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It's slated for Monday delivery at this time.
I ain't telling Vic where, as it does have single coils in it.
I ain't telling Vic where, as it does have single coils in it.
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Dude, I'm already on my way to your town to intercept.
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In Memoriam
Oh, I'll figure it out. Don't worry. I'm gonna' swap it out for a Wishbass. Yeah, I'm MEAN like that.
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In Memoriam
May I join this Club, please? Here's my new Sadowsky M5-24 in (I guess 59 Burst) with VTC.
Oh my Lord, what a Bass. I was completely blown away, as I played him (her) for the first Time. That is by far the best Bass I've played until now.
Roger, Well Done!!! You and your Basses have their Reputation rightly.
Oh my Lord, what a Bass. I was completely blown away, as I played him (her) for the first Time. That is by far the best Bass I've played until now.
Roger, Well Done!!! You and your Basses have their Reputation rightly.
May I join this Club, please? Here's my new Sadowsky M5-24 in (I guess 59 Burst) with VTC.
Oh my Lord, what a Bass. I was completely blown away, as I played him (her) for the first Time. That is by far the best Bass I've played until now.
Roger, Well Done!!! You and your Basses have their Reputation rightly.
sure! you are #305. Welcome
That makes perfect sense to me, but I think that's because the NJ4 is really close to what Roger has designed with anyway (so it makes sense that you still have the sound).
I guess I'm more speaking regarding other J pickup types... because there are SO many out there, and they vary a LOT in tone. Your point is well taken tho, because there's no doubt they're truly great basses no matter what preamp/pickups someone would have in there. To each their own (as always!).
+1
Having said all that, there's no doubt that I will try a Sadowsky SC on my MV4. It's just that shipping it overseas makes it an unreasonable buy. I'll wait till I have someone I know visit the big apple.
BTW, I did try the NJ4's on the MV4 but didn't like it so much. They ring out much better with the chambered Ash/Morado NYC, to my ears.
Now this is VERY interesting to me.
I know I'm gonna' play around between the two HC sets on my (one and only) chambered JJ5, but this means I should definitely at least try the SCs in that bass as well and compare to my older non-chambered one. I don't have the morado board like you have, but I still think it'd be a good thing to try.
Maybe it'll be more precise to say the NJ4's felt more balance-wild with the maple board while with the morado they're more compressed - behaving "better".
Although most here think that maple and morado are very close I feel they really differ from each other. The maple has a much stronger attack with a lot of bright snap. The morado has slower attack with a warmer, more balanced (dynamically) tone. Not rosewood but very different than maple.
So I think that the fretboard wood has a lot to do with my experience.
Also, my basses a 4's. Maybe that counts somehow...
I actually totally agree with you, and I think Roger would too. Seems to me he's commented that he believes fingerboard woods make a big difference on his basses, and I think he's commented on the diffs between morado and maple before, too.
I definitely feel morado has a bit of compression in that "gank" area where maple is clearly more aggressive... that "bright snap" you're talking about. Totally agreed. I'd also add that I think morado has a bit more going on in the high sizzle area... almost like ebony does in a way. In fact, I'd probably compare morado more to ebony in general terms than maple.
IMHO.
