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Club Sadowsky!!!

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I've been mulling (obsessing?) what I wanted for my next sadowsky since about 31 seconds after receiving my LAST Sadowsky :D
I knew what I wanted - Jazz bodied Vintage 4 P/J, alder, brazilian rosewood board, custom colour w/ matching headstock. Few days ago this was in the classifieds:

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Dang it, too perfect to resist - Sadowsky #4 is on it's way thanks to Basskadet!

Big thanks has to go to bikeplate for taking the initial hit SO many times so that so many of us could get great deals on lightly used Sadowsky basses :D
I think I'd maybe like a WL next - ash/maple/SCs/'59 burst w/ mint guard... so Rob if you could order that up now I should be ready for it in about 18 months :hiding: :D
 
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ElMon said:
It's quite the opposite for me, but different strokes. To me the JJ models were way too scooped, both fingerstyle and slapped. When panning either pickup, no issues. To my ears the PJ5 has a lowmid kick that just 'does it' for me. IME.



+1. Depending on my right hand position I have the best of both worlds. And I'll also add that putting SC's was a HUGE improvement one what I was hearing as a relatively scooped sound.



See, as always, owning one of each is THE answer!!!! I wouldn't mind having an MV5 JUST for a modern slap tone.




I experienced the same thing with my metro, but yet when I got this NYC, something about how Roger and crew set the pickup height eliminated this problem. With pickups panned in the middle, I get a very fat lowmid punch. Anything BUT scooped. Plus, when I pan either pickup I don't have to really change my volume setting. The way I had my Metro's pickups set, when I went to the P pickup, it threatened to blow my speakers and I had to back off the volume. I'll try and take some measurements of my NYC's pickup height and post them up here.
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I'm a JJ guy at heart -- always have been and always will be. With that said though, I've been gigging my NYC PJ5 for the last six months exclusively and really digging it. Playing in a cover band, as I do, the versatility that you get out of the PJ combo is huge. I can cover (almost) all ground. The bass can be growly and punch or full and supportive at the twist of a knob... and if you get the VTC in on the action, even more so.

If I could only have one bass for the rest of my life - I'd probably still go with a JJ but for my purposes lately, the PJ5 is a very welcome swiss army knife instrument.
 
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Jarrett said:
Would anyone be willing to sort of lay out the different Sadowsky models and what tones they achieve? I'm still in the market for one, but without playing one ahead of time, its hard to lock in on the right model without more info.
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There are quite a few Sadowsky owners in the DFW area. You should see if you could hook up with a couple of them and try out their basses. Or make it to one of their gigs which is the best way to hear a Sadowsky.;)
 
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Jarrett said:
Any idea what a 2004 Sadowsky NYC 5 24 with ash/maple with maple top should go for used? And what does the addition of the maple top do for the sound on a ash/maple Sadowsky?
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Hmmm.... a new one would be, maybe $4,300 (I think that's right... standard board, fancy top NYC). Assuming it is in perfect shape, and has the VTC (not sure when those started showing up on the Sadowsky... maybe $3,300, for a bass of that age... less if it is dinged up a bit. Just guessing, based on pricing I've seen recently in the classifieds.

And, a fancy top veneer has very little impact, if any, on the tone of a bass. It's just for looks.
 
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Jarrett said:
Thanks Ken. If that's the case I may just stick with the Metro stuff as I'm not really going for aesthetics. Unless there is a sound/tone difference between a bass with the same specs whether its NYC or Metro.
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I'm sure there are some basses where it can make a bit of a difference, but I don't think it is a tonal issue on the Sadowsky's. The NYC's (especially the Moderns) tend to be quite a bit lighter than the Metro's, due to the routed bodies. However, the general tone is the same. If anything, the Metro Moderns seem to have a little more 'balls' to the tone due to the pound or so difference in weight.... in general.

The Metro's are a very good deal, and that 7 day return on the new ones is a very cool thing if you aren't quite sure about which model and can't 'try before buy'.
 
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Fancy tops are cool and just for looks, but from what I read before buying my NYC model, there is considerable difference in weight, perhaps due to the chambering on NYC's? To me that's a big deal! I have some pretty light P basses but this new one is WAY lighter, a real pleasure at the end of a long night. I'd be curious to hear what people say about tonal differences based on weight?
 
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Jarrett said:
Any idea what a 2004 Sadowsky NYC 5 24 with ash/maple with maple top should go for used? And what does the addition of the maple top do for the sound on a ash/maple Sadowsky?
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Jarrett, I've been thinking about possibly selling this 24-5. I bought it new on Feb 2004. With the type of calls I've been getting over the last couple of years I'm almost exclusively playing the vintage 5 and the new P/J 5. This is a very nice bass and what I really like about it is it's ability to adapt to and tame almost any difficult acoustic situation. (I'm not versed enough to say why but others on this forum can explain this much better than I) I've used it for pit work, blues, blues-jazz and funk. Shoot me a PM if you'd like.

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