Aidan63

Sandberg short scale bass, VS4 is the P version, this is my just acquired fretless

Don't rate the Wunjo receipt much, no real detail (like case, covers, candy etc..), & no serial number; I'd want and expect more if I was buying a vintage instrument for good money from a dealer

saves me going through my drawers 👍

I think I have got some used Squier tuners here if you need them; have to find them and check they are the same as you need

Philip Conrad has a YT vid comparing the Origin and the SGT link, sorry I just can't figure out how to embed: ); SVT better on Origin (as supplied but obviously you could change the IRs) but the B15 sound (which Philip uses generally) is the extra bonus, so slightly more versatile....

It's that era specific and studio specific and engineered specific of that bass with old strings played with thumb and fingers DI into the desk, maybe originally recorded along with something like a B15 mic'd up and the two mixed and bounced down together on tape; a tubey, harmonically rich, compression thing which is generally more appealing than transistor or digitally recorded stuff to many people; there's a pedal/DI box available that tries to replicate it based on what was used originally

Also worth noting Rob is a multi-instrumentalist, and has a lot of YT content Robb MacKillop on YT

Holy thread resurrection 🙃 I posted a wanted ad for a fretless 4 string 30" earlier in the week and Alain, aka ead sent me a link to this very bass on Ebay, which I hadn't seen of course; took me about 5 minutes to look at the pics, find this very thread, think a bit and press buy it now😍 Had a good exchange with Rob on Ebay and he wrapped it in enough bubble wrap to cover a michelin man so Parcelforce didn't damage it and it arrived this morning as promised So nice, so very, very nice. I am no longer sad at selling the Status necked Jazz back to three, as I had a noodle on that over the weekend before packing it and had some remorse. All gone now, 30" is where I am at now Bass is slightly more light aged than when Rob bought it which I am happy about, I don't have to worry about marking it so it will be out of its case and ready to play a lot. I might even get slightly proficient 😀

I had the same issue, unfortunately the plastic of the pickup back is quite soft so the screws can strip out, but main issue was the aperture in the pickguard is too tight for the covers so they don't move freely especially if you angle the pickups at all to follow the radius of the so the result is the spring pressure isn't sufficient to push the cover into the body when trying to lower them, though the pickups may have moved, but on mine after a couple of adjustments the threads were stripped. I removed the pickguard, dissembled it all, filed the apertures in the pickguard so the pickup covers could move freely and made little metal plates to fit behind the the pickups drilled and tapped to suit the 3mm height adjustment screws so now they move freely; I ummed and erred about changing the springs for surgical tubing but didn't in the end.

recent update of Windows may have messed up USB connectivity, mine now keeps giving me 'the last usb device connected has failed message', however the last device I connected (more than once) was my iPhone and I was able to access it no problem through explorer and upload pics from the phone, and it charged just fine, it's no longer connected but I am still getting the message pop up a couple of times a day - it's possible one of the older USB devices plugged in permanently like the bluetooth dongle or wireless mouse dongle are causing the message but everything appears to be working fine and Windows doesn't identify the device concerned so the message is pretty meaningless and there's nothing I can do to stop the message short of rooting through devices and drivers which I can't be bothered to do Doesn't help you Stew, just a FYI....I haven't googled the fault to see if tehre's anything about it online

Once again I am here giving positive feedback for Lozz who this time sold me a nice complete BT7 D-tuner delivered special delivery, all good, many thanks

BT3 is reverse tuner and has rivetted plate; it looks like it may be a special to me Can you spec a D-tuner on a Sandberg custom ? I can't see it on configurator Could probably use a HE6 but it would mean drilling a securing screw hole and it wouldn't match the other tuners but the one on the Ida Nielsen doesn't as closely match the other tuners as most of the other designs do A bit weird if they do it for hers but don't get Hipshot to make them in other finishes for their other basses

Does anyone know which D-Tuner is used on the Ida Nielsen Califonia II signature bass please; or which one fits the other Califonia II models with the single fixing screw ovoid backplate

The older version of the Phil Jones Double 4 uses 20v d.c laptop like external power supply so running it on suitable rechargeable external battery packs works fine, I get 4 hours run time on my PowerAdd 2300mA battery; 70W compact combo with adjustable aux in, single channel amp with gain and a seperate output volume and the PJB clean sound and space filling projection, with useful bass, mid and treble tone controls, standby and switchable hi and low impedance input to suit passive and active instruments and or pedal boosted input chain I just fix the battery pack to the side of the combo with velcro makes it less than 2cm bigger

A friend of mine has an old industrial building in Bradford which has rehearsal rooms as well as venue space, office space, workshop space and living space, and studio apace; a couple of the rehearsal rooms are rented full time by long established bands so storage as well as creative space. When old buildings were cheap and dividing up the space was also pretty cheap and building regs were less onerous it was a viable income stream but rarely the prime one.

PJB BP800 ? 7.5"x2.5"x12.5"

not much choice on the configurator and frell me they are expensive, are they made by elves out of unobtanium in a magic castle ? Do you think they will ever make it to an Electra version ? I guess Friday's Bass the World will be all about it

is the opposite of the old mantra 'if it's heavy paint it black' so light white it flys away

did yoou have any joy ?

I have a nos Squier VM77 bas that I am pretty sure is 8.5lb but I am still recovering from Covid and not able to lay my hands on it and weigh it today, one of these.... image link

you can borrow my hosco set, I'm not that far from you

the pickup looks genuinely too small for the string spacing and the pickup position, like they designed it (or bought it in from someone) as a neck pickup for a short scale (like the Epi Newport) and then stuck it in the P position on a long scale

So someone bought it, spent money on new strings and new pickguard etc.. and is selling after a week or so for less than retail...even if you were in the trade and got it cost that does not make any sense to me, unless after investing time and money it is still a dog or sounds rubbish