new Sadowsky family portrait

fred

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Mar 11, 2004, 7:25:06 PM3/11/04

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www.hodshon.com/sad_trio.jpg

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BlueSquidd

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Mar 11, 2004, 8:15:46 PM3/11/04

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Nice, do you use Sadowsky strings? I just got a set of the stainless
steel. Made by R. Cocco. I'm just wondering if they're LaBella Hard
Rocken Steel strings with Sadowsky's name on it.

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Steve, eh?

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Mar 11, 2004, 8:17:29 PM3/11/04

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They all have little metal things on the fingerboard.

What with that?

Steve, eh?

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Baseman

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Mar 11, 2004, 8:49:49 PM3/11/04

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fred wrote:
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What does a Sadowsky 5-string go for anyway?

Kloka-mo'

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Mar 11, 2004, 11:01:59 PM3/11/04

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fred wrote:
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Where's the endpins?
What are those metal thingies fur?
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John Shaughnessy

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Mar 12, 2004, 4:06:36 AM3/12/04

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So, which one it too hot? Which one is too cold? and which one feels "just
right"?

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fred

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Mar 12, 2004, 5:32:32 AM3/12/04

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"Steve, eh?" <XXlehm...@hotmail.comWW> wrote in message news:<ks3250dsb2q09cu7i...@4ax.com>...

> They all have little metal things on the fingerboard.
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> What with that?

i know, huh?

now the metal ones outnumber the toothless 5 to 3.

must be an election year.

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fred

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Mar 12, 2004, 5:33:11 AM3/12/04

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BlueSquidd <jeffl...@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<6b84c.34185$aT1....@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>...

i use S strings on my Sadowskys.

don't know who makes em.

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fred

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Mar 12, 2004, 5:35:59 AM3/12/04

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Baseman <nospam_pr...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<2H84c.13796$fD2.2817@lakeread02>...

new, they go for 3000 to 3500.

used, you can find them for around $2k.

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GENOMEMAN

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Mar 12, 2004, 8:52:53 AM3/12/04

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Well, since you are representin' the West Coast, I thought I would throw up
the East Coast contigency:

http://www.peterduncan.net/Sadowsky_Family

The blue Sadowsky is a prototype Metro that is "3 of 10 for NAMM" as the
serial number...definitely a rare bass as it is one of the first 10 ever
made before they have officially gone "on sale." It is alder body with a
morado fongerboad.

Charlie S.

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Mar 12, 2004, 9:14:04 AM3/12/04

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Yeah, and they forgot a string on the middle one! Man! Just can't GET
good help these days.

ChrisK.

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Mar 12, 2004, 11:55:22 AM3/12/04

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GENOMEMAN wrote:

I know that bass, it's blue #2!

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fred

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Mar 13, 2004, 12:37:37 AM3/13/04

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"John Shaughnessy" <johngoogle...@carolina.rr.com> wrote in message news:<w4f4c.70458$%d3.49...@twister.southeast.rr.com>...

> So, which one it too hot? Which one is too cold? and which one feels "just
> right"?

i'll let ya know after i get my P/J5 and ULTRA V 4!

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Boom

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Mar 13, 2004, 2:31:29 AM3/13/04

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Those is real pretty basses and all, but I put my $550 1998 Fender USA
Jazz up against any of them ;)

pd

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Mar 13, 2004, 11:59:48 AM3/13/04

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And you will lose. MUWAHHHAAAAAAAAAA!

Boom

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Mar 13, 2004, 12:31:23 PM3/13/04

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>> Those is real pretty basses and all, but I put my $550 1998 Fender USA
>> Jazz up against any of them ;)
>
>And you will lose. MUWAHHHAAAAAAAAAA!

Not if you heard me last night. I was so good, and that bass sounded
exactly like a Jazz should sound!

fred

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Mar 13, 2004, 2:48:14 PM3/13/04

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Boom <m...@nnn.com> wrote in message news:<p3e550lt2jitks2j8...@4ax.com>...

i'm sure you'd like to.

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Brad Johnson

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Mar 14, 2004, 1:27:29 AM3/14/04

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You hope. I've played some killer 1997/98 Jazzes. He may just have one. I do.

Brad

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Boom

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Mar 14, 2004, 3:29:40 AM3/14/04

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On 14 Mar 2004 06:27:29 GMT, brad...@aol.com (Brad Johnson) wrote:

Re: Sadowskys:

>>>
>>> Those is real pretty basses and all, but I put my $550 1998 Fender USA
>>> Jazz up against any of them ;)
>>
>>And you will lose. MUWAHHHAAAAAAAAAA!

>You hope. I've played some killer 1997/98 Jazzes. He may just have one. I do.

Allow me to field that one, Brad. Yes indeedy do, I do have one.

Hey, I'll be the first one to admit that Sadowskys are labors of love
for Roger and his staff. And the Sadowskys I've played in the past
have been extremely favorable in comparison to the best vintage
Fenders. But so is this 98. So you don't get the Sadowsky preamp and
the lacquer finish, and you have to live with the shame of it being
assembled by factory workers instead of luthiers. If a bass has the
tone, it has the tone.

Brad Johnson

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Mar 14, 2004, 12:52:19 PM3/14/04

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Boom, IME Sadowskys are excellent basses. For some reason some folks need to
think that other basses "have" to pale by comparison. Like there couldn't be
two choices ;^)

A friend of mine just let me check out his 98 trans White Ash w/ Maple board
MIA JD5. Stock preamp, has the original single pole pickups, strung with DR Fat
Beams with a nice low setup. That bass flat out killed. For that Ash Jazz vibe
I'd put it up against ANY Jazz type bass I've played so far, it was that good.

It happens. Didn't we already go through this nonsense when Zons were the only
choice and graphite was mandatory?

;^)
Brad

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>Date: 3/14/2004 3:29 AM Eastern Standard Time
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