Terry M.

Those poor guys must be tired of me now 😁

My last few trips to some very well known guitar stores recently have been a bit off putting. Not only do (some of) the staff have a "couldn't care less attitude" but the so-called background music has been approaching stadium level volume. I've literally had to request either some headphones or a reduction in volume so I could demo a bass. Not saying I won't try again going forward however but it's happening more and more these days in my experience.

Lovely but I believe the OP is after 4 strings only.

Not watched the video but I got bit shaky when I just visited Thomann's website 🫣

Out live in a mix is the real test I think. I once had a ceramic pickup era Stingray 5 that sounded weird (to me) on its own but when I took it out it was like a different machine completely (for the better). The principle can work in reverse also.

Do you mean this when the Sandberg was played at home as opposed to out in a live mix? I found them a bit sterile sounding on their own but in a live mix was a different story.

Mind me asking why the geographic stipulation? I know it's your choice but if you bond with a bass and it's within your budget does it really matter? Where out of interest is your first bass made?

Definitely try if possible. I was in Bass Direct two days ago and tried it. It sounded really nice.

I favour Warwicks so totally aware of this 👍

I'll take the tone in the video over a P bass with rounds too 😂

Whenever I owned Stingrays I always anchored my thumb on the pickup as I never warmed to the sound as much when played nearer the neck. It's all very personal though.

Yep I agree with you. I'll take that over a P pass with flats tone. I'm not a fan of J/MM basses generally but unless I'm wrong that sounds like the bridge humbucker soloed or at least more bridge than neck.

I would say that's the more percussive end of the slap bass continuum that followed Larry Graham's example. I'm not an expert on the topic but he seemed to thump and pluck actual notes and less muted hits.

PC/laptop speakers will always make it sound like that 😂

That's hilarious. Anyway dogs as we all know have a wider hearing range than us humans so that will be the real reason. Those high pitched pops will be too much for some humans so imagine how a dog hears them 😂