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    On hold subject to receipt of payment.
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    I'm the one hiding under the bed 🙃
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    It just appears to be Thomann who are doing this. Jump on their UK website and search Electric basses > Short scale > Sandberg and you'll get around 20 basses with delivery times ranging from 'stock' to a number of weeks / months or 'to order'. What I like is that the selection isn't limited to what you might call standard basses. There's always a few SL and roasted maple necks in amongst what's on offer. This makes a lot of sense given that the waiting time for special orders is now 2 years!! I was lucky enough to find ex-stock almost exactly what I had recently designed on the Sandberg configurator, which would have cost me around £600 more and been subject to a 2-year wait. The only thing I configured that mine doesn't have is a roasted maple neck, but now I've got it I really like the mix of the lighter maple neck with the green burst and gold hardware. Short-scale Sandberg basses at Thomann UK
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    Just about to open a new pack of La Bella s-s flats 🙂
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    NBD!! After much deliberation, finally decided to take the plunge on this drop-dead-gorgeous (IMHO) Cali ll TM SL 2-band active that Thomann had in stock. Only just unpacked it but I can report that the build quality and playability are spot on - as I expected, having owned a Lionel. Thanks to its paulownia body and lightweight machine-heads, this one weighs next to nowt and still balances perfectly on the strap. I'll post more feedback when I've got to know it properly.
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    NBD!! After much deliberation, finally decided to take the plunge on this drop-dead-gorgeous (IMHO) Sandberg Cali ll TM SL 2-band active that Thomann had in stock. Only just unpacked it but I can report that the build quality and playability are spot on - as I expected, having owned a Lionel. Thanks to its paulownia body and lightweight machine-heads, this one weighs next to nowt and still balances perfectly on the strap. I'll post more feedback when I've got to know it properly.
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    You're probably not the only one as I posted the '24 date at the end of the '23 topic 🙂
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    OK, so this is me starting a new topic for This year's Bash🥳 The hall is booked from 10am to 4pm on Sunday, October 13th, 2024 so put the date in your diaries NOW! Just follow this topic for more details! The Memorial Hall, Cheddon Fitzpaine, Rowford, TAUNTON, TA2 8JY https://www.cheddonfitzpainevillagehall.co.uk/ (The picture below shows the entrance to the hall driveway but the old lodge pictured is a private house)
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    Just GO FOR IT!! You'll be glad you did. When Mrs Scrumpy and I decided to re-start a S-W Bash back in 2017, little did we know that we were about to become local legends in our own lunch-time 🙂. That's largely down to the catering expertise of Mrs S of course, and the lesson is a valuable one: make sure you put on the best food and drink you possibly can! The rest will happen automatically. The great (and honestly unexpected) joy for us is that we've now got our own local 'Bash family' within the broader community of this wonderful Basschat forum. Here's some pic's from 2023:
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    I would have tried these but my band plays drop-tuned to Eb. The normal LaBella s-s flats are perfect for this but I'm not sure the low-tension strings would.
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    +1
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    If you're playing along the Bristol/Exeter M5 corridor, need to cancel a gig, and are looking for a replacement band, give me a call on 07770 946135 or ping me a PM on here! My hugely experienced and normally busy classic rock covers band Silverback is short of gigs this year, especially in the first 6 months. We didn't take much on as we knew we'd have to replace our drummer in the New Year but had no idea how long that would take. As it happened, we found a replacement very quickly and now we're all dressed up with nowhere to go 😞 Find us on FB at https://www.facebook.com/silverbacktheband Cheers, Mike
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    Glad to hear that what you've received meets your expectations. I'm a flats guy so my first change was to fit TI Jazz Flats with a replacement nut to fit. Just out of curiosity, I looked up the price of the Aguilar package that's standard on the Artist version - and it's pretty much what you paid for the bass!! Let us know how you get on!
