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In fact, this has become my standard weight "spec" for any bass I buy or have built, with very few exceptions.
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In fact, this has become my standard weight "spec" for any bass I buy or have built, with very few exceptions.
I was never really a big weight guy, but I have to admit that it is hard to play a heavy bass once you get used to playing a lighter one. My fretted Q5 was pretty light, and when I parted with it I found myself playing my Am Deluxe P5 much more than the wonderful example of a Roscoe Beck V that I also picked up only because the ADPV was more than a pound lighter.
My Sadowsky is even lighter than the Q5 at 8 lbs 6 onces. It is so comfortable, I think that RBV would feel like a boat anchor now.
Yeah, I remember that, I even posted about it back then.
What I'd like to know is why having a one piece solid body is significant enough to be noted in the specs, being a solid color, if there is no sonic advantage, nobody can really tell or enjoy the beauty of the wood. Maybe Roger or Rob can chime in.
Had some fun with PhotoShop last night. I still might be interested in a different PG. I was just goofing and did one of the these. It turned out half way decent so I added a few more. Any thoughts are appreciated.
Actual bass currently:
I actually already have this PG. I'm just not sure I like it:
Not bad, but maybe a little too much red:
I actually like this quite a bit:
I don't know about this. I thought the warmer tone might work:
Actual bass currently:
I actually already have this PG. I'm just not sure I like it:
Not bad, but maybe a little too much red:
I actually like this quite a bit:
I don't know about this. I thought the warmer tone might work:
Sorry, I should have specified..white..I think it is a perfect compliment to the quilt top, personally. The antique one almost gets lost and blends in...
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Actually, I like this one the best:
Yea, my thoughts keep wondering back to it as well. I just wish it wasn't so stark.
If the bass didn't have the double-routing for the other P configuration, I'd order a clear guard for it. The quilt under the PG is equally amazing.
+1Actually, I like this one the best:
IMHO, leave it as is, but as a second choice, the white pearl looks nice too.
Interesting. I would say that my Will Lee (which has a one-piece body) has the most resonance of any solid body bass I've played. The only basses I own which resonate more are my Rob Allen and my Reverends, which are hollow bodies.
Chasarms, I like the white pearl. The white is nice but the intense contrast pulls my eyes away from the quilt whereas the pearl compliments it IMO.
It is dangerous and typically mistaken to assume a relatively arbitrary spec on a bass results in a significant portion of the tone you are hearing (in my business, that is called a 'spurious causal link'!). My guess is that the 'one piece body' has VERY little to do with what you are hearing. Most likely, it is the very light weight ( believe the Will Lee's are Sadowsky's lightest offering... swamp ash, chambered) and chambering of your particular bass that moves it slightly closer to the acoustic signature of the other very lightweight and chambered body basses you are comparing it to.
This is quite off topic but I find it very interesting that a bass that was never on the Bass Central website...appears on the Bass Central website the day after I buy it. I just called yesterday to see if they had one and they had just received it the day before. I have never actually purchased anything from them before. And really only made this purchase because they were the only place that had in stock a Metro exactly what I was looking for. I know the sell A LOT of Metros but that kind of thing still kinda rubs me the wrong way. So, somebody calls looking for it and gets "well, we don't have that one but here is what we do have...."
That place does a TON of volume. I'd guess they have someone photoing and posting to the website as stuff comes in who has no idea what's spoken for.
I think even this is assuming too much. Dude, last time I checked, they still had pics of basses up there that were sold years prior that aren't marked sold.
Is it plain white? Perhaps you could try parchment or mint instead. The difference between these and white-white is subtle, but if you're looking for less harshness then it might just be the answer.
Wow, you are over 2x your daily average of posts today!
BTW, hard to isolate the affect of any "guesses" too
