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Great news, I hope you enjoy your new bass!

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1380910916' post='2232388'] I did not know it was possible to buy a made in USA bass from a well known manufacturer for that little. I was shocked at the £150 until I searched sold listings and found them selling for less. I'm not going to buy one as I have a four string fretted that I really like. I had a google to see if they're available fretless. I found this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu_S-chaqBE[/media], but I don't really like that sound. Just out of curiosity, have you reviewed your foundation? What's it like? [/quote] A great example of how a lot of bass tone comes from the fingers...or not!

Well, still not playing it so..........Ill keep it till I need the cash or fancy something else

Any good? The answer is yes

Are you going to run through them all at rehearsals? There is no harm in asking, or maybe there is.

I played a 5 sting USA Fender, can't remember the model but it was truly awful, i like fenders normally but this was an exception, the B string was the worst I'd come across on any bass. some sort of set up would have helped.

I guess that says it all, anyone want to buy a 6 string set, I will undercut ebay by 10% Note: the strings seem to match the quality of the set up on the bass they came with

Hi, anyone use or heard of Patrick Strings? I inherited an unopened set, made in Wilmington USA and wondered if they had any sort of reputation-either good or bad

[quote name='rmorris' timestamp='1380741058' post='2229936'] Thanks people. I'll probably get some Status strings and maybe the half rounds. Thanks for your input. [/quote] Another vote for status half rounds here, great strings.

Thanks for the reminder. I need to play with EMG's on one of my basses. I love the tone on both but I like to be able to flip between them and at the moment one has more presence than the other.

A very interesting read, Welcome

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1380385710' post='2224621'] I'd guess that the guitarist is a big Zep fan :-) [/quote] Why thank you, I'm assuming that was a complement. I'm not particularly a Zep fan but I always liked em. I saw them twice with the original line up.

[quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1380113831' post='2220967'] [size=4][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]I am sure it'll be an easy fix for Sandberg, probably just some clever use of capacitors or somesuch....[/font][/size] [size=4][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Surprised that you haven't had a reply, try [email="[email protected]"][email protected][/email]. I have always used him and had fast repsonses.[/font][/size] [/quote] Thanks for that, I tried that address and just cot a message of receipt of the mail. Thats an improvement already. I'm still interested in alternatives though if anyone has any ideas. Nows the time for me to consider them

[quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1380103567' post='2220733'] Why not email the guys at Sandberg and just sort a replacement? I am sure they'd want to help out, and as the Umbo's passive I am sure it's a simple solution to get it back to fully functioning. [/quote] Hi I already did that and am waiting for a reply. To be honest I'm totally confused. I know ziltch about guitar electrics and thought that this was a passive bass until I had this problem. It turns out that the pre-amp which modifies the sound. No batteries but it consists of the three way switch plus a couple of waxy blocks with wires coming out of them that sit between the selector switch and volume controls. I left it with a local luthier to fix and he said that he hadn't seen anything like it before. The bass is still with him at the moment. I guess if a straight replacement was easy I would go with that as I was happy before but as I tended to use it in position one 95% of the time, I wondered if now was the time to consider something different. Maybe some active kick would be a nice option. Note: I have emailed Sndburg twice in the past as this is my 3rd Sandburg. First time they didn't replay and 2nd time they did reply but it took a few weeks, which doesn't fill me with confidence that I will get a reply any time soon.

[color=#000000][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] Hi, the 3 way switch/preamp on my Umbo has packed up. [/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] There is some information here: http://www.sandberg-guitars.com/basscat-overview/calt-series/calumbo[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] Including a link to an electronics overview, where it mentions[i] the pre-amp 3-way selector switch. It does this: 1. Bypass 2. Ultra clean, 3. Dirty Mid/motown[/i][/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] I mainly used the bypass as I love the natural tine of those pickups and little else so I would like to replace that system with one that still allows the natural tone but adds some nice options. Any suggestions? Nothing too expensive please.[/size][/font][/color]

Spidertastic? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/80s-BC-RICH-WAVE-BASS-CUSTOM-made-in-USA-/121165428477?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1c3605b6fd

ooh flashback looky here! http://basschat.co.uk/topic/217750-for-saletc-electronic-flashback-delaylooper/page__hl__flashback__fromsearch__1

