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New (Used) Sadowsky Questions

JPMcGuire

JPMcGuire

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Jul 13, 2008
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Lake Orion, Michigan
#1
Hi All Sadowsky experts

I just ordered a new to me used Sadowsky NYC Vintage 5

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Should be coming in the mail next week.

Several questions:

1). I notice this one has a 1 3/4" nut width? How does that compare to the standard width? Easy to play? nice neck fast? or to thin?

2). The fingerboard mentioned on the site is just "rosewood". Is this Indian Rosewood?

Anyone have experience with this spec or simliar spec?

Thanks much!
 
#3
Swamp Ash body with natural finish is usually solid, not chambered. The board is very dark but I think if it was Brazilian RW it would be mentioned.
Personally I prefer a 1.75" nut on a 5. They're more hard to find. One way or another it looks killer! Congrats.
 
#7
Ronen said:
Could be, but Madagascar Rosewood can be as dark.
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+1
So it's no Pau Ferro, but strange it's no Morado, not unusual on such Sadowskies

Dunno about its weight, but I too tend to think it to be light ash more than NYC's "expected-to-be-chambered"... BTW I definitely can be wrong

Very very good bass buddy anyway
only thing I find disappointin' (I just feel envy, don't get fooled) it's the Vintage Tone Control

Sadowsky has one of the very best, if not The Best, electronic out there, so powerful that's unbelievable how it sounds "true-to-passive"

Yet, once you disengage it, the bass, in its very passive mode, is way less excitin'.

Cheers,
Wallace
 
#10
lou24d53 said:
That's one beautiful bass!!
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+1 Great spec. I like the solid ash bodies (which this one probably has due to the natural body and the half pound heavier weight than the typical NYC Vintage weight spec).

Most of the RW NYC basses tend to be Madagascar RW, although that one looks quite a bit darker than the typical 'red/brown' board, so who knows. Roger doesn't use Indian RW as far as I know.

It will sound great. To the OP, IF you find the bass just a bit scooped and a bit sizzly up top for your tastes (and you most likely won't), swap out the standard HC pickups for the Sadowsky single coils. Those pickups are more mid present, and a bit more 'grindy' than sizzly up top, moving that bass to a touch more 'traditional' in voicing.
 
#11
Thanks guys. What do you think about the 1 3/4" nut? Compared to the standard width?

I have tried the uber light chambered sadowskys and actually prefer something around 9lbs. Especially on a five so excited to try this one.

Really curious what type of rosewood this could be for the board?
 
#12
Why don't you call the shop and ask about the fingerboard? They're great people and should have more information. Regarding the 1.75 nut, I find them to be much more comfortable to play with my smaller hands, and since I switched away from the 1 7/8 I won't go back. I find them to be fast and the transition was easy.

That's a nice looking bass, enjoy.
 
#14
I have two Sadowsky 5/24, one with 1.75, the other 1.87. I'm comfortable with each, but definitely prefer the 1.75. Also, I find the 5/24 neck quite different from the rest, and suspect that the benefit of the 1.75 is more significant there, then with the 5/24. Your new bass should be a blast.
 
#20
Thanks. Kind of like a non chambered actually. 9lbs is my perfect target weight. Too light and the neck dive sets in IME. I seem to like the dynamics and tone better with the solid body IME/IMO

Not sure what the bridge spacing is on this one? good question. I was assuming 19mm
 

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