Sandberg appreciation society

[dmccombe7]

10 hours ago, chris_b said:

 

Hi Dave,I've been working out for a couple of years, focusing on strengthening my core. I still have limits to what I can lift and carry, but it does help. I feel much better and am more agile than I've been for years. Good luck with your exercise plan.

100% Chris

4 yrs ago while working in the garden i was so out of breath while digging a hole to bury one of our cats that had passed away i had to stop and take a break. I was just under 15st but covid era just made things worse.

I decided i was either very unfit or something seriously wrong. I decided to start the gym and within 3-4mths i had lost 2st and was feeling a lot fitter. Went for 2 yrs to get myself fitter then took on a personal trainer for 10 sessions every 6mths just to push me a bit and give me new ideas to try on my own. (my wife also goes so we work together) A year ago we were asked to attend the ABS class and loved it altho quite hard work, that class changed to a circuit training class which was seriously hard work and then a friend we knew in the gym just thru going 3 times a week became a PT doing weight lifting and we thought we'll go to the first class to show some support for him and loved it.

I'm now 12st 11lbs but still love my crisps. 

Now i do the Barbell Blast class on Monday morning, Circuit class on Wed evening and on a Fri morning we do our own thing which is a combination of everything really.

I feel fitter now than i have done for 20 yrs. I dont have any issues doing jobs around the house and lifting gear at gigs isn't a problem now. Yes i do get the aching back when standing for long rehearsals and should definitely sit down more.

At a young 65 i'm doing good tho. 

Dave

[scrumpymike]

4 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

 

I'm now 12st 11lbs but still love my crisps. 

 

Join the club!! That's the Savoury Snack Fanciers' Club btw.

 

Maybe I should join the fitness club.

[dmccombe7]

13 minutes ago, scrumpymike said:

Join the club!! That's the Savoury Snack Fanciers' Club btw.

 

Maybe I should join the fitness club.

As my older brother keeps telling me "i don't eat unhealthy crisps, i eat potato snacks" 

Dave

[Highfox]

Thought I'd post a photo of my trio.

 weight wise..

 

TT 3.6KG

VS SL 2.7KG

And the monster TM 4.9 KG. Which is loaded with a SD humbucker!

 

The old style TM is the winner for sound and playability for me, slightly fatter neck than the California ii's , but a bit too heavy for regular gig use.

Interestingly it seems the TT is loaded with splitcoils and not singlecoil. Kind of darker sound for a jazz to my ears.

[dmccombe7]

3 hours ago, Highfox said:

Thought I'd post a photo of my trio.

 weight wise..

 

TT 3.6KG

VS SL 2.7KG

And the monster TM 4.9 KG. Which is loaded with a SD humbucker!

 

The old style TM is the winner for sound and playability for me, slightly fatter neck than the California ii's , but a bit too heavy for regular gig use.

Interestingly it seems the TT is loaded with splitcoils and not singlecoil. Kind of darker sound for a jazz to my ears.

How do you find the SD Humbucker compared to the original Sandberg one.

Dave

[Highfox]

9 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

How do you find the SD Humbucker compared to the original Sandberg one.

Dave

It was already in there when I bought the bass.

I can say I had a VM that I didn't really get on with sound wise. It was a bit too clean and polite sounding with the Delano's it had in it and the p pickup was in the wrong place for me. I was so used to the Fender sound.

 

The 3 I now have all seem to work for me by contrast.

 

[dmccombe7]

I'm not keen on changing a bass but i'd like to get a 2nd VM4 or TM4 and change the humbucker just to see how it sounds. I love the playability of my VM4.

Dave

[ead]

In terms of the TM style basses, I bought this last year.  One of the Thomann 70th Anniversary Electra basses but a B stock item so really good value and, Brucie bonus, I couldn't find a single thing wrong with it.

 

The only difference I can see between this and a full fat German-made bass is the matt black finish is solid rather than transparent so maybe the Alder body is not quite as good, the tuners I think are probably slightly cheaper, the controls lack the switch to split the coils on the MM pickup.  The gunmetal hardware I believe is not available in Germany (maybe you can ask for it).

 

The neck pickup is humbucking and the EQ does have the volume that you can pull to get the passive option with the treble acting as a rough and ready tone control.  Plenty of options and actually a real Swiss Army knife of a bass and weighs in at just under 4kgs.  Mandatory pics.:

 

 

[mikebass456]

11 minutes ago, ead said:

In terms of the TM style basses, I bought this last year.  One of the Thomann 70th Anniversary Electra basses but a B stock item so really good value and, Brucie bonus, I couldn't find a single thing wrong with it.

 

The only difference I can see between this and a full fat German-made bass is the matt black finish is solid rather than transparent so maybe the Alder body is not quite as good, the tuners I think are probably slightly cheaper, the controls lack the switch to split the coils on the MM pickup.  The gunmetal hardware I believe is not available in Germany (maybe you can ask for it).

 

The neck pickup is humbucking and the EQ does have the volume that you can pull to get the passive option with the treble acting as a rough and ready tone control.  Plenty of options and actually a real Swiss Army knife of a bass and weighs in at just under 4kgs.  Mandatory pics.:

 

 

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