The HT-6 for information: Tried it, liked it and bought it. £59 from Absolute Guitars, which seems very reasonable for a well made bit of kit. It has a bass setting for basses with up to 6 strings and I took my 5 string along and it worked great. Set it for "bass 5 string" (it then remembers the last setting you programmed). A quick strum and the polytune gives you an instant overview, then if you pluck any string you it instantly changes to chromatic mode and tells you the note and you just centre the lights. Very fast and very impressive. It's also nice and bright, much brighter looking than in the youtube vids. The only down side is that its a lot bigger than the TC units so is not as easy to fit in a crowded pedal board. Thanks for the advice

Thanks Rich and Psychosis, I have a plan. I'm going to "keep it to hand" for a couple of weeks and see if I use it. That may not seem long but I have already had it nearby for a couple of years and hardly used it. If it isn't used much I'll maybe try and sell or trade. If I can't get a reasonable deal. I'll stash it a way for a while-I can't imagine that it will devalue much. Any idea of what the value is as it's the only Fender I own??? I won't go down the route of stashing it away as I did that with a strat, which went in the loft 1987 and never re-appeared until 2010, by which time the case had rusted. Thankfully the guitar was fine inside but I still didn't play it and sold it to buy something else. Thanks

I like these options [quote name='PTB' timestamp='1379917278' post='2218091'] How about putting a fretted neck on it and playing it? [/quote] I have already thought about getting the neck fretted as I wanted to keep the bass sounding exactly the way it does, but it was expensive and I was told that because it was lined the frets wouldn't match so I then considered another neck but shied away from that because it seemed a step to far to change something major on a bass that is sonically correct. [quote name='alittlebitrobot' timestamp='1379890938' post='2218024'] Permit a non bass-related anecdote: I had a nice guitar and a crappy old mis-shapen Squier telecaster. (ok, the nice guitar was only an Epiphone but it was a very good one). This sounds silly but I just didn't feel like the Epi had any music in it for me. When I'd pick it up, I'd enjoy the feel and the tone but I never wrote anything on it. Every time I pick up the tele something new comes out. So, like you, I took the notion of selling the Epi but I wasn't sure because it was such a nice guitar. I put it in it's case and put it downstairs where my guitars aren't. Just to see if I'd miss it. Well, out of sight, out of mind. Not once in about two months did I go downstairs to get it. So, I sold it. The guy that bought it loves it, which makes me so happy AND I used the money to buy a midi keyboard and a little Zoom digital 8-track, both of which I'm having a whale of a time with. Sell it. [/quote] A good point, I write my own tunes and can't think of anything that I have written with this one. Although I love listening to fretless I seem to get the sounds I like from sliding my fingers around on a fretted bass. Its time it left as its not my go to bass. [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1379890907' post='2218023'] Hold on....you've got 3 other basses in your sig!! You don't need any more. Just sell it and buy beer. [/quote] I like your thinking.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1379887119' post='2217973'] You don't play it so sell it. Buy a bass you will play without us telling you to. [/quote] Your right, I know it I mean to sell it, try to sell it but.....maybe if I bought another bass first? I need help http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cKpqszMOYg

Thanks I really want to play this. I love messing with it when I pick it up, its a special bass but realistically I don't have time for it. I have a busy life and already play lead in one band and am messing with bass in another. [attachment=144357:P Bk grain.jpg]

Hi, I'm winding myself up as I can't decide if I should keep my fretless or sell it. I never play it except when I'm wondering if I should sell it or not. Then I take it out of its case play it and think to myself "its great, hang on to it as you will probably not get one as nice". Then I put it back in its case. It just seems to me that I would be better off with a guitar that I play or one that is a potential back up. Today I went as far as taking pictures but have now put it back in its case......... Waddyathink. Am I nuts? It's a 97 fretless P Do I: 1. Sell it? 2. Try and swap it for something nice that I will remember it by? 3. Put my precious in tis case safe and warm? [attachment=144355:P fr.jpg] [attachment=144356:P bk.jpg]

Hmm yep I'm still in the honeymoon period with LTD/ESP. I really got the Surveyor to try out the pup combination and it has far surpassed expectations so my other basses have taken the back seat for the moment. It's a very carefully thought out and well built instrument.