Sadowsky Metroline 21-5 Hybrid PJ Sage Green Metallic Satin

Sadowsky

Roger Sadowsky established his reputation for outstanding restoration and repairs on guitar and basses almost 40 years ago. In the ’80s, when the price of vintage became out of reach, he started to build instruments from scratch for working musicians, incorporating all improvements he had developed over the years including experience from building acoustic guitars.

He also worked with legendary musicians like Will Lee, Marcus Miller, Verdine White (to name a few) to create unique instruments with a legendary sound heard on numerous recordings.

Roger Sadowsky is today one of the most respected instrument builders in the world. At the head of an experienced team, he continuously works on improvements and innovation to deliver the best instruments for his customers.

Making music with a Sadowsky instrument can only result in complete satisfaction.

New Metrolines

The new German-made Sadowsky MetroLine is carefully crafted by Warwick on a licensing agreement with Sadowsky. Roger Sadowsky is fully involved and stands behind all decisions regarding design, branding, and most important quality.

We here at Bass Buddha see this as a great match – the genius of Roger Sadowsky in combination with the incredibly experienced Warwick factory where Production Manager Marcus Spangler tirelessly controls everything from crafting the bass guitars to purchasing woods with a ton of know-how under the belt. Over the years, Marcus has collected what is probably one of Europe’s largest amount of quality woods  – now ready to be transformed into killer basses.

So, American and German engineering kind of rhymes with that excellent quality and supreme tone that we all love and know from Sadowsky.

The fundamental difference between the Metroline and the NYC is that the Metroline features solid bodies while the NYC line features chambered bodies and custom-order options.
Roger Sadowsky

Metroline 21-5 Hybrid PJ Sage Green Metallic Satin

All MetroLine basses are born with the classic, near-legendary onboard Sadowsky preamp. It features Volume, Balance and VTC (Vintage Tone Control), which basically is a cut-off that works both in active and passive modes if you pull out the VTC. Further, there is a stack knob with the boost-only Bass and Treble, meaning that when dialled all the way down, the EQ is flat. With the VTC, Bass and Treble you get a ton of possibilities to shape your tone without getting lost.

All in all, we really dig the new MetroLine basses!

Specs

Body

Body Wood
Swamp Ash
Color
Sage Green Metallic Satin

Neck

Neck Wood
Maple
Fingerboard
Maple
Scale
34"
Frets
21
Strings
5
Nut
Adjustable Sadowsky Just-A-Nut III nut
Nut width
1 7/8" (47.5 mm) nut width
Fretboard radius
305 mm
Neck Shape
Slim C-shape
String Spacing
19mm
Headstock
Standard
Fret Size
21 Nickel silver (W x H: 2.4 mm x 1.3 mm)
Nut
Graph Tech TUSQ

Electronics

Preamp
Sadowsky 2-band EQ
Vintage Tone Control
Knob with push/pull function for preamp bypass
Stacked Knob
Bass control: + 18 dB boost at 40 Hz Treble control: + 18 dB boost at 4 kHz
Pickup
1 Sadowsky P-Style split-coil 1 hum-free Sadowsky J-Style single-coil in 60s position.

Hardware

Bridge
Sadowsky
Tuning Machines
Sadowsky Light with open gears
Hardware Finish
Chrome

Weight

Weight
3.9Kg

Accessories

Tools
Includes an Allen key, adjustment set, polishing cloth, an individual certificate of authenticity.
Gig bag
Sadowsky Portabag
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