cocco Posted January 27 Posted January 27 9 hours ago, VilleT said: Hi, I have active TT5 with Sandberg Alnico 5 pickups. They sound good, but I would like to have a little bit more upper mids or bite to the sound. Would black labels do that? And is there any other good options? Local store has Dimarzio Ultra jazz pickups for reasonable price for example. I have a set of black labels in a passive TT, definitely no lack of bite in them to my ear, but I've never tried Sandbergs Alnico 5s for comparison. Quote
fretmeister Posted January 27 Posted January 27 I took out the black labels from my TT4 and stuck in EMG J set and their preamp. Quote
ozzy138 Posted February 4 Posted February 4 Apology's to the Admins, and please remove if its against the rules. Ive just put up for sale a set of Oliver Reidel Black Label pickups and tone controls over on the Accessories & Other Musically Related Items. I thought this might be the appropriate to flag it... Regards Dave Quote
Kebabkid Posted February 4 Posted February 4 This just came up on Facebook - Yolanda Charles Sandberg Bass Clinic at the Camden Store https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/news/142302/ Quote
TrevorR Posted February 27 Posted February 27 I’m always loath to share my playing online because I’m hardly the best player in the world but I’ve been getting so many compliments about the sound of my new VM4 since I got it that it’s getting silly. This was at our local jam on Monday when I got up to do a Stevie Nicks/Tom Petty number. This was filmed on someone’s phone and sent to me but the bass sounds so rich and growly it’s unreal. I so love the feel and sound of this bass. This is just the P (or V) pickup solo’d in passive mode, I think, but the tone is great (in my opinion). No effects, just a Tonehammer amp and a couple of MarkBass 1x12s. I love this bass! No wonder none of my other basses are getting any playing time at the moment! 11 Quote
BabyBlueSound Posted March 23 Posted March 23 (edited) I have FINALLY managed to join the club 😁 And I couldn't be happier, what a lovely piece of resonant wood with bits of metal! (Lionel VS BB) Don't want to doublepost so here's the NBD in the shortie topic, and will just attach the pic here: Edited March 23 by BabyBlueSound 2 Quote
martthebass Posted March 23 Posted March 23 1 hour ago, BabyBlueSound said: I have FINALLY managed to join the club 😁 And I couldn't be happier, what a lovely piece of resonant wood with bits of metal! (Lionel VS BB) Don't want to doublepost so here's the NBD in the shortie topic, and will just attach the pic here: Lovely, gotta admit that the Lionel is my favourite gigging bass. In terms of shorties the Ray and Lionel is a combo that’s difficult to beat…..great minds think alike (fools seldom differ?). 6 Quote
BabyBlueSound Posted March 23 Posted March 23 1 hour ago, martthebass said: Lovely, gotta admit that the Lionel is my favourite gigging bass. In terms of shorties the Ray and Lionel is a combo that’s difficult to beat…..great minds think alike (fools seldom differ?). You got the proper Ray though, maybe that would have felt better in my hand and would not need to get rid of it... 😁 And I know the problem is with me, I had 2 pro friends try the Sterling and everyone was amazed, even though they don't even like shorties. Maybe it's the thin Jazz neck? I thought I liked those. Yet I always seem to go back to P. So is that a gold finish, or mustard yellow? Hard to tell because of the shine. 1 Quote
martthebass Posted March 23 Posted March 23 46 minutes ago, BabyBlueSound said: You got the proper Ray though, maybe that would have felt better in my hand and would not need to get rid of it... 😁 And I know the problem is with me, I had 2 pro friends try the Sterling and everyone was amazed, even though they don't even like shorties. Maybe it's the thin Jazz neck? I thought I liked those. Yet I always seem to go back to P. So is that a gold finish, or mustard yellow? Hard to tell because of the shine. I had the Sterling shortie before the full fat version came along (took an age to get one…..). Yes the US one feels better but sound wise I’m hard pushed to tell much of a difference. I do need to change the strings though it’s got D’Addarios on and the gauge is a bit light for me on a shortie. Yep, the Lionel is gold finish….soft core aged, you can only get the gloss finish in soft or hard aged at the minute. It’s alder so it’s lightweight at about 7.5lb. 2 Quote
TrevorR Posted March 28 Posted March 28 There’s a professional photographer who comes along to our jam night occasionally. Rather like this shot he took a few weeks ago of my Sandberg… 4 Quote
Highfox Posted March 28 Posted March 28 4 hours ago, TrevorR said: There’s a professional photographer who comes along to our jam night occasionally. Rather like this shot he took a few weeks ago of my Sandberg… Nice. Love the colour and blocks. I go pick up a used TM4 tomorrow, it's one of the older 2008 models. I got back into Sandberg's after doing a trade for a VS4 superlight. Playability and comfort spot on for me these days. 1 Quote
bigthumb Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago VERY happy with this Sandberg Electra. I have owned German made ones in the distant past and I've fancied another for a while now. But to scratch the itch for the time being I recently got this Electra and I really can't fault it. I gigged it last Saturday with the intention to try it out on a couple of songs in the first set but used it throughout the whole gig. 4 Quote
dmccombe7 Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago Love the necks on my Sandbergs but sometimes i have doubts about the pick ups being too modern and then i gig them and think "WOW that was a great sound i had tonight" and all is well in the world again. Always wondered how the Electra P range sounds. I know you get active and passive ones. Dave Quote
bigthumb Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 8 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said: Always wondered how the Electra P range sounds. I know you get active and passive ones. Dave Until now, I've not used an active bass for well over a year so I found the preamp to be 'hot'. Loads of bass and loads of fizz to my ears. The last gig to this I did was with a Gibson Ripper and Gibson Thunderbird so the Sandbergs a bit different. I set the bass and treble knobs to the centre indent and left it there. It was great, Pbass with a bit more on top would be my simple description. The bass is active only, no push pull for active/passive. 1 Quote
dmccombe7 Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 25 minutes ago, bigthumb said: Until now, I've not used an active bass for well over a year so I found the preamp to be 'hot'. Loads of bass and loads of fizz to my ears. The last gig to this I did was with a Gibson Ripper and Gibson Thunderbird so the Sandbergs a bit different. I set the bass and treble knobs to the centre indent and left it there. It was great, Pbass with a bit more on top would be my simple description. The bass is active only, no push pull for active/passive. Quite a change from a Ripper and Thunderbird. I've got the VM4 and MarloweDK Jazz. The VM4 i'm just very comfortable with. Probably more than any other bass. Its reasonably lightweight with a gorgeous comfy neck. I always seem to get a decent sound from it altho i do miss that warm Fender depth of tone that the Sandbergs miss but not enough so that i would change anything on them. Once in a mix its not really that noticeable. They are simply superb playable basses. I never seem to get hand cramp with my Bergs but using my Geddy Jazz or even a P bass i somehow get cramp on my fret hand. Dave 1 Quote
uncle psychosis Posted 31 minutes ago Posted 31 minutes ago Hello, Asked elsewhere but realised this might be a better place to ask. Can anyone tell me what size allen key i need to adjust the bridge on a sandberg? Its an older Electra series, if that matters. Also, any tips for setting up the bridge? Looks like a right pain in the arse. Quote
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