SOLD Pending the usual Guff - FS Sadowsky outboard bass preamp £150

[bassbora]

Outboard Sadowsky bass preamp

If you are either a bass player or just play a bit at home but you are not happy with your tone/sound this is your solution. If you are thinking about changing pickups, getting a preamp, getting a new amp or even getting a new expensive bass hold your thoughts. This little magic box will make your dreams come true. How I hear you say. Well the well known magician Roger Sadowsky cooked this little box of dreams up in a faraway land in a fairy city called New York. Many a New Yorker fell under this spell (Will Lee and Marcus Miller) to name a couple.

What will this do for me I can hear you think. Well if you are at home your wife/girlfriend, husband/boyfriend will run through to where you are playing asking if you have just spend £3,000 on a brand new Sadowsky (cause as we all know everyone recognises the Sadowsky tone) and you can say no no. Your band members will think that your playing and tone has transcended to another level and they will be thinking if they are worthy of playing with you and the groupies they will ......................

Why are you selling this box of amazingness I hear you say. I used this in the '90s with a decent Yamaha but the electronics let it down. Bring in the Sadowsky and the bass was transformed. I moved on to Warwicks and 5 strings so I never used this bewilderingly brilliant box much at all.

It is in a mint condition and the difference of using this instead of on-board preamp is that you can use it on multiple basses.

And finally you are thinking this must cost me a fortune but I tell you this can be yours for £150 shipped.

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Edited February 9, 2017 by bassbora

[GisserD]

Quite the pitch there my friend. well played

[BassBod]

I'm almost tempted, and I've already got the DI version 😜

[bassbora]

If you ask me you can never have enough DI or preamp stuff. I just felt the need to share the love of Sadowsky with basschat. I can come up with another sales pitch for this amazing little black box. If anyone feels the need to be told any more about it just let me know or how to convince the other half why you need this more than anything in the world can tell you that as well.

[GisserD]

can this be powered off a 9v power supply?

[bassbora]

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can this be powered off a 9v power supply?
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No I am afraid not.

I thought I would address few things. I have had a couple of messages regarding this little thing regarding pricing and function.

I was just coming up with a fun sales pitch so if you are not familiar with this I will skip to what this is and what this isn't.

I bought this in late 1995 to go with my Yamaha RBX1000. It had mediocre electronics but this box sorted it all out and made it sound amazing. Sadowsky had his wonderful basses fitted with a preamp and this little box is just that. The on-board electronics you got with his basses back in 95. I used it for 2 years but I started playing Warwicks in 97 and never used it with any of my Warwicks. I had no reason not to used it but just never did. So this preamp has sat in its box for almost 20 years. Before I put it up for sale I tried it with Streamer Stage 2 with Barts and Thumb with EMGs and its sounded gorgeous. The only reason I thought of selling was because I had not touched it in almost 20 years. I have no need to sell this and if no one wants it no harm done and I might start using it.

Its also worth to note that this is not a DI so if you are looking at this and hoping you can use it as such I cant answer that for you. I dont think so. I have DI in all my amps so i dont need a DI box. This is also not a stomp box just a preamp so you might be able to fit this on your FX board if you want but there is only battery and no external power supply. Remember this is from 1995 and was just your normal on board electronics.

However (and this is the best part) it has a clip on for the strap (no not a strap-on). So you can hang this off your strap and look amazingly cool and all the groupies will look at you in pure astonishment and I can almost say, want your babies.

All joking aside if you are thinking about this you can shoot me an offer (since I have had few mentions of the price being too close to the DI, which this is not) and I will give it a thought but please dont have hurt feelings if I say no.

Thanks for viewing and if you would see the clip-on in action I could perhaps put a photo of that up if that is going to be the make or break for you wanting to have this box of joy part of your life.

[GreeneKing]

These are great, sort after even. GLWTS

[bassbora]

This bad boy is sold pending the usual. For all of you who thought about it and just so narrowly missed out now is the time to use all your mental power to make this sale fall through and get in there first.

I never got a chance to used the clip on for the strap. Crap