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Sadowsky Gallery (Part 2)

#241
As long as we're talking about 24-Frets (or Metro Moderns, for that matter), I have a quick question.

Someone recently mentioned to me they were told these are "comparable" to Musicman basses. My knee-jerk reaction was to laugh my rear end off, but then I thought, hmmm, well, they do both have a very cutting mid type voice, maybe they are fairly comparable in some ways. I don't think I'd say the tone is similar tho.

Thoughts?
 
#242
Vic said:
As long as we're talking about 24-Frets (or Metro Moderns, for that matter), I have a quick question.

Someone recently mentioned to me they were told these are "comparable" to Musicman basses. My knee-jerk reaction was to laugh my rear end off, but then I thought, hmmm, well, they do both have a very cutting mid type voice, maybe they are fairly comparable in some ways. I don't think I'd say the tone is similar tho.

Thoughts?
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Man, I don't hear any similarity in the tone, nor do they feel or play the same IMO.
 
#246
Here's the first Sadowsky I ever bought. It was my custom "Will Lee" model. It's been through quite a lot, but the battle scars don't bother me at all. Nothing I've ever played just "fits" me like this bass does.

It just turned 18 last month. :D
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#254
I don't have a picture of it since "the change," but I thought I'd let folks know I changed the voice of my Sadowsky PJ. After a great deal of deliberation, I decided that I ultimately like a passive single coil sound better, so I converted my Sadowsky back to a Jazz and went further and swapped out the pickups with some special order Lindy Fralin single coil pickups that have a 5% overwound and steel pole pieces.

I miss the PJ sound some, but it now sounds like a classic late-60s Jazz, but with a touch more growl. It kills in passive mode, and it's also great having the Sadowsky preamp in there as well. In many ways, it's like having a vintage fender, but with better parts and the option of the Sadowsky pre. At some point I may go back to having it as a PJ, but I'm just digging the sound so much right now that it will be a while before I do that.

Comment from the luthier (while playing it unplugged) who helped me do the swap: "Man, Roger Sadowsky sure does use some good wood. This bass really sings!"
 
#256
I can't take a photo that does it justice for now:

Vintage NYC J-bass 5 with smaller alder body
Standard grade quilted maple top
Ebony board on maple neck
Sadowsk HC J pups
Tort p/g (with white pearloid in reserve)
Chrome hardware

Starting off with Sad light bright nickels.

Kevin reckons I'll 'love the hell out of it' - no time to lose . .
 

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Pan said:
I can't take a photo that does it justice for now:

Vintage NYC J-bass 5 with smaller alder body
Standard grade quilted maple top
Ebony board on maple neck
Sadowsk HC J pups
Tort p/g (with white pearloid in reserve)
Chrome hardware

Starting off with Sad light bright nickels.

Kevin reckons I'll 'love the hell out of it' - no time to lose . .
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SWEET!@!!:hyper:
 

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