by another Rob: Radack and it's a fantastic instrument (truth be told, I have not a single complain of any ot the Sadowskys that have passed through my hands).
Just as a clarification, "single piece" and "solid" aren't the same thing. This body was cut from a single piece of ash, so no seam line, but it's not solid (like your orange bass and my natural one). It's chambered.
This is mostly for others reading your post, however, as I'm pretty sure you knew this.
I didn't think that through. I would have assumed they would not route the one piece ash bodies by definition. Didn't realize that. What is the point of a 'single piece' body that you cut the top off of and route and glue back on? I guess it's just the aesthetics of 'no seam'?
I guess with a fancy top, it would be routed regardless. Interesting.
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FWIW, the Will Lee Model I reviewed for issue #4 has a one-piece ash body, and a non-fancy bookmatched ash top. It is, of course, chambered. And awesome.
Tom.
Weight reduction, as usual. Also, this one has a top, so it's not like the weight reduced models that don't have figured tops (which they will do, depending on the finish... just has to hide the glue line) where they literally do slice it off and put it back on. This one is just like my figured top one (5249), it's just that they didn't have to glue two pieces of ash together for the slab to be big enough to cut the body from. That's all.
FWIW, the Will Lee Model I reviewed for issue #4 has a one-piece ash body, and a non-fancy bookmatched ash top. It is, of course, chambered. And awesome.
Tom.
What is the logic of a 'one piece' body? Just curious.
Well if you were to argue that a one piece body sounds different than a two piece than its simply a lightened one piece with that same one piece tone characteristic....
+1 on the chambering... I get that of course. I always thought the point of a one piece body was to have one, single big chuck of wood.
However, your point of not having to glue makes sense... kind of a labor and cost saving thing if you are lucky enough to find a single piece big enough to do the job. Cool.
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I'll let Roger answer that, but it may just be as simple as using either single piece bodies or two-piece bodies, depending upon the wood that is available (and which meets the weight/quality that they are after). If a given piece of ash is big enough to cut an entire body from, then make it a one-piece. If it is not wide enough, then bookmatch two pieces, glue them together and it's a two-piece.
This is mere supposition on my part, though. Again, I will leave it to Roger to explain the "theory" if there is anything more to it.
Tom.
