well, instead of making a whole separate thread, figure i amend to the beast that this thread is becoming. "Shroe-dah-Heads", eat yer heart out!
sooo, had a half day, stopped by the shop, and WOAH NELLY...
its small.
hehe, yup, its small! despite being 4 rack, i was a little surprised by its depth. maybe 2/3 the depth of my DB728. dunno if it weighs as much as 6 walter woods, or 1 box of Total, but it was definitely lighter than i thought. admittedly, i havent been to the gym in 4 yrs. so there's no chance i'd lift my DB359 off the top of the NV610 in the standing position. but look ma! i could easily lift the sadowsky amp! my alessandro basset hound, nonwithstanding, its one of the lighter all tube amps i've cradled and caressed... errr, ahem... held.
and while, i didnt have my bass on hand, with 9 or 10 sad's on the wall, had no trouble finding one similar to mine. plugged in a sweet natural finish ash bodied, tortoise guard, maple board V-5, and started w/ the EQ flat on the amp, all running into the newly redesigned shallow Berg 210. granted, at this point, ii start my EQ arm twisting, but w/ just the tone controls on the sad bass, i nearly shed a tear. weighty, fat, open, airy, tastes great, less filling, yes its all in there. simply fantastic.
and while, i'm not a fan of the smaller/thinner newly redesigned Berg 210, w/ the Sadowsky amp, they were starsky & hutch, riggs & murtaugh, dean & jerry, heck, tom & jerry! the Berg translated the sad tone in all its glory. sure, the NV610 cab was ok to my ears, but then again, i'm too used to have tweeters, especially for slappin', and this coming from an Acme guy.
the EQ section was voiced nicely, and even tho, i've metamorphosed into a horrificly mutated, 8-armed, parametric EQ freak, i was more than happy w/ the front end's performance. the 80Hz knob did a great job of removing some boom, the 3kHz knob pulled away some of that awful string noise, and the 800Hz midrange knob gave me a nice upfront punch, without that annoying harshness i'd get in other amps. best of all, the "bottom" & "top" knob have me that saturating sadowsky fatness i get w/ the sad onboard pre. yay! again, i'm supremely picky about EQ's, and i'd probably use a parametric in the loop, much to the chagrin to Roger, but if i'm found without, no withdrawal shakes here.
what really knocked me down was the "clean / fat" switch, tho i thinks Roger should have named it the "clean shaven / FAT burly man w/ a hairy back who watches Longhorn football" switch. in the clean position, i could get a silky smooth tube sound reminiscent of the Demeter tube gear, but in the fat position, there's this hairy warm, furry yet musical glow of semi sweet overdrive that seems to bearhug the overall sound. addictive? like fresh lemon custard. w/ the fat switch on, you can take the gain and volume knobs further for that overdrive sound found natively in the sulphur laden plains of new jersey.
those are just some initial thoughts, and didnt have alot of time to spend with, so i'll be going back with my Epifani UL310 and Acme B2 for some real sonic understanding. i'll try and write something up in comparison to my DB359. that is, unless Tommy beats me to it...
btw, if anyone wants to hear the Sadowsky amp live, get some tickets to a Vince Gill show near you. AFAR(oger)K, michael rhodes'll be implementing it into his live rig.
BTW, FYI,
i got to see the new two channel preamp pedal, which has been extreme makeover'd from the ol' version. the first channel is the same we know, love, and slobber over, but the second channel sports a midrange knob alongside a nifty sweepable freqency knob for all y'all clamouring for a sadowsky style midrange knob. and while, i wasnt allowed to try it due to some minor tweaks roger wanted to try, it functions much like a souped up BassBone; i.e. the ability to run two basses at once, or one bass into the two channels for some tonal switching. and the options ante have been upped to include a handy headphone out, as well as the ability to switch from an "instrument" level out, or a
"line" level out to run into a power amp!!! precursor to the rackmount preamp? oh, the giddy adrenaline!
it must be a bad case of GAS 
OKAY, NOW I'M HOOKED! DB359 has always been the greatest amp tonewise to my ears! If the SA200 is even better it must be a sound out of this world! 
Thanks for the review Jokerjkny...Seems like this amp is gonna set a new standard for all tube heads...
