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Sadowsky

#2
SIG said:
Can I get some opinions on what type of music a Sadowsky bass is good for. I was told basicly good for funk not good for rock or blues.
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Who ever told you that...well obviously knows nothing about Sadowsky basses.

They are good for anything you can throw at it. Look at all the different types of music Will Lee plays on the Letterman show....and he has been playing a Sadowsky for years. I use mine all the time for blues.

Here is some video a friend shot of some blues...with a Sadowsky!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8M9iDqJnDc
 
#4
They're really only good for Lebanese wedding music. That's it and for nothing else. :-) ...Seriously, let's get real. Sadowsky basses are used by everyone from Bon Jovi to Ricky Minor, you know, the guy who played bass for American Idol, the show that just about covers just about every kind of music on Top 40 radio.
Anyway, you get the point. :-)
I've played everything from jazz to hard rock on mine and it doesn't disappoint.
 
#5
I don't play a Sadowsky, but here ya go. I follow a singer-songwriter in the Hudson Valley (a couple of CDs out, but not a star). Her bass player plays a Sadowsky, and the sound - on what you might call country-rock - is completely amazing. The bass just jumps out at you on the recordings.

Then I was at a wedding last weekend and the dance band just kicked butt, playing every style from The Band to Aretha Franklin. Amazing bass sound. Walked up there during a break ... another Sadowsky.

I'm sold. I just need to save up the bucks. :bassist:
 
#8
This is a surprising question. I consider my Sadowsky P/J to be the most flexible instrument I have ever used.

I have recorded for XM/FM radio programming, TV (PBS), podcasts, and assorted CDs using my Sadowsky P/J 4-string, and have taken it on the road for months at a time. Currently, about the only time I don't use it is if I simply must have a low B 5 string or an upright.

OK, for "fun gigs" I switch to other instruments I have, but if it is a professional $$$ situation, I take the Sadowsky P/J. That goes for any style of music except Classical and some Jazz.
 
#12
I play a Sadowsky Modern 5 strung with TI flats. I took it to a blues jam a couple nights ago and it sounded way better than the Fenders and G&l basses that were strung with rounds that others were playing. I have recorded countryish type stuff and used it with a Phish/Dead/Panic band. I have also recorded smooth jazz with it. Click here for samples, I used it on "Eye of the Storm"

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#14
...Or was only 14 years old. Seriously, I can't imagine a grown person making such a dunderheaded statement. Forget for a moment that we're talking about a super-versatile product line... and forget for a moment that this brand makes several different-sounding basses... even supposedly "jazz" basses are perfect for metal, and even supposedly "rock" basses are perfect for funk, and round and round we go. The idea that a bass would be "only good for" one type of music is flat boneheaded.
 

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