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Shame that the Sadowsky is a pain to fit as the one on my Valenti with the VTC paired with Aguilar J pickups sounds the dogs doo-dahs.

Very nice! my first ever Bongo was a white 4HS way back in 2005. Even the regular production white ones were/are rare.

Hi Andy was good meeting you yesterday and thanks for bringing your Sire 5 string which was a lovely thing. be careful of the classifieds on here, especially the basses for sale section. Dangerous place for your wallet. Keir

Saw (and played) some great basses this afternoon, including those by local builders. Enjoyed playing (in no particular order) a Sadowsky 5, Overwater Progress 5, Fender flea jazz, Fender Performer as well as a Manton medium scale P bass with a really great feeling and comfy neck. In all truth I fell in love with the Sadowsky 5. If this is how it is to be then so be it for I have found a new itch I didn’t know needed scratching before today. Amongst others, I missed out on playing a Sterling short scale Stingray pictured above and an ash Warwick Corvette much like I once owned. Hopefully next time. Also, being possibly one of the last bassists to actually experience playing one, I got a late in the day audition on a Sire V7 five string. I was very impressed by it too and they now find themselves on my radar too. thanks all for a nice bass day. Put me down for the next one. Cheers! Keir

Lovely looking bass btw

I asked about this bass. I said ‘Is this your bass?” Wasn’t expecting the reply “it will be in five minutes” 😂😂

Lovely looking basses though think I would want that sage green with a tort pickguard and the morado/pau ferro board option. I found the back to front pickup blend on the Sadowsky preamp on my Valenti really illogical. Just couldn’t re-train my brain, no matter how much I tried, so changed it to what I know.

I’ve owned a 5HH deluxe and still have the 4HH listed above. The only control options on the Deluxe that I know of are : Single H with vol/treb/mid/bass Or Double H with addition of the five way switch. Positions 2 and 4 on the switch are both inner coils and both outer coils on the humbuckers which I believe is similar to a Stingray HH. And there in lies the problem that the Dimension seems to be viewed mostly as Fender’s failed Stingray clone which does the bass a bit of a disservice as it’s also got its own vibe and sound. This is purely my own personal opinion and from experience but the natural ash five I had felt very close to an SR5 in the neck shape, feel of the unfinished wood in the fretting hand, string spacing and general ergonomics. And though it didn’t nail the stingray tone on the bridge humbucker it really was close to a Stingray 5 in overall feel. I do regret letting that one go now. The 4HH neck to me, is not similar in profile to any MM neck, more like a modern P I guess, though it is still unfinished. The Deluxe is a great bass for covering a lot of sounds. Again in my humble opinion, but probably works better in certain situations than say a Jazz bass, the Dimension really grinds and sounds dead ballsy with a pick which is something I’ve just come across. It also has some great two pickup slap tones (pos 2,3 and 4) There’s also the fact that you’re getting the fit and finish of a USA deluxe Fender for two to three hundred quid less than an equivalent Jazz or Precision deluxe. edit: should add that the Dimensions have a compound radius fingerboard, truss rod wheel adjustment at the body end and graphite strengthening rods in the neck. Neck is very stable. I don’t have to touch the truss rod on mine I haven’t come across any major flaws in the bass though I’ve found the preamp is neither stellar nor rubbish but seems adequately up to the job. It is 18v though and seems to have enough headroom. Pickups are obviously an unusual shape which will kill any future modding plans if that’s your thing. The looks aren’t everyone’s cup of tea (smaller horns and pickguard shape spring to mind) I put mine up for sale when I got my Classic Sabre and I’m still undecided about it. Not because it’s not a good bass because it clearly is, but more because I’m having trouble deciding/justifying where it fits in with my set up at the moment.

Patrick traded his Gretsch bass with me earlier today for my 90’s Ovation electro acoustic guitar. Lovely guy to deal with who makes a decent cup of coffee too! just to add that he is a man of impeccable taste and has some of the nicest gear. many thanks Patrick.

Still planning on being there unless my new job throws a spanner in the works Valenti Jazz, Fender Dimension Dlx HH, G&L L-1000 reissue, TC RH450 with BC208 cabs

Congrats! Looks great in that colour. 🙂 I love mine. The neck profile is a smidge wider than I normally like but as it feels shallower front to back, it’s really rather comfortable. Can’t wait to start rehearsing with my new band in the next couple of weeks. I think the OMG setting is going to be my staple tone.

Hopefully one of these will be in my future. Not the single H, this one with the three single coils 😍

Yours was an earlier (and better build imo) than the black cherryburst 5 I had at the same time. Hard to quantify but just some subtle differences that elevated it that bit higher Keir

marleaux62 those are some of the nicest stingrays going. I couldn’t possibly pick one but if I had to it would be the Neptune blue. simply amazing😍

^ that Ray35 was mine for a while. Lovely thing it is too. In fact was tempted to buy it back off Darren earlier this year.

I like the idea of a passive Stingray. Ebony board and black hardware with the natural ash is a really nice look. Congratulations!