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The Fendowsky Club

#41
I'm in! Here's my story... I was going for a minimalist Tony Franklin vibe and then Joinercape posted a pic of his new Sadowsky P-J (EXACTLY as I WILL order one next year). Well, being impatient, and dealing with the ($$$) wedding of my daughter in June, I had to improvise. Here are the results...

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Incredibly awesome American Standard Precision (Custom Shop built) factory prototype neck - worthy of this project IME - buffed out Highway 1 P body with nitro finish (again, THANKS Joinercape) - Fralin pups (+10% on J) - Sadowsky Pre with VTC - Sadowsky Bridge - Sadowsky flats - and a Sadowsky Ultralite case to carry it in (thanks to the bozo on eBay who listed it as a "Sadowski" case).

SOUND is monsterous!!! :bassist: :bassist: :bassist:

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Can you tell I'm excited?!?!?!???!
 
#45
ExaltBass said:
I'm in! Here's my story... I was going for a minimalist Tony Franklin vibe and then Joinercape posted a pic of his new Sadowsky P-J (EXACTLY as I WILL order one next year). Well, being impatient, and dealing with the ($$$) wedding of my daughter in June, I had to improvise. Here are the results...

DSC00491.jpg


Incredibly awesome American Standard Precision (Custom Shop built) prototype neck - worthy of this project IME - buffed out Highway 1 P body with nitro finish (again, THANKS Joinercape) - Fralin pups (+10% on J) - Sadowsky Pre with VTC - Sadowsky Bridge - Sadowsky flats - and a Sadowsky Ultralite case to carry it in (thanks to the bozo on eBay who listed it as a "Sadowski" case).

SOUND is monsterous!!! :bassist: :bassist: :bassist:

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(Vol Knob/Pot are intentionally misaligned)

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Can you tell I'm excited?!?!?!???!
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Wow!!! BE proud of that bass! It looks great.:bassist:
 
#46
I'm really surprised that swapping out for a Sadowsky pre isn't a more common mod! Yeah, it cost a bit more than most aftermarket active pre amps, but WOW(!) what an incredible upgrade. I'm also really impressed with the Sadowsky bridge I scored. I totally lucked out... snagging that in the TB classified. I'll likely be selling the Audere in my Jazz and going this way in a few months for that bass too.
 
#47
ExaltBass said:
I'm really surprised that swapping out for a Sadowsky pre isn't a more common mod! Yeah, it cost a bit more than most aftermarket active pre amps, but WOW(!) what an incredible upgrade. I'm also really impressed with the Sadowsky bridge I scored. I totally lucked out... snagging that in the TB classified. I'll likely be selling the Audere in my Jazz and going this way in a few months for that bass too.
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You'll love the new bass Dave, maybe your grateful daughter will contribute after that wedding!
 
#48
joinercape said:
You'll love the new bass Dave, maybe your grateful daughter will contribute after that wedding!
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This bass has already moved to the front of the pack tone wise. I'll be gigging it on May 6th, 13th & 15th. I can't imagine what my future NYC P-J will be like :bassist::bassist:

I'm not a die-hard J-Bass guy but, I'm going to add this pre to mine soon. Maybe I'll develop some 'J Love' then :D

Dave
 
#51
Famous Shamus said:
Here's an MIJ 75 Reissue that I sold here. (hope the current owner doesn't mind.) The pickups are the original Fenders mated to the Sadowsky pre- with the VTC. This bass sounded amazing and prompted me to go out and buy a similar Sadowsky Metro UV-70.

Note the work was done at Rogers shop...To my understanding he does not work on other basses anymore, just Sadowsky's.

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Looks like Ms. Tal wilkenfelds' bass... nice! big fan!
 
#52
Hi, I just became a Fendowsky proud owner. Awesome Tone, just incredible, the best part is that i didn't spend all that money that other people are complaining about. I Paid $500 for my Am Dlx Fender Precision and you know the rest, so is the greatest tone for less then $800 bucks!!! (I installed the pre myself)
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#53
Last summer I swapped out the neck and I recently added a Sadowsky P-J pickup set to mine. Sounds great! (and another increment more 'dowsky' :D ) As you can see from the pics, it's gotten a lot of play time. (I'm a lefty who plays righty and wears a watch on his right wrist... ooops! chipping the nitro)

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