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These aren't stock curves--things move around!
True! Although their "good stuff" is really good.
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Sadowsky in distribution agreement with Warwick
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Yes, I am sure that Adam Nitti Jazz style bass is as nice as a Sadowsky, but a Sadowsky style headstock and the Sadowsky name would move product and seriously enhance resale value.
I think that because Hans Peter Wilfer and Roger Sadowsky are good businesspeople and classy guys in their own right that this new venture has the ingredients of success. They have a strong technical base, proven expertise in developing great products and they'll have vertically integrated manufacturing. This will work and succeed.
You may be right. I am trying to be optimistic in case this thread gets all catastrophizing and stuff.
Just found this info out myself last week. The shop apparently closed well over a year ago, I imagine reviving it would be quite a task.
I think the concept of the showroom was a hard sell in the first place. Warwicks are already viewed as overpriced. I'm a Warwick stan and even I have never bought one new/full price. I don't know how they planned on keeping the lights by showcasing only the most exotic and outlandishly expensive instruments available. Granted, NY and Nashville are hotbeds for musicians, but are there that many musicians with that much money to burn? If they revive it they should keep stock of all lines of instruments, Rockbass to custom shop.
I love how people are ever so sure it's going to be a disaster without knowing the first thing about what's going on except Sadowsky and Warwick now have a deal. And if you're shopping for a Metro, you obviously don't care that Roger didn't place it on an altar and bless it with holy water. So what difference does it make? I'm sure Warwick will have to meet quality standards that Roger has set, and they probably will. I'm not a big fan of Warwick, but it's obvious they know how to make basses and guitars. If not, THEN is the time to complain, not now.
Just goes to show you what I always say...give a whiny Talkbasser control of a major company and it will go bankrupt within a year.
Just goes to show you what I always say...give a whiny Talkbasser control of a major company and it will go bankrupt within a year.
I just want to be the first person to call this the "Wardowsky Era" if things go well and the "Sadwick Era" if they don't...
I totally agree with you, Jimmy.
I do want to make it clear as someone who has owned 4 metro's, 2 NYC',s and has basically decided that Sadowsky Ash/Maple J basses will be my #1's for the duration. First I trust Roger Sadowsky's decisions, Like Mike Tobias and a few other Bass builders I've met at NAMM Roger is no doubt a stand up guy for whom legacy and continued quality are important. I can't imagine he agreed to this deal without real guarantees, and remember Roger didn't sell the company to Warwick to remain on as a consultant the way a few deals in the industry have gone down. This is a licensing and distribution deal. One of the things I've seen in Rogers basses wether Metro's or NYC's was the most consistent quality in the business. I never played a bad one, and I never played one that uniquely stood out. They were ALL very good exceptional instruments and an Ash Maple Sadowsky sounds like an Ash Maple Sadowsky, it will be interesting to see if that continues.
My only question is that part of the appeal of Metro's and Metro Express is that service was still provided by Rogers shop and wasn't bettered by anyone in the business. In other words, wether you owned a $6000 dollar custom NYC, or a $1800 express you were provided the same excellent level of service. I would like to know if that will continue. Not that I've needed any. The only issue I ever was to replace one tuner on my Metro Will Lee, that was handled by Hipshot.
My only question is that part of the appeal of Metro's and Metro Express is that service was still provided by Rogers shop and wasn't bettered by anyone in the business. In other words, wether you owned a $6000 dollar custom NYC, or a $1800 express you were provided the same excellent level of service. I would like to know if that will continue. Not that I've needed any. The only issue I ever was to replace one tuner on my Metro Will Lee, that was handled by Hipshot.
Roger is over the top when it comes to quality and instrument to instrument consistency. I’ve owned many of his basses. I would bet that months of due diligence has been going on behind the scenes...specification reviews, prototypes wood selection, actual cost model, etc. If it has his name on it I’m betting these basses will meet or exceed the Metro’s quality.
I own a newer Team Built Thumb bass. It is objectively a high-quality instrument. The one time I contacted Warwick, Hans Peter Wilfer promptly responded to my email.
I don't own a Sadowsky, but this change doesn't make me any more or less likely to buy one in the future. It seems like a smart move to me.
I don't own a Sadowsky, but this change doesn't make me any more or less likely to buy one in the future. It seems like a smart move to me.
I wonder if they’re considering moving the RockBass line into Japan?
edit: never mind, I read reps comment that ops are moving to Warwick production site
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I just don't think of Nashville as Warwick country. But I think Sadowsky has a good presence there in the pro circuit.
I'm sure many, including myself, will be disappointed if the Satin line goes away. But the shop has to decide what makes the most sense.
Yes, Doc. But deepestend says the status of the Satin models is TBD. The press release only says that the shop will continue to make "NYC Custom Shop" instruments.
