Ultra Vintage Sadowsky Model...Anyone?

Read about it at Roger's website.

 

I was recently @ Rogers shop & played an Ultra Vintage P. I personally </b>HATE</b> P-basses. But This was the best sounding P-bass I've ever played. IMO the neck was very wide & kind of uncomfortable, but you could get used to that.

 

only in my night time wet dreams i usually play a Sadowsky ultra vintage P bass.

Nino, how could you hate the big P!!!
See the pendulum in my right hand and listen...
I....HAve...tO...LiKE....tHe BiG....P
repeat with me
NoW...I....LikE...the....P

 

Hey NINO,
You're the Sadowsky guy.............how much do your basses weigh? I've had two 5 strings(just got #1254) and they're both pretty heavy. Roger claims that he uses lightweight swamp ash, but my Lull is easily 2 pounds lighter! Maybe the earlier ones are heavier? Let me know.

 

My 4 string swamp ash + maple top and maple 'board Sadowsky jazz bass is very light. How many pounds? I don't know but when I pick it up it may be the lightest instrument in my collection of electric guitars and bass. It's much lighter than almost any bass I've played in a store, especially Fender-Lakland style instruments.

I remember when it arrived I was startled at how effortlessly it could lift it. In fact, when I was pulling it out of the box I was expecting a heavier instrument and amost put the headstock into the ceiling at work!

 

I have a five (#3552), which is swamp ash with a quilt maple top, and it's definitely lighter than your average Fender. You could land an F-14 on the neck though, and it does dive a bit, especially when sitting. But like Nino sez, you get used to it.

 

Lump -- You got a Sadowsky? Wow, cool! How did you get it to Korea -- Carry it with you or have it shipped?

 

Yup. I don't think I've ever posted my own pic of it, so I'll attach a crappy one for a BS check (mink bankie added for authenticity).

I got it last spring, which was about nine months earlier than I had planned (the van is paid off next month - woo hoo!). But one popped up on Roger's site that was EXACTLY what I wudda ordered, so I figured it was God's will. Cost me $3400, but it's worth every penny. I wanted to move to a five, but I didn't want to waste money on something I'd eventually upgrade. In the long run, this is cheaper, IMO. And I was able to talk my wife into it, because it was about half of what a new tuba would cost.

Roger shipped it USPS, and it got here just fine. IMO the case sucks @$$ though - it's got a plastic zipper instead of latches. If the zipper fails, I'm screwed. Plus, I've already busted three of the little feet thingies off of it pulling it out of my van. For that kind of cash, you'd think the case would be a little more solid.

I just did an IPCOT, so assuming it goes through, I'll be here until '04, and won't have to worry about PCSing it. I'll probably just mail it to myself when the time comes though; I don't want anyone dropping it overboard like they did your Stingray.

Let's see if this attachment works (note width of neck compared to the Carvin):

 

The same w/my 24 fret 5 string. Definitly the lightest, best sounding, best playing bass in my collection. I'd love to have a 24 fret 4 string, but Roger dosen't make it.

 

Nino Brown writes

Nino,

Roger Sadowsky made a 24 fret 4 string for Aerosmith's Tom Hamiton. Check the pic of Tom on the Sadowsky website and you'll see it looks like the five string body with the twin EMJ J40 (or whatever) pickups mated to a 24 fret 4 string neck. http://www.sadowsky.com/images/tom_and_roger.jpg

Where there's $, there's a way.

 

JimS:

I only count 21 frets, but it's early in the morning, and I don't have my glasses on yet.....

Randy

 

I think you're right about the 21f in that photo. However, I'm 99.99% sure that Roger made a 24 fret 4 string bass for Tom Hamilton.

 

Actually Tom Hamilton has a white standard 4 string w/2 EMG 35J's (soapbars) & the controls laid out like a 24 fret 5 string (2+2 instead of 4 in-line). I almost begged for him to make a 24 fret 4, but he said no.

 

I apologize. I could have sworn he made a 24f 4 string for Tom but it appears not. I guess that .01% chance came through. Sorry.

 

Maybe Roger's grinning and thinking "Two too many strings."