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New (Used) Sadowsky Questions

#21
19mm. Looks like Brazilian board to me. Probably non chambered at that weight. 1.75 is killer. You'll love the neck. I'd gig it w the hc pickups. If you don't fall in love, try some singles. I've had Sadowskys in the 7.5lb range w no neck dive. Wouldn't worry about that aspect of it

Rob
 
#23
cool. 19mm is my choice, since I sometimes slap. Cool, 9lbs is not by any means a deal breaker for me. I kind of like some heft to the feel of the instrument. plus 9.5lbs is over my limit.

I'm going to try the stock HC pick ups for sure. the only other sadowsky I had was a Metro RV4 and thought is was awesome for a live bass.
 
#25
IMO Brazilian Rosewood is one kind of wood that gives everything a bass player could want. From fat, warm, round fingerstyle tone, to bright and snappy slap tone.

Where you typically think of rosewood as warm and maple as bright, Brazilian Rosewood is a perfect mix of the two.

I never played a Sadowsky with a Brazilian Rosewood board, but my '66 Jazz has one, and its just perfect.
 
#28
michricker said:
Thanks! I gave them a call and Kevin was very helpful. I'm really curious where sadowsky gets this Brazillian for their fingerboards? Since the ban numerous years ago do you think it's from old stock? Stump wood? More of a curiousity to me.
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You are correct in that the only source (that I know of and from talking to various luthiers) is either stump wood (which is quite rare these days) or old stock, which is one of the reasons it is such an expensive upgrade these days.
 
#29
thisSNsucks said:
IMO Brazilian Rosewood is one kind of wood that gives everything a bass player could want. From fat, warm, round fingerstyle tone, to bright and snappy slap tone.

Where you typically think of rosewood as warm and maple as bright, Brazilian Rosewood is a perfect mix of the two.

I never played a Sadowsky with a Brazilian Rosewood board, but my '66 Jazz has one, and its just perfect.
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I've played a few basses that were otherwise similar but had different type of rosewood boards. It is pretty subtle. To me, the king of 'sitting in the middle of the classic rosewood tone and the classic maple tone' is Morado. Not expensive, looks similar to 'real' rosewood, and has just that bit of edge up top.

That being said, visually, I like the dark look of the Brazilian or India much more than the more 'red' look of the Madagascar. Pure IMO there.
 
#30
Cool. I heard sadowsky had a some of old stock brazillian they have been using for NYCs over the years from a friend who visited the shop. I doubt they would be using the stump wood for such expensive high quality instruments.

I have tried maple board basses lately and just to much upper grind for me. I actually prefer the slap tone on alder rosewood sadowskys.

Hopefully this solid ash with the brw board is just the right mix for recording and live. I may have to try singles. I really like the fact that its solid ash and not chambered. I'm one of the few after trying several chambered NYC basses I like the solid for some reason better.

Hopefully It arrives today as condition expected. This is a bass the us military sold last week to guitar center and I picked it up the first day it went on the net for sale! I'm one of the few on here that has had good luck with used guitar center stuff. 30 day full money back if you don't like it to boot. They had a great price on this sadowsky I couldn't pass up giving it a shot.
 
#31
michricker said:
Cool. I heard sadowsky had a some of old stock brazillian they have been using for NYCs over the years from a friend who visited the shop. I doubt they would be using the stump wood for such expensive high quality instruments.

I have tried maple board basses lately and just to much upper grind for me. I actually prefer the slap tone on alder rosewood sadowskys.

Hopefully this solid ash with the brw board is just the right mix for recording and live. I may have to try singles. I really like the fact that its solid ash and not chambered. I'm one of the few after trying several chambered NYC basses I like the solid for some reason better.

Hopefully It arrives today as condition expected. This is a bass the us military sold last week to guitar center and I picked it up the first day it went on the net for sale! I'm one of the few on here that has had good luck with used guitar center stuff. 30 day full money back if you don't like it to boot. They had a great price on this sadowsky I couldn't pass up giving it a shot.
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It should be a beauty!

Per stumpwood, I had a stumpwood brazilian board on a Nordstand J and it was among the most beautiful looking boards I've ever seen.

Enjoy that bass!
 
#32
Was a beautiful bass. Just sold to pickles. Bought it and tried it in a shot out with my new MTD over the last few days. Very hard decision but since I have a great 64 cs jazz relic thought the MTD would better compliment the old jazz. Can't go wrong either way and got to check out a great Brazilian board sadowsky!
 
#34
Yes and no. These days with a new job I'm not doing any serious gigging at large venues at the moment. Did have a chance to bring it to a holiday party and played a set with a three piece. My brother and future sister in law are both pro musicians so every family function is a gig basically! I was able to bump the treble and bass in addition to dialing back the vtc and got a near perfect tone for the mix. Sounded and played great. I also brought along my trusty cs 64 jazz wearing flats and my new MTD 535. I was able as usual playing through a walkabout able to get a killer smooth old school tone for these jazz vibe holiday tunes we were playing through with both basses. Actually both the sadowsky and the 64 jazz are snobbed by some other musicians for this type of setting with a strong bias towards DB! That's another thread. For this type of setting I felt more at home on a 4 string for some reason. When I try next sadowsky I want to try similar spec in a 4. With the right wood combo I have recently found MTD USA fits my hand best with it's neck profile for a 5 and six string. This new one I got to compare over the holidays was an alder body with maple neck and board. I had an ash body ash neck recently that was to over the top with sizzle and upper mids. This new MTD wood combo was perfect for me, smooth, articulate, yet traditional sounding. Still rather different tonally to the sadowsky, different flavors, both good. I could dial in both to sound similar in the mix with this wood combo. I'm 6'2 with long arms so the 35 scale and body shape of the MTD seems to fits me better.

This sadowsky was great just can't afford to keep everything at the moment so it better in the hands of someone who can use and enjoy it!
 
#35
KJung said:
That being said, visually, I like the dark look of the Brazilian or India much more than the more 'red' look of the Madagascar. Pure IMO there.
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Brazilian can have red overtones, too. I love chocolate brown and caramel-streaked Brazilian boards, but reddish Braz is a perfect visual match for my CAR Sadowsky P5. If the Sadowsky shop did that by design (and they might well have), then props to them.

And it sounds great, too. Just as thisSNsucks said, the treble response isn't as muted as most rosewoods, but it doesn't have the "upper grind" of maple (as michricker put it). Morado/pau ferro also has a lot of snap on top.
 

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