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SADOWSKY
MetroLine Verdine White
Miss Disco bassist Dave Clarke puts Earth, Wind & Fire legend Verdine White’s signature bass through its paces. Is this Sadowsky really a ‘Shining Star’?
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£3099
The wonderfully expressive bass-lines of Verdine White, the brilliant bassist in one of the greatest bands of all time – Earth, Wind & Fire – have helped to propel his group to worldwide record sales just shy of 100 million. Global hits such as ‘Boogie Wonderland’, ‘September’, ‘Shining Star’ and ‘Let’s Groove Tonight’ have quite rightly seen EWF receive a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
In addition, the band has been inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, the Songwriters Hall Of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall Of Fame. They also have their own star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, among dozens of other notable accolades. Most importantly from our point of view, White received a richly-deserved Lifetime Achievement Award from us in 2008. With all this in mind, you’d expect Sadowsky’s MetroLine Verdine White signature bass to reflect his 50 years of playing experience and be equipped with a wide tonal palette. You’d want it to cover everything from the unapologetic heavy-funk filth of a back-in-the-day Fifties P-Bass to the more articulate, punchier sounds of a Jazz, which White used for many years.