Sadowsky P or Lakland P?

How 'bout a Lull P4 or P5....or are you focused on the Lakland and Sadowsky options exclusively?

 

For sure take a look at the Lull P Basses! I have a P-4 and I'd never sell it. I'm sure the Laklands and Sadowsky's are super basses also but I just happened to end up with a Lull and it's without a doubt a keeper

Here's a pic......

 

I have a Lakland P and it is awesome. Mine is customized in a few unusual respects (micarta nut, large neck, ash body). Dan Lakin is one of the nicest most professional people I have ever done business with. The Fralin P pickup nails the vintage sound better than any other P pickup I have heard. Willie Kent, the world's greatest blues bass player just switched to Lakland after playing his 1958 Fender Precision for 45 years. I have never heard or played a Sadowsky P but it is difficult for me to imagine a P getting any better than a Lakland.

 

Hands down The Sadowsky, there beautiful basses high quility good's and im thinking about getting one as my next bass

 

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I have a Sadowsky pj4 and love it. I'd highly recommend the Sadowsky over the other two mentioned. I've owned all mentioned and have found the Sadowsky build quality, customer service, and preamp to be superior to the others.

Rob

 

Hi,

I own two of Roger Sadowsky's basses and they are the finest I've ever laid my hands and eyes on. Besides, his customer service is the best out there, I would go for a Sadowsky...I am going to order an ultra-vintage P bass later this year myself.

 

i don't know that i would want the sadowsky preamp in this application. i suppose it would be nice to have for variety, but are you looking for that passive grind type of thing, or something hifi? i would probably choose the lakland myself. i think in the jazz bass realm though the sadowsky would be the favorite.

 

My sadowsky basses nails the passive old-school tone when the pre-amp is bypassed and a small tweak on the passive tone control, I've gigged in passive mode a couple of times and it sounds awesome!!! If you want the best of both worlds Sadowsky is IT!!!

 

Those Sadowsky Ultra-Vintage's look really sweet. Too bad I'm not even remotely close to anywhere that I could try one out/too poor to be able to ever afford one.

 

SADOWSKY! Get a Ultravintage P or PJ. I love mine!

 

How about Warmoth? You can really make some
beautiful instruments with their stuff, plus you
get a wider range of woods, finishes, specs, and options. Sadowsky sells his pickups and electronics kits on his website if you want
to use those. With a minimal amount of mechanical
ability, some patience, and perhaps a little assistance from a luthier to do the final set up,
you'll have a beautiful instrument, and save a
huge amount of dough in the process. It just
won't have the headstock logo.

 

The Lakland Glaub fingerboard is flatter than that on a vintage Fender Precision (10" radius vs. 7.25" radius respectively). Also Lakland uses quarter-sawn maple necks with graphite rods. Most Fender necks are flat-sawn and graphite free, and I believe Sadowsky uses flat-sawn necks on his basses as well.

Neck radius and construction may be minor considerations to some, but they definitely affect the tone and feel of a bass in my experience. I owned a Lakland Glaub PJ for a short period of time. Build quality was top notch and the bass sounded wonderful. However it didn't quite nail the Precision sound/feel/vibe.

 

I tried that with a "P" style bass and even though I had great electronics and I like the quality of Warmoth part, it was no where near the quality or tone of my Sadowskys. You do get what you pay for.

Jeff

 

Sometimes. But, for example, I've had gourmet pizza and Pizza Hut sometimes I think the latter is great and former overpriced.

 

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

 

A chain is only as strong as it's weakest link.