Thanks Rob, Yea, 8.5lbs would be great but anything more then that is too heavy. Since I own three NYC, I afraid the dif in weight would make it a non player.
I really want a P-bass Ash/maple seafoam green with matching headstock
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Thanks Rob, Yea, 8.5lbs would be great but anything more then that is too heavy. Since I own three NYC, I afraid the dif in weight would make it a non player.
I really want a P-bass Ash/maple seafoam green with matching headstock
I think it depends on the type of music as well. I'm doing straight ahead jazz in one group (usually fretless, but some tunes are better on the fretted), a mix of jazz/blues and sad bastard tunes (Waits, etc), and will be joining a funk/r&b/acid jazz thing. I don't really do the "modern" jazz tunes or tone, and for some reason a 59 burst alder/rw PJ just looks right to me in vintage dress. I'm not sure I'm digging the black hardware in that context. I like it on the "none more black" bass, but seems chrome is the old school vibe.
I know what you mean about taming highs rather than trying to add sizzle, but there also is a set of mid freqs that are different between alder/rw and ash/maple. On the guitar side I was an old strat alder/rw, then wanted a maple board for more snap. These days I've gone back towards preferring rw. Maybe I'm just getting old...
My Metro is 9.5 lbs. It is workable, but I'd rather have something lighter as long as the tone isn't lighter...
I know what you mean about taming highs rather than trying to add sizzle, but there also is a set of mid freqs that are different between alder/rw and ash/maple. On the guitar side I was an old strat alder/rw, then wanted a maple board for more snap. These days I've gone back towards preferring rw. Maybe I'm just getting old...
My Metro is 9.5 lbs. It is workable, but I'd rather have something lighter as long as the tone isn't lighter...
Hey Johnny,
It's not really that hard, just call the shop and order one with your specs.
Rob
easy to say
I already have one being build as we speak. But your right. Its probably whats gonna happen anyway. I'm so damn picky.
HI
Wow, that would be a cool piece. Id love a NYC UV Pbass myself. I think they look and feel amazing. Ive had a couple heavier Sadowsky's. One was NAMM #2 metro at 9.25lbs and one of the first UV metros at 8.8lbs. I also bought a used NYC from Oscar Cartaya. It was an anchor!! I sold all of them mostly due to the weight and also because Im completely insane and never keep anything. LOL. Too much fun ordering new Sadowsky's. Good luck, Johnni. I say you just order the NYC. You'll get exactly what you want and you know how good your latest order came out
Rob
Wow, that would be a cool piece. Id love a NYC UV Pbass myself. I think they look and feel amazing. Ive had a couple heavier Sadowsky's. One was NAMM #2 metro at 9.25lbs and one of the first UV metros at 8.8lbs. I also bought a used NYC from Oscar Cartaya. It was an anchor!! I sold all of them mostly due to the weight and also because Im completely insane and never keep anything. LOL. Too much fun ordering new Sadowsky's. Good luck, Johnni. I say you just order the NYC. You'll get exactly what you want and you know how good your latest order came out
Rob
Was wondering if anyone has added the VTC circuit to an older Sadowsky with the configuration like the photo below. I am curious if added, can the old style active/passive toggle still be used instead of the push/pull pot. I've been thinking about adding it to my 1988.
So why is there not a Metro P bass? I would think there would be a market for them. Not everyone wants the added J pickup.
My guess is it'd cost pretty much the same, so even if you only used the J pickup once a year it'd at least already be there. Seriously, I've solo'd the P pickup a lot of times in the PJ's I've owned in the past and it sounds perfectly fine.
My guess is it'd cost pretty much the same, so even if you only used the J pickup once a year it'd at least already be there. Seriously, I've solo'd the P pickup a lot of times in the PJ's I've owned in the past and it sounds perfectly fine.
To me it would be a look thing. I want a P-bass and i don't like the look with the J pu but at the end of the day, I think it makes sense to ad the J pu for resale value and the added possibility sound wise.
Was wondering if anyone has added the VTC circuit to an older Sadowsky with the configuration like the photo below. I am curious if added, can the old style active/passive toggle still be used instead of the push/pull pot. I've been thinking about adding it to my 1988.
I don't think it would be a big deal at all. The VTC would be a regular pot instead of the pull switch one.
I just don't really like the J pickup on a P bass because it gets in the way when I pick and I don't ever use it. I just don't think a PJ sounds quite the same as a P either. Something about the J pickup being in the circuit changes the tone to me.
That J pickup adds a lot of versatility to that bass for sure. If you get a black one you'll barely be able to see the extra pickup...
That J pickup adds a lot of versatility to that bass for sure. If you get a black one you'll barely be able to see the extra pickup...
No, I'm not a black bass kinda guy. Although, I've been enjoying the last few all black metal basses that been on this club.
I would have to agree with this even if I don't know if technically possible.
Nothing like a good old P-bass sound, which I've been having a hard time getting out of a PJ soloing the P pu. why is that?
I've read here in the pickups section that putting the J pickup in the circuit does change the tone, and I can definitely hear it. Maybe for the same reason that blend pots don't work on passive basses like they do on active basses. Cuts out some frequencies.
Interesting. If its a fact, then I must look into it before I order it from Roger
IME, the Sadowsky PJ's don't get the same tone as the straight P basses, even with the VTC.
I hear that but Is it possible that a Sadowsky straight P does not have the same tone as a Fender P-bass in the first place?
I wasn't talking specifically about a Fender, but most straight P basses have a particular tone that you recognize as the P bass tone. Active or passive. I did get to play an NYC P bass a while back and it sounded a LOT more like the P bass tone I hear in my head than the PJ's do. Even with the pickup rolled all the way to the front pickup.
And that's the tone that I"m after. Like I said, the only reason I would put a J pu on a P bass in for resale value. I play only J bass right now and find myself rolling to the neck pu half the time, playing old 70's funk songs. So if I'm gonna get a P-bass, I want it to sound exactly like a p-bass.
Back in the days, I own a few P-bass and never like them because of the tree trunk neck. But the tone, oh the tone. Especially to record with.
