Club Sadowsky!!!

[SpectorDetector]

Can you buy the more traditional P knobs that the NY series uses to put on your Metro?

 

[Chasarms]

Can you buy the more traditional P knobs that the NY series uses to put on your Metro?

Pretty much any set screw type knob ought to work. I say go to allparts and pick out the ones you like.

 

[simongpaez]

nice,

anyone second this?

+ 1 pretty similar and less expensive

 

[Jerry Ziarko]

Speaking of groove!

Ahhhh, Jamerson sweetness!

 

[MikeBass]

Can you buy the more traditional P knobs that the NY series uses to put on your Metro?

Yeah, but they don't sound as good as the ones that come stock IMO.



With regards to fingerboards..........besides ebony, it was always "the lighter the brighter".
I know I've owned brazilian rosewood and madag rosewood, but to be honest, I couldn't really tell a difference.

The one I had with the braz rosewood though was absolutely beautiful. That fingerboard was amazing. Hell, that WHOLE bass was amazing. It had some serious mojo workin'.
I may have a pic of it someplace.

 

[Jerry Ziarko]

+1 A bit too much bling for me with the perloid. Just like tort with a highly figured top, just too much going on visually

HEY!!!

Surely not yous Vic. In most cases I might agree, but that beauty of yours, just kills with the tort. It just completes that package.

 

[P. Bass]

Madagascar and Brazilian rosewood do sounds and feels pretty similar to me, and Madagascar would be the best substitute of Brazilian Rosewood if you wanna save some bucks for a rosewood board.

of cos, Madagascar tends to look reddish than Dark brown brazilian rosewood.

Madagascar rosewood can also have a very porous (or open) grain as well as a grain similar to Brazilian. I think that can add a whole different esthetic to the equation. We are, after all, interested in that as well as tone. I find as much beauty in rosewood variation as that in top wood choice.
B.

 

[Chasarms]

Madagascar rosewood can also have a very porous (or open) grain as well as a grain similar to Brazilian. I think that can add a whole different esthetic to the equation. We are, after all, interested in that as well as tone. I find as much beauty in rosewood variation as that in top wood choice.
B.

While I love the feel of my BrRW board, there's not much to be said about it aesthetically. It's just a nice monochromatic chocolate brown. Not grain or variant to speak of.

 

[P. Bass]

While I love the feel of my BrRW board, there's not much to be said about it aesthetically. It's just a nice monochromatic chocolate brown. Not grain or variant to speak of.

I hear ya. Then I see some of the stuff on in stock photos Roger is using & it makes me think maybe I'll get lucky.
It's a coin toss really & either way - I'm good, as long as I don't get a slab off a loading dock skid........ ZAP!
B.

 

[zippydog]

I don't have it here @work, but wasn't Tully Kennedy (Jason Aldean) also sporting a Sadowsky in that issue?

Funny thing - an interesting story that hasn't yet been told...

You might recall that there were two Metro basses for sale on the Sadowsky site late this Summer that were "Nashville Flood Relief" basses. These were instruments that had been sent to working musicians in Nashville to keep them going after losing their gear in the floods there. One was exactly the RV5-PJ I wanted...#3977.

After my purchase, I learned a few things about who had been using my new bass before I got it. Suffice it to say that I have since become a BIG fan of Jason Aldean...and Tully Kennedy! Loving my bass...and what a cool story it has to tell!

 

[NOLA Bass]

Madagascar rosewood can also have a very porous (or open) grain as well as a grain similar to Brazilian. I think that can add a whole different esthetic to the equation. We are, after all, interested in that as well as tone. I find as much beauty in rosewood variation as that in top wood choice.
B.

This is a perfectly timed discussion as I'm ready to take the plunge and put down $500 on a custom order NYC. I've pretty much decided on a Will Lee since I love my Metro Will Lee so much (which is ash/maple). This time, I want one that can cop a little more vintage and warm sound, so going alder/rw. Then came the whole morado vs. madagascar vs brazillian. Once I realized that Morado was Pau Ferro (you learn something new each day, I have it on my US Spector), I decided that RW it is. Thus, whether to drop the bucks on Brazillian. I'm struggling to justify the upcharge over the Madagascar. Plus, I'm debating the reddish vs more chocolate colors and how that would look with my planned Shoreline Gold with Matching Headstock.

