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Sadowsky MetroExpress 21-4 Vintage Maple Tobacco Burst Transparent Electric Bass Guitar

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Sadowsky MetroExpress 21-4 Vintage Maple Tobacco Burst Transparent Electric Bass Guitar
Product no: 9000-0082-1616 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 4-year warranty when you register it with W-Music Distribution within 45 days of purchase. If the product is not registered it has a 3-year warranty.

General

Got an American J-style boutique bass by Roger Sadowsky sitting at the top of your wish list but haven't quite got the budget for it just yet? The MetroExpress 21-4 Vintage J/J Bass is the beautifully affordable alternative! It even comes complete with a matching Portabag, a handy set of allen keys and S-security locks for your guitar strap. Unlike the slightly more exclusive USA-made examples, this model does have a solid okoume body which luckily has been crafted out of a specially selected slab of wood to keep the weight down.

The MetroExpress 21-4 Vintage: Play Comfortably, Backed Up By a Broad Range of Robust Sounds

The round contours of the lightweight body and the bolt-on maple neck with its trusty C-profile turn this Sadowsky solid-body into a remarkably comfortable bass. Plug the MetroExpress J/J into your amp, and you've got two J-style pickups, active 2-way electronics and a balance pot at your disposal to sculpt a wide variety of beefy sounds with rounded-off punch. To ensure dependable tuning stability, Sadowsky have finished the build with a Just-A-Nut III nut, lightweight open-gear tuners and a practical quick-string release bridge before coating the whole thing in transparent Tobacco Burst.

Specifications

Product features

Number of frets	21
Number of strings	4
Active tone control	yes
Sustainable product	not specified
Pickup configuration	SS
Pickup type	single-coil (passive)
Neck connection	bolt on
Fretboard wood	maple
Includes cover	yes
Includes case	no
Sound (amplified)	modern and tight
Colour	burst
Country of origin	South Korea / Indonesia / China / Vietnam
Left-handed	no
Body material	okoumé
Model	J-model bass guitar
Bass guitar scale length	long scale (34 inches)
String-thru-body	no
Body type	solid

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	12,0 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	136,0 x 48,0 x 19,0 cm

Product specifications

Sadowsky electric bass guitar
- model: 21-Fret Vintage J/J Bass
- series: MetroExpress
- colour: Tobacco Burst Transparent
body
- material: okoume
- finish: high gloss
- shape: J style
neck
- joint: bolt-on
- material: maple
- profile: C
- scale length: 34" (864 mm)
- fretboard: maple
- fretboard radius: 12" (305mm)
- number of frets: 21
- fret type: nickel silver (2.4 x 1.3mm)
- nut: Just-A-Nut III
- string nut width: 38.5mm (1.5")
- position markers: dots
- truss rod: yes
hardware
- bridge: Sadowsky bridge, with quick string release
- hardware finish: chrome-plated
- machine heads: Sadowsky Light open gear machine heads
- pickguard: white
- strings: .045 - .105, stainless steel)
electronics
- brug-element: Sadowsky J-Style bridge pickup
- midden-element: Sadowsky J-Style neck pickup
- preamp: Sadowsky 2-way electronics, active
- controls: volume, balance , treble, bass
included:
- Sadowsky S-security locks
- adjustment keys
- Sadowsky Portabag

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Maurits Kruissink 1 August 2022

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De Sadowsky MetroExpress Vintage Jazz bass is een heel fijne, soepel spelende bas!! Ik heb hem nu een paar weken in mijn bezit en ben er super-enthousiast over. De bass heeft een heel mooie, heavy klank en je kunt er veel verschillende sounds uit halen, mede dankzij de actieve volume- en toonregeling (met batterijtje). Bij het samenspel met de band blijft deze bas heel goed hoorbaar, hij prikt goed door de mix heen, zoals dat heet. Alles is heel degelijk en mooi gemaakt: de slanke hals, de lak, het fretwerk, de brug is heel solide. Alles klopt aan deze bas. De halspen is gemakkelijk te verstellen, de 'bone' is zelfs in hoogte verstelbaar, straplocks zijn gratis bijgeleverd, evenals een (zeer degelijke) Sadowsky-hoes om de bass te beschermen tijdens vervoer. Ik vind het een heel erg goede aankoop voor een heel redelijke prijs. Het is een aanrader!!

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