Club Sadowsky!!!

[lgrankin]

So, lookie what showed up today for my UV70...

Happy happy. I'll install tonight and compare against this one...

Another shoutout for the Sadowsky shopping experience...they have the e-commerce thing humming along quite nicely. And they know how to grab the [DEL]sucker[/DEL] cat with an impulsive mouse finger too. Along with the pearl guard I got a bridge wrench, spokewheel rod, and a new t-shirt and hat. Instant communication, quick processing & shipping...bada boom.

I also have to say...I am just loving this bass. I installed some Cleartone strings, which I know may be considered blasphemy, but I really love 'em. Nice bump in the mids without compromising the slap tone in the slightest. This thing has punch and focus, along with the Sadowsky sheen, but has just the right amount of grind, snarl, and fatness. Remember Supreme Court Justice Stewart's take on obscenity? ("I know it when I see it.") Well, I can't say I could fully quantify the sound I was after, but having heard this bass, I can say that this is it.

More pics tomorrow, and I'll be grateful in advance for opinions on the white vs. pearl white guard.

You should have picked up some Big Bends Nut Sauce while you were there...

 

[bass12]

Vroom, that bass is going to look great with the pearloid guard (well, that bass already looks great - love the block inlays).

 

[johnnydi]

Well, I'm looking at a PJ5 application, but would be interested in other opinions/setups, especially if you have or have played both alder/rw and ash/rw.

I also have Sad JJ alder morado.

I'm really not sure about the amount of difference the type of body makes. I think the big difference is in the neck (Maple/Rosewood).

Now don't get me wrong, I'm sure the body make a difference but to which extent? I think that you could probably find the same difference in tone between two piece of the same species as in two piece of different species. The difference is subtle in my opinion.

That being said. The Ash/braz i have is smooth and warm but snappy. My Ash/Mad is the same but with a little more mid. But my favorite is the Alder/morado so far.

I think morado is more similar to maple so i'm not sure what all that means. I'm confuse Are you?

 

[DylanB]

That is a sick, sick bass. I feel sick.

 

[Jerry J]

I also have Sad JJ alder morado.

I'm really not sure about the amount of difference the type of body makes. I think the big difference is in the neck (Maple/Rosewood).

Now don't get me wrong, I'm sure the body make a difference but to which extent? I think that you could probably find the same difference in tone between two piece of the same species as in two piece of different species. The difference is subtle in my opinion.

That being said. The Ash/braz i have is smooth and warm but snappy. My Ash/Mad is the same but with a little more mid. But my favorite is the Alder/morado so far.

I think morado is more similar to maple so i'm not sure what all that means. I'm confuse Are you?

Big String has his NYC JJ ash/Braz listed in the ads. I asked about the comparison between his bass and an ash/maple. He concurred that the he felt the neck wood made a difference between the two.

 

[nostatic]

Roger has indicated that fretboard wood makes the biggest difference (and I believe morado is a sonic equivalent to various rosewoods), I'm just curious what might be lost (or gained) by going from alder to ash in a PJ. I'm definitely looking for more Jamerson than Miller tonewise but prefer the aesthetics on the ash with a burst or trans orange finish.

 

[burk48237]

Roger has indicated that fretboard wood makes the biggest difference (and I believe morado is a sonic equivalent to various rosewoods), I'm just curious what might be lost (or gained) by going from alder to ash in a PJ. I'm definitely looking for more Jamerson than Miller tonewise but prefer the aesthetics on the ash with a burst or trans orange finish.

My experience is that Morado is a harder than Rosewood. While they may look physically similar, I find most Morado boards I've played to be considerably brighter, perhaps they are closer to maple in tone? At least this has been my observation.

 

[Vic]

My experience is that Morado is a harder than Rosewood. While they may look physically similar, I find most Morado boards I've played to be considerably brighter, perhaps they are closer to maple in tone? At least this has been my observation.

I concur. In fact, I think even harder/brighter than maple.

 

[Jerry J]

I concur. In fact, I think even harder/brighter than maple.

But not quite in the ebony range, right?

 

[Vic]

But not quite in the ebony range, right?

Definitely not.

 

[nostatic]

I concur. In fact, I think even harder/brighter than maple.

Interesting. I believe the Metros all have morado so I'm a little confused as the "conventional wisdom" is that the "rosewood/alder" is warmer but for all of the Metros and some/many of the NYC the "rosewood" is in fact morado.

