TRBboy

Lovely collection man, I've been lusting after one of those Gibson LP Junior tribute basses (or whatever they're called) for ages! 😍

Yeah true, could well be the case. Although my little Roland micro cube practice amp usually seems to make any hum sound 10 times worse, and it's quiet as a mouse!

Just thinking about these alnico pickups in my new TT Passive; sandberg told me that they're not hum cancelling pickups, but I'm really struggling to detect any noise whatsoever with either pickup soloed! Not a bad thing at all, just saying. 🤔

I remember these basses well @ead, gorgeous! Interesting that we've both ended up at the TT Passive.

That will be very cool! Sandberg will make you a neck to go with the body.... But it won't be cheap! All the sandberg hardware can be bought online or throb a dealer I think.

Ooooh exciting! What are you getting?

😂😂😂 Okay, feel embarrassed now! It is a very similar colour though!

I've been lusting after short scale basses for the past few months, but I know deep down I wouldn't like it as much live, and I'm a 5 string guy anyway.... So then I was looking at the 5 string Ibanez Mezzo...., 😬

That's very similar to the colour I spayed my Yamaha BBN5 a couple of months ago! 😎

Wow @Cuzzie, some nice Sandbergs there! Does the DK have the bridge pickup fractionally closer to the bridge than a normal TT then? And what about that Ken Taylor body? Did you get it like that or have you got the rest of it somewhere?! 😂 What are you going to do with it?

I've enjoyed owning all of them, but yes, the last one is my favourite. 😊 The white Ken Taylor was really nice, the ebony fretboard was probably the nicest I've ever played, and it had a really even tone. The classic booster was very special, lightweight (swamp ash) and super resonant. The neck was glorious! The Basics are soooo good, but in the end I missed the girth of a neck pickup too much (although they sounded huge and mega punchy). They've all played their part in the story, and I've enjoyed the ride! 😊

Boring for everyone I'm sure, but was just thinking back through all the Sandbergs I've had over the past 10 or so years, since I fell in love with them. It's been a voyage of discovery to figure out exactly what makes my perfect sandberg. Disclaimer: first few pics are off the Internet, mine are probably on an old laptop somewhere! Used Sandberg Basic 4 Natural Used Sandberg California PM4 Used Sandberg Basic 4 Greenburst (which I later made a trans pickguard for) Used Sandberg Basic Ken Taylor 5 Custom order Sandberg Basic Ken Taylor 5 Custom order Sandberg Classic Booster 5 Custom order Sandberg California VM5 Custom order Sandberg california TT5 passive

Definitely think that's a better use of resources, and kinda what I'm thinking at the moment! Happy with gear, now I need to focus on trying to improve myself!

Hey folks, Does anyone else get to that point where they're totally happy with their gear and thinks "yep, that's me, I'm done. Shouldn't need to change anything for a long time, if ever"...... And then feel like they're just waiting in anticipation for their tastes to change /GAS to kick in /a new 'need' to arise, etc, etc.? Or is it just me?! 😂 I'm totally happy at the mo by the way, shouldn't need to buy anything else ever..... 🤔

TM's and Ken Taylors come with a split switch as standard, VM's do not, but you can ask for it if you're speccing a build.

Yeah I have to be honest that on the Ken Taylors I had I found the single coil split pretty weak, and used them in humbucking mode virtually all the time. Interesting that the TM splits to the neck side coil, the Ken Taylor splits both pickups to the outer coils (bridge side coil on bridge pickup, neck side coil on neck pickup).

Yeah it looks very nice, same colour scheme and fretboard as my Ken Taylor was!

I nearly ordered one, and then thought I'd better have a go at this Ariane Cap book I got 6 months ago instead! 😂

I wouldn't buy a relic myself, but IMHO sandberg are one of the only companies to do it REALLY well. The Hardcore aged masterpiece basses have thermal and vibration treatment too, which makes them respond and sounds much more like an old bass too. I played one at Birmingham guitar show and it was lovely!

Wow, that's certainly less than I would've guessed having read about the work that goes into these basses. And less than an actual vintage fender!

Very nice indeed, congrats! Don't even want to ask how much....

It was so annoying, tried different batteries, cables, bypassing pedal board, everything. Ended up backstage whilst the band carried on, with the control cavity open trying to blow the pots out in case these was some detritus in there. One of them started working again. 🤷‍♂️ And they were both fine after!

It was so annoying, tried different batteries, cables, bypassing pedal board, everything. Ended up backstage whilst the band carried on, with the control cavity open trying to blow the pots out in case these was some detritus in there. One of them started working again. 🤷‍♂️ And they were both fine after!

It'll be similar, but might not be exactly the same. Will certainly give you an idea though. My experience is that a split humbucker won't sound quite as good /full for some reason as a proper single coil pickup. Might just be my experience. The main difference may be the positioning; I'm pretty sure on these the coil closest to the bridge is the one used in split mode, and that may be slightly closer to the bridge than the bridge pickup on the TT. As I said though, it'll certainly give you an idea! It'll sound somewhere near an active TT, but the Passive and SL models have different pickups.

Logical explanation there! Makes a lot of sense. I'm still happy with a passive bass though, it's giving me what I want, and I rarely touched the controls on my active basses anyway. It also gives me piece of mind... For the first time in 22 years of gigging, I last year had both of my main basses (both active) develop some sort of issue whilst playing a show! No output. Still no idea what caused it, and the odds are astronomical, but it happened. Definitely wasn't Batteries. The band had to carry on without me for a few songs. Got one working again, but the whole experience rattled me!