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Club Sadowsky!!!

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will lee model, very light feather weight, ash body with burl maple top, brazilian fretboard, will lee pre, vintage tint, d tuner, gold hardware, big single p up. best tone even in passive mode.:)
best paired with my glockenklang bass art head and cabinet
 

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Paullee01 said:
Rob I am not positive but I think my Will Lee bass is a black nitro finish??? I've decided to take it off the bass.
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Hi Paul,

Not a Nitro finish, Nitro is only available as a custom order.


Jerry J said:
Rob, thank you for the info. Is this what you put on your bass before Randy Jackson had his way with your bass?:D
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Jerry,

Yep, That Cling Protector saved my bass from some major scratches from his Jacket.

Rob
 
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Jerry J said:
Does anyone know if the pickup covers on the Sadowsky 4-string HC pickups is replaceable?

I just got a set of HC's for my JJ4 and they are a bit worn looking. There looks to be some type of potting material under the coils and I don't want to disturb that if the covers can't be replaced.
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We are just beginning to phase into our newest design of our HC 4 and 5 string J. The new pickups do have replaceable covers. The present ones do not.

Roger
 
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I let TB'er B.C. borrow my ash/maple SC equipped JJ5 today for some studio tracks he was laying down for their next CD (local Christian rock band called Day40). Anyway, I'll let him expand on this, but his reaction was both familiar and funny. :)
 
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I am giving my brazillian rosewood board a bit of a clean-up and was wondering if you guys think it would be ok to use the wax that Warwick give you with their basses on this DN board? It doesn't say much on the container but it smells very much like standard bees wax? I've given the board and the frets a bit of hit with very fine steel wool and it has come up a million dollars, just not sure on the wax?

What do you think?
 
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Bass Collector said:
I am giving my brazillian rosewood board a bit of a clean-up and was wondering if you guys think it would be ok to use the wax that Warwick give you with their basses on this DN board? It doesn't say much on the container but it smells very much like standard bees wax? I've given the board and the frets a bit of hit with very fine steel wool and it has come up a million dollars, just not sure on the wax?

What do you think?
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NO!!!!! Do NOT use that gunk on the fingerboard!!!!

IMHO, if you want to clean it, get some of that fingerboard cleaner, which is usually lemon oil based. Then, if you want to condition it, if you think it's getting dry, use something specifically designed for that, like Dunlop 02 "deep conditioner" or maybe some of that new Planet Waves "Hydrate" stuff.

Whether or not to oil boards is somewhat highly debated. Some folks go 20 years with a bass and don't do anything. Some folks oil or clean and oil their boards with every string change.

I just go by what the wood looks like. If it looks like it's getting dried out, I'll oil it. Otherwise, if the wood looks fine, there's no reason to mess with it IMHO. It's not like changing the oil in your car where you're supposed to do it on some timetable even if things seem fine.
 
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Bass Collector said:
I am giving my brazillian rosewood board a bit of a clean-up and was wondering if you guys think it would be ok to use the wax that Warwick give you with their basses on this DN board? It doesn't say much on the container but it smells very much like standard bees wax? I've given the board and the frets a bit of hit with very fine steel wool and it has come up a million dollars, just not sure on the wax?

What do you think?
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:D Gotta love the giant pool of knowledge/experience available on this fine forum. I have done EXACTLY what you are asking on my old NYC PJ5 that had a Braz RW board, and it looked STUNNING afterwards. Really brought out the reds and browns. A little-dab-will-do-you though. Plus, it stayed lustrous and well-oiled for the other 10months or so that I held onto it. YMMV, Vic obviously thinks otherwise! :)
 
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ElMon said:
:D Gotta love the giant pool of knowledge/experience available on this fine forum. I have done EXACTLY what you are asking on my old NYC PJ5 that had a Braz RW board, and it looked STUNNING afterwards. Really brought out the reds and browns. A little-dab-will-do-you though. Plus, it stayed lustrous and well-oiled for the other 10months or so that I held onto it. YMMV, Vic obviously thinks otherwise! :)
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Yeah, except oil designed for fingerboards will do all the same things for the beauty, and yet not clog it up with gunk that will basically just build up and potentially attract dirt.

The wax that comes with Warwicks is like bowling alley wax. It's designed to build up over time and act like a "finish" for the body (or whatever you put it on). IMHO, that's the last thing you wanna' do to a beautiful piece of open grain fingerboard wood. Sure, clean it, oil it to prevent it from drying out, but don't put a layer residue on it. :)

Again tho, just MHO. :)
 
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I would not put a product containing wax on a Brazilian rosewood board unless I was specifically instructed to do so by the manufacturer. I have treated Brazilian boards with a small amount of pure lemon oil with good results. Give it five minutes to sink in and wipe off the excess thoroughly, and DO NOT use anything more abrasive than your finger to clean a Brazilian board that's soaking in oil.
 
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Vic said:
Yeah, except oil designed for fingerboards will do all the same things for the beauty, and yet not clog it up with gunk that will basically just build up and potentially attract dirt.

The wax that comes with Warwicks is like bowling alley wax. It's designed to build up over time and act like a "finish" for the body (or whatever you put it on). IMHO, that's the last thing you wanna' do to a beautiful piece of open grain fingerboard wood. Sure, clean it, oil it to prevent it from drying out, but don't put a layer residue on it. :)

Again tho, just MHO. :)
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That makes sense actually. All I knew was that it made it 'look' awful purdy! :hiding:

If I had it to do all over again I'd probably go with Vic on this one. Course, I switched to ash/maple for my Sadowsky fix, so its a moot point on my end!
 
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Vic said:
NO!!!!! Do NOT use that gunk on the fingerboard!!!!

IMHO, if you want to clean it, get some of that fingerboard cleaner, which is usually lemon oil based. Then, if you want to condition it, if you think it's getting dry, use something specifically designed for that, like Dunlop 02 "deep conditioner" or maybe some of that new Planet Waves "Hydrate" stuff.

Whether or not to oil boards is somewhat highly debated. Some folks go 20 years with a bass and don't do anything. Some folks oil or clean and oil their boards with every string change.

I just go by what the wood looks like. If it looks like it's getting dried out, I'll oil it. Otherwise, if the wood looks fine, there's no reason to mess with it IMHO. It's not like changing the oil in your car where you're supposed to do it on some timetable even if things seem fine.
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I have never had a bass w/ Braz.rw bd but in my experience w/ wd work I have found it to have a fairly high oil content. If the wd is clean & then buffed it comes up w/ a sheen. The degree of sheen indicates the oil content. If I had a Sad w/ rw bd , I would be very hesitant to oil it. Would oiling also not affect the instruments tone w/ repeated appl.?
 

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