Thanks again.
Oh, and you'll be appreciating me one more time hopefully before the year is out. I can't take it anymore.
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Oh, and you'll be appreciating me one more time hopefully before the year is out. I can't take it anymore.
It's your interaction and kindness and support and everything about you and your team in NYC and Tokyo that makes us feel like we are somebody and deserve one of your fine instruments. I'm only a newbie and do not own one of your basses, yet. It's on order and I selected the body last night. Kevin has the go ahead now.
So, Thank you (Everyone at Sadowsky) for your support!
Excellent interview! It really shows how much detail, care and love go into Roger's instruments. For anyone that says, "how can you spend so much on a Fender clone?". I say watch that interview! It truly makes me appreciate my Sadowsky even more!
It was also interesting to learn what kind of preamp is in my bass, which was built in 1988.
DAMN!
Now that I watched the video with Roger explaining how he builds guitars and his attention to detail... it just confirms in my mind that I will settle for no less than a Sadowsky bass.
I haven't made up my mind yet on which one's to choose but I'm workin on it.
Count me in as a SADOWSKY NUT!!
Now that I watched the video with Roger explaining how he builds guitars and his attention to detail... it just confirms in my mind that I will settle for no less than a Sadowsky bass.
I haven't made up my mind yet on which one's to choose but I'm workin on it.
Count me in as a SADOWSKY NUT!!
Does anybody have a 4 string Modern with P and J pickups? That would be my dream bass...especially in black and maple.
So after last night's gig (3 days after hernia surgery) with the M5-24. I decided that the Modern5-24 / Nordstrand Big Singles combo is a KEEPER
!I am really glad that thinks worked out soundwise between the M5-24 and me as it plays better and is lighter than my trusted MV5.
I also got the OK from our soundtech to keep the bass.
Chain was:
M5-24 -> Peterson Strobostomp -> Demeter Compulator -> RedDi (with occasional BDDI use for dirt).
is it true wat roger said in the video about the mid range?
he said that boosting the mids may sound pleasant to us when we are playing alone or thru the monitor, but in the audience, boosting the mids only makes the sound muddy.
which is why he uses treble and bass only in his basses.
from TB'ers around here i always heard about how mid's are the key to cutting thru the mix but hmm that goes against everything.
he said that boosting the mids may sound pleasant to us when we are playing alone or thru the monitor, but in the audience, boosting the mids only makes the sound muddy.
which is why he uses treble and bass only in his basses.
from TB'ers around here i always heard about how mid's are the key to cutting thru the mix but hmm that goes against everything.
Well, I think this is too general.
You can "add" mids by favoring the neck or bridge PU...
I am using my amps mids boost to cut thru on stage.That is not necessarily what needs to be eq'ed at the FOH desk.
My on stage sound has no influence on my DI sound that goes to the FOH.
The DI signal is always the same, but stage acoustics and eq on the amp vary depending on the venue.
In my experience when you have a full band playing some busy musical stuff the mid/low-mid frequencies are dominated by guitars (distorted power chords etc.) and keyboards (which for some reason always get boosted at the low-mid). In this kind of situation boosting the bass around these frequencies will create a muddy effect which you don't want. The bass will shine in the areas where no other pitched instrument is dominating - which is generally at the edges right where the bass drum and symbols are. The Sadowsky preamp is doing just exactly that.
Playing in a small combo, say a piano-bass-drums trio, the borders get wider. Depending on music style there might be more room for overlapping frequencies, so boosting mids on a bass solo in a jazz setting for example (while piano is taking two steps back) will push the bass in the mix nicely.
IMO this is true live or in the studio.
Well, first of all, keep in mind he qualified it pretty strongly to point out "in his opinion" because he knew there's a lot of differing opinions on this.
Also, he was speaking generally of mids, but that was based on context of a pretty specific frequency... the non-crossover point of his preamp, which I believe was down around 250Hz. To me, that's LOW mids, and yeah, you don't cut mixes or add definition that much down there.
IMHO, the midrange is the most critical area to deal with when talking about cutting mixes, but what you do totally depends on your amp, your fingers, your bass, your style, the venue, etc., etc., etc.
In fact, many studio engineers will bump around 400Hz on a Fender bass to help give it identity in the mix, and I'd agree with that based on at least my experiences live cutting mixes, and actually quite nasty ones as well.
While I don't really miss the midrange control on Sadowsky basses due to their native voicing, I do feel that boosting mids, depending on ALL the other circumstances, has great benefits.
Maybe in the context of his basses, especially the Modern/24F soapbar models, yeah, I personally can't see adding mids to those, but for other basses/circumstances, definitely.
...IMHO of course...
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My MS5 has PLENTY of mids when barely favoring the bridge pickup. All I know is that pre sounds better than any other 3 band pre I've had.
Sorry for the less than stellar photos, but I have added another to the family:
Already have a detuner to throw on it as well.
Already have a detuner to throw on it as well.
So after last night's gig (3 days after hernia surgery) with the M5-24. I decided that the Modern5-24 / Nordstrand Big Singles combo is a KEEPER
I am really glad that thinks worked out soundwise between the M5-24 and me as it plays better and is lighter than my trusted MV5.
I also got the OK from our soundtech to keep the bass.
Chain was:
M5-24 -> Peterson Strobostomp -> Demeter Compulator -> RedDi (with occasional BDDI use for dirt).
The curse is lifted! The curse is lifted!!! 
Well Gilles, I didn't know that you had sourced some Nordies for the M5-24, but I bet it's a very different beast now .Sooooooooooooooooo, glad that you're gonna keep it and get some use out if it
.All the best,
Andy
