{"id":487,"date":"2018-01-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=487"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:51","slug":"bass-of-the-week-sadowsky-guitars-nyc-will-lee-5-string","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-sadowsky-guitars-nyc-will-lee-5-string","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Sadowsky Guitars NYC Will Lee 5-String"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of the great things about writing the Bass of the Week column is that builders send us photos of some of their best work. This recent Sadowsky NYC Will Lee<\/strong> 5-string hit my inbox and stopped me in my tracks. <\/p>\n

Built with a chambered swamp ash body, the bass\u2019s candy apple orange finish and black pearl pickguard are enough to make you drool. Then you look closer and see the jaw-dropping flame on its roasted maple neck and fingerboard. Of course, looks aren\u2019t everything. The Will Lee model\u2019s pickups and electronics are designed for flexibility. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur Will Lee model instruments incorporate the legendary Letterman bassist\u2019s favorite specs and combine them with the host of other options that have made Sadowsky basses the choice of session players, touring bassists, and working musicians of all types for nearly forty years,\u201d the company writes. \u201cWill\u2019s mid-boost circuit, slimmer nut width, and 22-fret neck along with a Sadowsky P pickup and our new \u201cSuper J\u201d bridge pickup make this a supremely versatile bass. The P pickup offers all the roundness and warmth of a vintage P with the power and flexibility of Sadowsky\u2019s treble and bass boost preamp. The \u201cSuper J\u201d bridge pickup allows for the selection of a bridge pickup in 60s location, 70s location, or both together by way of a three-way toggle switch. Will\u2019s mid- boost circuit provides additional tone shaping with both narrow and wideband boosts at 500 or 800 Hz.\u201d<\/p>\n

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One of the great things about writing the Bass of the Week column is that builders send us photos of some of their best work. This recent Sadowsky NYC Will Lee 5-string hit my inbox\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1705,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-487","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/bass"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}