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    So, first a reminder. A few days back I shared on here my intention to buy a short-scale Cali ll SL TM but decided against it because of helpful feedback on here suggesting that the active tones would not be 'old school' enough for my tastes. I've been exchanging e-mails with Thomann since and now share the dialogue with you guys, starting with their response to my initial doubts arising from the posts on here!! A: "Please ignore the Chats ... 90% of all Sandberg basses are with active preamp and Sandberg / Delano Pickups. Sandberg is one of the most successful bass brands at the moment. It can´t be so bad. Especially for the SL basses with Paulownia body, you need the active preamp. It helps you to get a great, powerful sound. I can't recommend a passive SL version. And we don't have them in our assortment. But I think, if you are looking for the lightest, best sounding and most easy playing bass - I can´t offer you something else. It has a nice full modern sound." Q: "I will follow the advice from my Basschat friends on the Sandberg Appreciation Society forum because a) they understand the sounds I like and b) they also know the sounds of the various Sandberg pickups. This is why online special-interest forums are so helpful. So, I am looking for a TT with old-school Alnico V pickups and paulownia body BUT I am not prepared to pay premium price for special order. Does my original choice the Cali ll SL TM have Alnico V pickups?" A: "The Standard Sandberg pickups T4 are ALNICO V, made by Delano On these pickups the neck pickup is reverse wound and polarized. This causes the bridge and neck pickup to operate in humbucking mode when they are both turned up. The T4 Black Label are Ceramic, more clear in sound and more output. And also the M4 has Ceramic, more clear in sound and more output." Q: "Just to be clear, does this mean that Cali ll SL TM is fitted with: 1 x T4 Alnico V + 1 x M4 Ceramic?" A: "Yes, plus the active preamp with passive mode." I've ruled out the SL TM so looks like my options are to go for either 1) an active SL TT and hope I can live with the tones, or 2) a passive ash-bodied TT and hope it's not at the top end of the weight range. P.S. Why on earth Sandberg can't weigh all their basses before they pack them beats me - Maruszczyk do!!
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    IMHO they were worth every penny of the original RRP. That's no surprise as the Vox brand is owned by Korg so the design, specification and quality were always going to be of the highest order. Trouble is bass players are generally a conservative lot and Marmite-y designs rarely sell well. Welcome to the world of short-scale basses btw!
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    I've owned the very same thing and loved it. Incredibly comfortable to play and wear. Another innocent victim of GAS ☹️ GLWTS
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    You've got a massive bargain there my friend! The original retail price of the premium-quality Artist versions was £1350, later reduced to £799 as a clearance price. I bought mine at that point and absolutely love it, especially the innovative design. The build quality on mine is second to none and the Aguilar package it comes with is the best active set-up I've ever played. I've made a couple of mods to fit strap-locks and improve strap balance but that's just my obsessive tendency 🙂
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    My trouble is I don't really understand the fundamentals of pickups and electronics. For a start, I didn't realise you can combine passive pickups with an active pre-amp. I haven't tried many but the only active package I've found to my liking is what's on my Vox Starstream A2S. That comes with Aguilar AG 4J-70 pickups and the Aguilar OBP-2 pre-amp. The thing is that the Vox has the J-vibe perfectly covered and I wanted something different from the Sandy.
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    Thanks guys, keep this stuff coming! If Cuzzie doesn't jump on, I'll ping him a PM.
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    Thanks, now that's my kinda sound!!
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    Yes, it is a stunner but I already made an expensive mistake with a s-s Spector Euro 4 fitted with active EMGs and I can't afford to make another one 😊
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    Well, that's very interesting and has saved me from making a big mistake. Looks like I've just put a deposit down on what you didn't like (see below) - and based on what you've said, I definitely won't like it either!
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    There's a few gaps in my knowledge of Sandberg pickups (and pickups in general) that some of you on here may be able to fill. My only Sandberg ownership experience has been a Lionel, which I loved but moved on because I needed a broader range of sounds. I've just put a deposit down on a Cali ll SL TM4, which should certainly be more versatile with its J + H configuration. According to Thomann, Sandy pickups are made by Delano. Are the Sandy pickups just re-branded Delanos or are they made to a different Sandy spec? The images on the Thomann website show two different designs of pickup - single-pole (labelled with the Delano logo) and double-pole (plain). Is there any functional difference between the single and double-pole designs?
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    There's a few gaps in my Sandberg knowledge that you and others on here may be able to fill. My only ownership experience has been a Lionel, which I loved but moved on because I need a broader range of sounds from my basses. The Cali ll SL TM4 I've put a deposit down on should certainly give me that. My questions are about Sandy pickups. All I know so far is that my Lionel had a Black Label J and, according to Thomann, Sandy pickups are made by Delano. Are they just re-branded Delanos or are they different designs made to a Sandy spec? Also, what's the functional difference between the single and double-pole designs that you see on Sandy basses?
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    Hey fretmeister, thanks for this!! I was just about to post asking about strap balance on the Sandberg s-s SL basses but found the answer here first. Looks like I can go ahead and order my Cali ll SL TM4 without worrying about neck dive now. Happy days 😊
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