DiMarco

Thanks for the quick response guys!

Hi guys/gals,

Being heavily into Warwick and Zon basses I haven't payed much attention to Sadowsky until recently.
I am looking at them (in particular at high quality 5 string ones) in the for sale section on here and sites like Zikinf etc.

What I noticed is the series goes down from NYC to Metro to Metro express.

Am I right in deducting the Metro series are from Japan and their serials start with M...?
Also, I noticed on the NYC there's logo's with and without the word "Guitars" between Sadowsky and NYC. What is the reason for this?

What are the main quality differences between NYC and Metro models, according to players?

Thanks for any helpful comments!

Brilliant sounding amps. Clean but with a low end texture so thick and tight you can taste the sound.
Mine needs a little bit of TLC, it blew out its 10A fuse twice this month - my tubes have been in there since 1992 I believe.

Still worth carrying the extra weight. Once you played through this you know all class D amps are toys.

The combination and design of body woods does not seem Warwick like.
I think the original body was messed up by someone who wanted different or extra pickups and they 'solved' it by creating a new body using different woodtypes. They did a lousy job as well, the maple veneers look crude and clumsy.

The only Warwick parts in there are the neck and hardware.

6 hours ago, Soledad said:

Neat and looks good. Where's the truss adjuster though? I do like unlined necks on fretless. My Mayones has 2 octave neck but there be dragons up there. 17 is high enough for me cos I go dizzy any higher.

Truss adjuster is at the headstock side, which I prefer.

Received this bass today. Thread can be closed.
Thanks for a very nice deal!

On the fretless neck, we decided to extend the fb beyond where the neck ends. What do you think?

JAZZ you said?

The black used to be a Fender Marcus Miller V usa - but its neck warped so bad I had it replaced with this custom fretless neck.
The other is 100% Vincent Guitars and my own design (woodtypes, pickup config, electronics wiring). I had already posted that one elsewhere on this forum I believe.

Pm sent. Deal in progress.

Absolutely stunning instrument. Is it still up for sale?

Yeah he's a smart guy. Also a great guitarist btw.

Butterscotch comes to mind.

With its cousin. 😍

Did I ever drop this picture in here? I forgot... Bestest amp in the world this one, true story!

42 minutes ago, dyerseve said:

I hate you and I am not at all jealous!

🤤

What if I told you ...  it is my backup five string and I mainly play the Zon Sonus?

This was my earlier photoshop design on which the build has been based.

Sound clips won't be coming before next weekend, I have a busy week ahead @ work doing IT stuff.
I will chime in and link those soon as they exist though... Cheers for all the positive feedback!

This time I may have really found the one bass that will stay on. (gawd the numbers of instruments I have flogged after a while...)

6 minutes ago, sprocketflup said:

What make of tuners are those DiMarco?

Gotoh GB2L. Lightweight and adjustable with an allen key.

3 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

That’s really good, considering the quality and how much work has gone into the build 

Yes, the guy works really hard but I figure he enjoyed this particular project as much as I did.
In total he spent 118 hours. I'll see if I can link some video's he sent me while building.

I still have to record some sound samples to share, but haven't got round to this yet.
I have only owned the instrument for a week now.

12 minutes ago, Romeo2 said:

it's passive, right? some sound samples would be great!

how much does a custom build like this cost?

Yes, I wanted a passive bass that is as flexible tonewise as humanly possible. I also play my Zon and Warwick five stringers which are active since I feel that makes the low B work better - but I really prefer passive basses generally.

The price tag of my particular bass sits somewhere between 4900 and 5300 euro, but I am a long time friend of Vincent (we played in several bands together in the past 25 years) so I payed quite a bit less then this. I just asked him "what if you made the same instrument but without all the extras like the laminated neck and exotic top" and that would make the price drop to somewhere between 4000 and 4500 euro, depending on the prices of woodtypes used.

Roughly three weeks in total.

The building process was a blast too, whatsapp messages and phonecalls almost daily about ideas and things coming up.
Seeing the progress from day to day of an instrument that is growing into a bass completely the way you want it is a nice experience!