Poll: Custom Sadowsky Build, need your opinion

[grumpyfunk]

So I'm getting ready to order my first custom Sadowsky. It will be a Will Lee 5, 59 Burst with Black Hardware and no pickguard or control plate, but I can't seem to settle on a finish. I'm trying to decide between Spalted, Flame or Quilted Maple.

Quilted:
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Flame:
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or Spalted:
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thanks!

 

[FronTowardEnemy]

Personally I wood go for spalted. Pun intended.

 

[Thick McRunfast]

1. Quilted
2. Flame

Don't care for spalted

 

[FrenchBassQC]

Spalted for me two. Pun intended.

 

[joelns]

Of those, I'd go spalted. It's got more character.

I'm considering a custom Sadowsky too! No idea what I'm going to do with the top and finish yet.

 

[mmbongo]

Spalted for sure. Everybody has quilted or flame.

 

[BASSKADET]

Spalted

 

[Ewo]

1. Spalted.

2. Quilted.

3. Flame.

But they're all great-looking.

 

[JLY]

Spalted for me as we'll
But really there are no wrong choices here.

 

[verycoolname]

Spalted. It's less common than quilted/flamed, and it's damn sexy.

 

[bass12]

I love spalted maple but on that bass, because of the block inlays, I think the quilted top looks best (the vertical aspect of the blocks work well with the vertical aspect of the quilt in my opinion). Spalted maple would be my second choice.

 

[grumpyfunk]

Thanks Guys spalted is running away with it!

 

[pedroims]

Of those choices I will pick spalted but I like burl maple better

 

[grumpyfunk]

Oh yeah, burl is really nice, so much so that actually have a fretless with a burly maple top
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[pjbassist]

Spalted all the way! They all look great though. The black hardware is KILLER, I wish more builders would offer that option!

 

[sricks3]

I usually like flamed better than quilted, but that is some really pretty quilting on the example pic you posted. If you can get that actual bass, I'd go quilted. Otherwise, I'd say flamed. I like the spalted look sometimes, but I don't think I like it as much as the others under that sunburst.

But of course, that's my opinion. It's your bass and your money. Get the one you like.

 

[deepestend]

Spalted or burl for sure. Quilted 2nd.

 

[RedMoses]

With the 59' Burst i think the flamed Maple will work best, I DID have a Sadowsky 59' burst over quilted maple, it looked fantastic.

Spalted maple is very pretty but it is so busy that it does not work well with a burst, if you go with a solid finish i would work with the spalted nicely.

 

[Rosebud]

I'm with RedMoses, flamed would look great with a 59 burst, otherwise I'd pick a natural spalted look any day of the week.

 

[ole Jason]

Quilted looks very "dated" IMO. I like flame but I'd go with spalted on that color.