GrammeFriday

Interesting quote from Mike Lull, who many folks say makes the best 'Fender 2.0' basses, on what he is trying to achieve as a boutique bass builder: [left]"Bottom line, I’m a Fender guy. I have owned hundreds of basses. In the mid-seventies I collected everything. The prices back then made these things affordable. As a pro player, for me there is nothing better than a great pre-CBS Precision or Jazz Bass. There is no better bass to record or play live with. If you could compile a list of all the recordings made with these basses, it would be staggering. I wanted to take all the goodness, along with all the idiosyncrasies, and build a better bass. Leo was a genius, but the basses were built to a price point. I want my basses to sound as good but play better and be more consistent."[/left] A Lull PJ5 for me, please!

My 2010 MIA Jazz (bought from fellow Basschatter Phsycoandy last September) sounds, feels and looks fabulous. Admittedly, I still keep going back to the 1993-vintage 62 reissue MIJ that the 2010 Jazz was bought to replace, but I think that may just be some variant of the 'old pair of jeans' habit on my part!

+1 to rumour6's advice - try them all out if you can, and buy the one that feels and sounds nicest.

[quote name='John Cellario' timestamp='1361011394' post='1979674'] Judging by the 'artists' on the web site using Sandbergs, would it be true to say the brand seems to fall into the heavy rock genre. I'm trying to play in a more sort of Jeff Berlin / Scott Devine / Jaco style ....obviously, any style can be played on any bass, but do you know what I mean?... P Basses/Rickys fall in into this rock area whereas as say a Jazz bass is more sort of funk/ jazzy if that makes sense. Image matters!!! [/quote] MarloweDK plays Sandbergs - indeed, has his own signature model - and he definitely got da funk!

Yup - it's all gone pear shaped for me, too.