Skezza Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 (edited) I have been thinking about buying a 5 stringSandberg bass (jazz style) none of the retailers in the uk which are listed on the Sandberg site have any stock. Is this suspicious have Sanberg gone bust?? does anyone have any info skez Edited January 9, 2012 by Skezza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 These brilliantly built basses are just not as popular as the usual suspects so stocks are always going to be sketchy at best. They're still in good shape as far as I know. Why not order what you want direct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pietruszka Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Sandberg make excellent basses and are worth hunting out. Maybe even make a trip to Germany for a weekend and take a look at some. Alternatively theres bound to be a bass hatter near you with one. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon1964 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Have you tried PMT in Birmingham? They usually have several Sandbergs in stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon1964 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 (edited) [quote name='simon1964' timestamp='1325510528' post='1483718'] Have you tried PMT in Birmingham? They usually have several Sandbergs in stock. [/quote] In fact, PMT online have lots of Sandbergs listed here: [url="http://pmtbristol.co.uk/pmtonline/pmtbristol.php?cmd=%5BSTOCK%5D&submitbtn=1&mfn=SANDBERG&category=BASS+GUITAR"]http://pmtbristol.co...ory=BASS+GUITAR[/url] so definitely worth trying them. Edited January 2, 2012 by simon1964 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneKing Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Mark at Bassdirect may be your man too. Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Wazoo Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 They are widely available from Guitar Guitar [url="http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/search.asp?search=Sandberg&submit.x=0&submit.y=0"]http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/search.asp?search=Sandberg&submit.x=0&submit.y=0[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 Thanks for your help guys Ill have a look through skez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRBboy Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Sandberg are very much still in business. They don't make "stock" instruments as such because they are pretty small outfit, they basically build to order, some of which are custom orders and some are orders from shops for stock. In other words they don't just keep producing and stockpiling instruments, partly because they haven't got the capacity to, but mainly because they have so many options that it wouldn't be practical to try to hold stocks of everything. If I were you, I would start by contacting Alan at Synergy Distribution (UK distributor), who is very helpful and will point you in the right direction if you explain what you want to achieve. I think that PMT and GuitarGuitar are the only stockists now, although I believe only the Epson GG store has any stock: when I enquired about a custom order with GG Birmingham recently, none of the staff knew that they could get hold of Sandbergs until I told them! The PMT online stock list is nonsense (they told me this!), but the Birmingham store usually have a handful in. When I was in there about a month back, they had a few Basics, an Umbo and a California VM, and I think that was about it. Have you seen the California TT on eBay at the moment? Hope some of this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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