DJ '65

Bought some Sandberg pick ups off Dave that weren’t quite what I was after as they were the same as what was already in my bass and so of no real use to me. I contacted Dave and he refunded me immediately which was very good of him, the pick ups are on the way back. In addition to that, comms were great, shipping was next day and all above board! Excellent dude to deal with and I hope we cross paths again in the future.

Just today I bought Mick’s Gordon Smith 6 string. I thought the deal may prove a little challenging as I had to ask my drummer to take receipt as in was in Micks area. I needn’t have worried as Mick was a real gent and a pleasure to deal with, very patient dealing with loads of messages with me trying to arrange things in between my mate doing his audits etc. So all good. Many thanks Mick, it was an absolute pleasure!

I was at Symphony Hall and felt the same. It’s only the second time I’ve seen them but it just didn’t compare to the first at that was at the same venue. Great music but the atmosphere was a little flat to say the least. Over the last couple of weeks I’ve seen The Darts at the Butter Market in Shrewsbury which was great. They were the first live band I saw back around ‘76/ ‘77 and they were still really good! Last Saturday I went to see Remi Harris/ Man of the World at Joe Joe Jim’s on Saturday, absolutely awesome. Then last night I went to see Walter Trout at The Stables in Milton Keynes, what a great night although getting back home at 1:15 on a school night wasn’t the best! Looking forward to this Saturday, going to see Y&T at KK’s… can’t wait!

Ah… yes I see it now thanks! 😎

Is yours a MK1 or MK2?

Cool, I’m thinking about getting one of these as I enjoy using my Dual Terror from time to time.

This one is the one for me, lightweight, plays and sounds great.

That’s very cool, enjoy!

I got a quick response from Dustin at Sandberg so I think for the sake of a few pounds I’ll order a new blend pot and swap it out anyway because I’m convinced that’s the problem. Thanks for your replies, I will update this when I get the pot. If it helps anyone else out there here is his reply. Hi Don, I'm sorry you're having problems with our blend pot. It is possible that the blend potentiometer is causing the problem if deposits there are causing a short circuit inside. It is best to remove them with compressed air. The Deoxit solution may worsen the effect. To identify such an error, you should check whether there is a short circuit in the blance pot. You do that as follows: try to disconnect the balance pot from ground by removing it from the control plate. Don't let the pot cover touch anything and try the bass again. When it's working, there is a ground short circuit inside the pot if this method does not help, we will have to look for the error further. the jacksocket could also be causing a problem then the pot should be replaced. These are the article numbers Art Nr: EL00043 Art Nr: EL00042 you can order the spare parts here: Webshop (Germany/EU) https://sandbergshop.gambiocloud.com/ Dealer https://www.sandberg-guitars.de/dealer-germany/ https://www.sandberg-guitars.de/dealer-europe/ https://www.sandberg-guitars.de/dealer-america/ https://www.sandberg-guitars.de/dealer-asia-australia-africa/

Sorry for delay folks only just got in, many thanks for the info I’ll contact them now. I’ll let you know how it “pans” out. Sorry, I’ll leave now!

Yes I sprayed all the pots, turned them several times, sprayed the jack socket and then the lead jack (older planet waves type as it’s a snug fit to ensure good contact) and checked all connections and couldn’t find a thing. I recall someone on here sold a Glock loom for spares because they had some kind of problem that they couldn’t sort out, I just don’t remember what they said.

Good evening to you all, I’m hoping someone maybe able to shed some light on an issue with my Cali v1 VM4. I hadn’t played this bass for a few months but wanted to take it to rehearsal so thought I’d check the battery etc. When I plugged it in there seemed to be an issue with the electronics, it was very noisy, seemingly an earthing issue as when I touched the pick up “pan pot” it stopped. It was only the pan pot, nothing else. So I turned it full up and down several times and left it a while and came back to it and it seemed ok. Played it at home that night and all seemed well. The following night plugged in again the problem was back but this time the output dropped to barely being able to hear it in both active and passive mode. Thinking it was a dirty pot, I removed the guard, checked all connections as best I could and used a magnifying glass to carefully check for any obvious problems or signs of dry joints. Nothing stood out as being untoward so sprayed a little Deoxit on all pots and connectors. Left it overnight to evaporate in the hope it would solve the issue but when I tried it there was still no output. I’ve checked the battery, tried different leads and double checked by using battery and leads into my TT4 which worked fine. Have any of you folk had anything similar with your Sandberg bass (or other) that you’ve fixed? Sorry for the long post but I’m baffled. Thanks in advance for any help, Don.