 

[SpectorDetector]

Pretty much any set screw type knob ought to work. I say go to allparts and pick out the ones you like.

Of course the Sadowsky ones have a indent dot on the top so you can see your settings that i want! I looked on All Parts and none of those had the dot. If anyone knows where i can find some I'd appreciate the heads up.

 

[Chasarms]

This is a perfectly timed discussion as I'm ready to take the plunge and put down $500 on a custom order NYC. I've pretty much decided on a Will Lee since I love my Metro Will Lee so much (which is ash/maple). This time, I want one that can cop a little more vintage and warm sound, so going alder/rw. Then came the whole morado vs. madagascar vs brazillian. Once I realized that Morado was Pau Ferro (you learn something new each day, I have it on my US Spector), I decided that RW it is. Thus, whether to drop the bucks on Brazillian. I'm struggling to justify the upcharge over the Madagascar. Plus, I'm debating the reddish vs more chocolate colors and how that would look with my planned Shoreline Gold with Matching Headstock.

Back in club 18 I posted several pics of my modern. That may give you an alternative perspective of the wood tone of BrRW verses the Sadowsky site shots.

 

[Chasarms]

Funny thing - an interesting story that hasn't yet been told...

You might recall that there were two Metro basses for sale on the Sadowsky site late this Summer that were "Nashville Flood Relief" basses. These were instruments that had been sent to working musicians in Nashville to keep them going after losing their gear in the floods there. One was exactly the RV5-PJ I wanted...#3977.

After my purchase, I learned a few things about who had been using my new bass before I got it. Suffice it to say that I have since become a BIG fan of Jason Aldean...and Tully Kennedy! Loving my bass...and what a cool story it has to tell!

You have my bass!

Well not really. Just its twin sister.

 

[SpectorDetector]

I scored on the nice looking rosewood board! Check back a few pages if you didn't see the pics, its got great stripes on it.

 

[jokerjkny]

Yeah, but they don't sound as good as the ones that come stock IMO.



With regards to fingerboards..........besides ebony, it was always "the lighter the brighter".
I know I've owned brazilian rosewood and madag rosewood, but to be honest, I couldn't really tell a difference.

The one I had with the braz rosewood though was absolutely beautiful. That fingerboard was amazing. Hell, that WHOLE bass was amazing. It had some serious mojo workin'.
I may have a pic of it someplace.

no doubt,

braz just mesmerizes... but funny enough, i had a teal metallic, mad board PJ-5 sad that is still my mental benchmark.

but thx for the info gents! seems like i'm starting to lean towards madagascar.

now, if only i can choose btwn olympic white or black pearl...

 

[BluesyCat]

Would you be able to tell the difference in the tone of Mad and Braz at all? Are they really close?

 

[BartmanPDX]

While I love the feel of my BrRW board, there's not much to be said about it aesthetically. It's just a nice monochromatic chocolate brown. Not grain or variant to speak of.

Mine has a really subtle, tight grain that doesn't show up in pics at all. Looks great close up though - a rich chocolate brown with slightly darker (almost black) grain streaks. Great feel but it looks like a uniform brown from more than a foot away.

 

[MikeBass]

no doubt,

braz just mesmerizes... but funny enough, i had a teal metallic, mad board PJ-5 sad that is still my mental benchmark.

but thx for the info gents! seems like i'm starting to lean towards madagascar.

now, if only i can choose btwn olympic white or black pearl...

Ahh!!! Now, which color sounds better???? Oly White or Black Pearl??
That's the REAL question!!

 

[P. Bass]

Mine has a really subtle, tight grain that doesn't show up in pics at all. Looks great close up though - a rich chocolate brown with slightly darker (almost black) grain streaks. Great feel but it looks like a uniform brown from more than a foot away.

I guess "more than a foot away" is where the beauty turns audio.
B.