I am in areal bind here. I curently own a marcus miller 5 string and the tone is just lacking. I replaced the pick ups with two lindy fralin pckups hoping to cure the problem, they did help, but the tone is still not what im looking for these days. It has tons of bottom and treble but no mids at all. I am currently looking at a sadowsky and a alleva coppolla 5 string basses. I have not had the priviledge to play either yet and would like anyine who owns either of these basses to go at it and explain the pros and cons of both. Thanks to all who participate.
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I need everyones help here who own a sadowsky or alleva copolla basses!!
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sadowsky preamps are purposely slightly mid scooped.
if you are looking for the growly midrange kind of jazz bass, go with the alleva copolla, which is similar to the deluxe MIA jazz basses in sound.
just my .02
if you are looking for the growly midrange kind of jazz bass, go with the alleva copolla, which is similar to the deluxe MIA jazz basses in sound.
just my .02
One of my close friends owns one... if you go with the Maple neck and Ash body, even with the boost only 2 band eq Sadowsky uses he gets a very growly sound that is to die for... outside of that maple/ash combo the growl vanishes if that is what you are after... but the maple ash sounds great... it is the modern pick up configuration as well....both pick ups are closer to the bridge...this probably adds to the growl as well.
Sadowskys can get you a good growl, especially if you go with single coil pickups and keep the preamp flat or almost flat. I think that many people find the Sadowskys mid scooped because they use too much bass and trebble, giving the impression that the mids are not there, but they are... and they growl.
Having owned and gigged both, from what you are describing the Alleva Coppolo is the better fit. Warmer and more organic sounding IMO. Both great basses, though.
I own both. They are both great, and per the posts above, the Alleva's will give you that real mid oriented, classic Jazz growl.
The Sadowsky basses with the single coil pickups will be a bit more aggressive and modern sounding, but will have plenty of mid growl and punch.
I would avoid the Sadowsky stock HC pickups if you are going with an ash/maple bass... they are more pure, deep and sizzly without the mid range push of the single coils. They sound fine to me in the alder/RW models, but even then are more on the 'wide and pure side'.
Do a search, there's lots of other differences between these two bass lines, and quite a few different models within each line.
One additional comment. I find those Fralin pickups somewhat scooped and thin sounding. If you like the way your bass plays, I would recommend trying a set of Seymour Duncan Antiquity II single coils. Those are basically the pickups that Sadowsky uses for their single coil option, and they are just wonderful. Plenty of low end and sizzly, but that very classic 60's sort of warm mid presence that sounds so good in a mix.
The Sadowsky basses with the single coil pickups will be a bit more aggressive and modern sounding, but will have plenty of mid growl and punch.
I would avoid the Sadowsky stock HC pickups if you are going with an ash/maple bass... they are more pure, deep and sizzly without the mid range push of the single coils. They sound fine to me in the alder/RW models, but even then are more on the 'wide and pure side'.
Do a search, there's lots of other differences between these two bass lines, and quite a few different models within each line.
One additional comment. I find those Fralin pickups somewhat scooped and thin sounding. If you like the way your bass plays, I would recommend trying a set of Seymour Duncan Antiquity II single coils. Those are basically the pickups that Sadowsky uses for their single coil option, and they are just wonderful. Plenty of low end and sizzly, but that very classic 60's sort of warm mid presence that sounds so good in a mix.
