Sadowsky

Sadowsky Guitars Ltd.. is an American manufacturer of electric guitars and basses.

History

The company was founded in 1979 in New York by Roger Sadowsky, who had already gained experience in guitar making and repair in a New York guitar shop. Sadowsky began in 1972 with the manufacture and repair of acoustic guitars, before he moved to electric instruments. The first completely own instruments, carrying the product name " Sadowsky ", published in the early 1980s. Sadowsky instruments initially chose for his own designs, approached due to lack of success of their own creations, however, more and more the instruments of the company to Fender.

Besides the production of own electric guitars and basses, the company today also Sadowsky electronics components such as preamps and amplifiers ago and still carries out repairs on guitars and amplifiers from.

Models

The instruments of Sadowsky based on the instruments the Fender company, whose design and construction are more or less strongly imitated depending on the model.

• The guitar models " Strat " and " Tele" are based respectively on the Fender Stratocaster and Fender Telecaster, wherein the similarity to the original differs with each model. While the models of the "Vintage " series remain relatively close to the originals, the guitars from the "Standard " series are significantly improved: In addition to a modified pickup configuration ( humbucker ) are different woods ( maple) and a modernized hardware. The " Tele" is further available with nylon strings to mimic the sound of an acoustic guitar in a Spanish version. For the jazz musician Jim Hall and Jimmy Bruno Jazz guitars are made that they recall the hollow body and the characteristic F- holes on old jazz guitars from Gibson.

• Similar to the guitars, the bass instruments of the Fender company, in particular the Fender Jazz Bass are inspired. Here too, the distinction between " Vintage" - and "standard" models, where " Vintage" here for replicas of old Fender instruments is, while the instruments of the "Standard " series significantly differ to some extent from their models ( other wood selection, active electronics, etc.). Under the name "Metro" Sadowsky leaves of a foreign company in Japan finished basses, which are offered at a lower price than the U.S. models.

Sadowsky in the music

The instruments of Sadowsky enjoy because of the reputation to be further development of the already popular Fender instruments, particularly in the U.S. high reputation.

Famous owners of Sadowsky Guitars include Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Keith Richards and Mike Stern. The jazz musician Jim Hall and Jimmy Bruno received from Sadowsky own models. Daryl Stuermer (including Genesis and Phil Collins) used in live performances regularly a Sadowsky " Tele" with nylon strings for the song "Another Day in Paradise ".

More common than the guitars are the Basses Sadowsky of the company. They are, inter alia, used by Marcus Miller, Adam Clayton (U2 ), Tom Hamilton ( Aerosmith ), Darryl Jones ( The Rolling Stones, among others ), Hugh McDonald ( Bon Jovi ) and Tal Wilkenfeld ( Jeff Beck, among others ). Bassist Jason Newsted Heavy Metal (including Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne ) used since the mid-1990s in his recordings and concerts almost exclusively a Sadowsky "vintage" bass with five strings.