fretmeister

[IMG]https://fbcdn-photos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xat1/v/t1.0-0/1517411_10153236599663726_2504132695893663573_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoibCJ9&oh=5d6754390e5906a8fddb67089a3f7543&oe=55FC6E72&__gda__=1443462266_a7f00fded224e50b070eafb072e7c2ad[/IMG] Just rebuilt mine.

I wouldn't change the basses I have, but I am still on the lookout for a really good modern Jazz type. 4 string, probably passive. I'm hoping the new Sandbergs will be the answer when they arrive. At that point I just might be a 5. For at least a couple of hours.

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1432301371' post='2780212'] Personally speaking I would have no interest working with someone who was more concerned with what they sound like than what the whole band sounds like. A band has to be more than the sum of its parts. [/quote] +1 The worst offenders are those who move directly from the bedroom to the stage. They have no idea how "their sound" interacts or even ruins the overall noise made. Guitarists are just as bad as bassists. Scooped mids, tons of bass, no sonic space for the bass. On the other hand there are plenty of bassists who love their home grown Marcus Miller sound only to find that it's gutless with a wall of guitars. What you get right first is partly a matter of genre. If you are a Metallica tribute then you get the guitar sound right and add the rest - but still adjusting the guitars as you go. For reggae you might start with the bass and layer everything on top. Eitherway - if it doesn't sound good together and a band member won't adjust his settings, then he can go back to the bedroom.

I played an Edwards tribute to the good old Gibson 335. Was one of the very best guitars I've ever played. Alas the owner wouldn't sell it to me!

I've always fancied a Lull jazz. This thread is not helping me resist.

Stay with the white. The mint looks like the bass has been in the wash and the colour has run!

For standard sizes I'd get Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders. If you want to do some routing - a set of Nordstrand Big Singles would be awesome.

I'm thinking white, gold hardware, white pearl plate, maple board with white block inlays. Proper Larry Graham tribute!

[quote name='GrammeFriday' timestamp='1432208210' post='2779162'] I like the new models, too - ironically, as I have a VM5 on order, which was commissioned just before they announced the changes, so it will be old style! But no biggie - I like the Fender-alikes as well. Got to agree with other posters regarding relicing, though - the new Sandberg style looks far too modern for relicing to make any sense, to me at least. If/when I get the new-style TM5 that I am already GASsing for, it will be shiny and new and entirely untainted by the relicer's grubby paws! [/quote] I agree with that. Has to be a classic shape for a relic. I'm looking for a nice 4 string, and I think when the new TT4 models are around I'll be going for a shiny new looking one.

[quote name='Clarky72' timestamp='1432160723' post='2778844'] This is basically what I wanted before they changed their designs... [/quote] According to the Bass Direct website they have a TM2 coming in. Black, hardcore aged, matching headstock. Ebony board. Best get your credit card out while you have the chance!

I think Sandberg have been around for about 30 years - so mid 1980s.

I prefer the new ones. There are far too many Fender clones as it is - far better to have their own identity. And from what I gather from their facebook feed the new ones are far lighter! Can't wait to try one.

The old ones are discontinued completely. Not even a custom option.

My Small Board has a Pedal Power 2 on it. It's great, but you fast run out of connectors if you need high current or high voltage pedals. My large board has the Gigrig System. Power Generator, distributors and isolators etc. It's not cheap when you get all the bits you need but it's been bullet proof and it will even power the most stupidly demanding pedals. It's a brilliant product. I have lots of high current pedals, and at a rough guess a complete battery change on my big board would cost about £80. So I was very happy to use about 3 battery change funds for a Gigrig set up.

Here's my Sandberg It's a great bass.

Massive price differences! £189 at GAK £130 at Thomann

Damn. I love my Empress. I don't want to believe there is a better pedal comp out there - my wallet will hate me. Again!!!

I'm not convinced by the 'guru' argument. Of course we all have different requirements in a bass sound and that is a matter of personal taste / preference. But the rest - the 'easier to reduce bass than to add it' type argument - personal preference / taste etc has nothing to do with it. It's physics and maths. Either the numbers add up or they don't. The position stated "easier to reduce bass..." is not a comment on quality of sound or whether the sound will be liked by an individual customer. It's simply a scientific question that has a calculable answer. It reminds me a lot of youtube rants about everything from vaccinations to homeopathy to evolution and it always comes down to a straight fight between someone who has a calculator and someone who doesn't, or doesn't know how to use it. Or refuses to use it because it interferes with a cherished and long held world-view. Personal incredulity is not evidence. Personal experience is not evidence. In an engineering problem the answers are in the numbers. Nowhere else.

I've given it a couple of hours use. It's mental. It is not a bass wah in the traditional sense (although it is excellent on guitar) in that the sweep isn't low enough. The pedal is all about getting that Burton filthy wah cutting tone. And it does that very well indeed. The fuzz is nasty in a glorious way and the output levels are frankly stupid. I set up my B7K as a tuby chunky sound (a nod t the Mesa 400+ Cliff used to use a lot) and then hit it with the wah. Instant "Bells" tone. About an hour later I noticed I was still playing that intro over and over again!! So - overall as a quacky funky bass wah - not great, in fact a bit sh*t. As a merchant of cutting filth - utterly glorious. It's already velcro'd and on my board.

Cor. I'm going to buy a lottery ticket.

I don't know if Zero-Mod products do any stick on rests, but it might be worth asking. I have one of their screw on ones that uses the existing scratchplate holes.

iPhone cam is the best I have. But I'll see what I can do.