 

[Jerry J]

Definitely not.

That was tongue-in-cheek

I seem to recall reading that morado was a touch warmer than maple. But I do have a feeble mind these days.

 

[Vic]

Interesting. I believe the Metros all have morado so I'm a little confused as the "conventional wisdom" is that the "rosewood/alder" is warmer but for all of the Metros and some/many of the NYC the "rosewood" is in fact morado.

True, but many NYC's are also brazilian, which is, in fact, real rosewood, and the statement then holds true. With metros, IMHO, the added warmth is coming purely from the alder.

 

[Vic]

That was tongue-in-cheek

I seem to recall reading that morado was a touch warmer than maple. But I do have a feeble mind these days.

Hey, don't take my word for it. Look at the Janka scale. It tells all.

http://www.woodsthebest.com/wood/jankaWoodHardnessScale.htm

 

[nostatic]

Maybe I'm just thrown by the PJ vs JJ as I don't have any PJ ash/maple comparisons. I know that ash/maple in JJ just wasn't my cup of tea, and alder/morado in PJ is. I'm trying to predict if ash/morado (or ash/rosewood - could bump that up) will fly in a PJ.

 

[johnnydi]

Let not forget here that its not only about how hard the wood is. I believe different wood as different sonic resonance.

My alder/morado sound more like a typical Alder/rosewood then a Alder/maple would. but my Alder/morado sound more like a Ash/maple then my Ash/Braz.

That was tough.

 

[Limeman]

So, lookie what showed up today for my UV70...

Happy happy. I'll install tonight and compare against this one...

Another shoutout for the Sadowsky shopping experience...they have the e-commerce thing humming along quite nicely. And they know how to grab the [DEL]sucker[/DEL] cat with an impulsive mouse finger too. Along with the pearl guard I got a bridge wrench, spokewheel rod, and a new t-shirt and hat. Instant communication, quick processing & shipping...bada boom.

I also have to say...I am just loving this bass. I installed some Cleartone strings, which I know may be considered blasphemy, but I really love 'em. Nice bump in the mids without compromising the slap tone in the slightest. This thing has punch and focus, along with the Sadowsky sheen, but has just the right amount of grind, snarl, and fatness. Remember Supreme Court Justice Stewart's take on obscenity? ("I know it when I see it.") Well, I can't say I could fully quantify the sound I was after, but having heard this bass, I can say that this is it.

More pics tomorrow, and I'll be grateful in advance for opinions on the white vs. pearl white guard.

Oh man that is going to look SICK!!!!!

 

[KUNGfuSHERIFF]

I'm definitely looking for more Jamerson than Miller tonewise but prefer the aesthetics on the ash with a burst or trans orange finish.

If that's the case you probably won't like the ash P/J any more than you liked the ash JJ that you had. I played an ash P/J when I visited Sadowsky World Headquarters that, to me, was all top and bottom with very little in the middle. Great bass, but not my sound at all. If I'm reading you right you'd associate that more with Miller than with Jamerson.

Ain't no shame in being an alder and rosewood (or morado) guy. The first step is admitting it.

 

[kph24]

If that's the case you probably won't like the ash P/J any more than you liked the ash JJ that you had. I played an ash P/J when I visited Sadowsky World Headquarters that, to me, was all top and bottom with very little in the middle. Great bass, but not my sound at all. If I'm reading you right you'd associate that more with Miller than with Jamerson.

Ain't no shame in being an alder and rosewood (or morado) guy. The first step is admitting it.

yep meat and potatoes

 

[nostatic]

If that's the case you probably won't like the ash P/J any more than you liked the ash JJ that you had. I played an ash P/J when I visited Sadowsky World Headquarters that, to me, was all top and bottom with very little in the middle. Great bass, but not my sound at all. If I'm reading you right you'd associate that more with Miller than with Jamerson.

Ain't no shame in being an alder and rosewood (or morado) guy. The first step is admitting it.

Oh, I admit it

Well, it mostly was aesthetic - the available ash body has a really nice grain. The alder ones...not so much. Then again the grain on my Metro is nothing to write home about, so I probably should just go with the alder and quite whining. But now I'm wondering about alder/madagascar rosewood.

Choices. They are evil. And tasty.