Interesting TYO high end Sadowsky!!

[bubinga5]

Just spotted this...how did i let this bass knowledge passed me....Sadowsky TYO???? Looks like an NYC but made in Japan...lovely looking bass...
£3000.00 roughly...

is this a new line in Japanese made high end Sadowsky's or am i tripping...??

[url="http://translate.google.co.jp/translate?hl=ja&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2F1484.bz%2Fshibuya%2Fc1"]http://translate.google.co.jp/translate?hl...%2Fshibuya%2Fc1[/url]

Edited November 4, 2010 by bubinga5

[warwickhunt]

A quote from RS himself "The Sadowsky TYO line is for sales only within Japan."!

[bubinga5]

why oh why?

[lee650]

my goodness, i want that red quilt one, gorgeous!!!

[bubinga5]

i cant get my head around why Sadowsky is charging the same as an NYC but its made in Japan..??

[warwickhunt]

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1012714' date='Nov 4 2010, 10:57 PM']i cant get my head around why Sadowsky is charging the same as an NYC but its made in Japan..??[/quote]

Hmmmm... coz it's a Sadowsky!

[bubinga5]

thats marketing for you... love the avatar by the way WH....

.....balls..!! we want finest basses available to humanity..we want want them here,.. and we want them now!

[Busterrabbit]

It looks from the quilted maple top that it's not a standard Metroline bass for sure. The price is similar to an NYC bass so you might as well order an NYC to that spec.

RG says the only difference between an NYC and a Metroline is the choice of woods and finishes for the body/fingerboard/hardware, that's not actually correct.

There is another difference between the NYC basses and Metroline which isn't mentioned on the website or in any other literature, but is in Roger's interview on Youtube. You can't see it but you can feel and here it; the NYC basses are chambered which makes them lighter, better balanced and sound better.

You pays your money and takes your choice, if you have £3000, then order an NYC how you want it.

Mine is transparent black over quilted maple with an ebony fingerboard with no face dots. I have chrome hardware, but also a set of black hardware ready to swap over when the mood takes me. It's a great bass, and as I bought it a few years back when the exchange rate was better, it only cost me £2200!

[Soloshchenko]

Looks absolutely stunning but I think £3000 for a bass is insane personally.

[BigRedX]

A good deal of the somewhat over the top price is down to current crappy £/¥ exchange rate.

They'd be far more sensibly priced if it was back at the £1 = ¥200 of a couple of years ago.

[JTUK]

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='1012720' date='Nov 4 2010, 11:04 PM']Hmmmm... coz it's a Sadowsky! [/quote]

ha ha and because he can.

The Japs really get into their niches..but agree the exchange rate is an issue now.

But anyway, his design team can produce a pretty bass so that is a factor as well.