Sandberg appreciation society

[mangotango]

So last Saturday I ended up in Guitar Guitar in Glasgow and tried this:--

https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/180108320570002-1646681--sandberg-california-vm5-virgin-white-mn-blocks-hardcore

and now I want one. Don't need all of the hardcore aging, thanks - I can cause my own damage well enough!!

However, the sound of this was everything I need from a bass guitar.

 

[FacStudio]

2 minutes ago, mangotango said:

So last Saturday I ended up in Guitar Guitar in Glasgow and tried this:--

https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/180108320570002-1646681--sandberg-california-vm5-virgin-white-mn-blocks-hardcore

and now I want one. Don't need all of the hardcore aging, thanks - I can cause my own damage well enough!!

However, the sound of this was everything I need from a bass guitar.

 

They are fine basses.  

[FacStudio]

 

 

[Cuzzie]

@mangotango pretty sure there is a VM5 on here

there may be an aged one on here too

[Cuzzie]

I recognise that bass in the clip....!

[GisserD]

4 minutes ago, Cuzzie said:

I recognise that bass in the clip....!

how? are you SZ?

[fretmeister]

I want the SL so bad!

 

I need to sell stuff first.

[Cuzzie]

@GisserD I have to ask what SZ is - slow Friday brain....

[krispn]

The workshop cedar?

[Cuzzie]

Bingo

[Cuzzie]

@GisserD essentially I played that bass.

Its an absolute effing dream

[GisserD]

3 hours ago, Cuzzie said:

@GisserD I have to ask what SZ is - slow Friday brain....

Stuart Zender. he is mentioned in the clip as the current owner of the bass you "recognised"

[Cuzzie]

@GisserD Stuart has the TM prototype that flashed up in the top right hand corner.

That TT bass is the one I played (smiley face)

[krispn]

@Cuzzie and I have both played the sandberg SL. It’s a delight. I’m happy to debate this for some time. Carry on

[Hutton]

I have just taken delivery of a Sandberg California II TT4. Does anyone know of a hardcase that is a good fit?

[ead]

6 hours ago, Hutton said:

I have just taken delivery of a Sandberg California II TT4. Does anyone know of a hardcase that is a good fit?

 

No idea about hardcases I'm afraid, both mine live in the Sandberg gig bags they came in.

[Hutton]

30 minutes ago, ead said:

 

No idea about hardcases I'm afraid, both mine live in the Sandberg gig bags they came in.

Thanks for the reply. I will post pics in due course. I take my pics outside and the weather hasn’t been great. Watch this space.👍

[Osiris]

14 hours ago, Hutton said:

I have just taken delivery of a Sandberg California II TT4. Does anyone know of a hardcase that is a good fit?

I have one of each of these cases, they're both tougher than gig padded gig bags but not as heavy and bulky as a full flight case. Both are well made and fit my TT4 perfectly; 

Protection racket

Protec Contego

Both are great cases. If anything I prefer to the cheaper Protection racket one, it's every bit as well made and offers the same level of protection as the Contego but the zip seems a tad smoother and it has adjustable inserts that you can move about that fit into the contours of the bass body to stop it moving around. 

[GisserD]

I use this to transport my Sandberg around... 

https://www.gak.co.uk/en/fender-deluxe-molded-case-stratocaster-telecaster/907976

Best case for the money IMHO.

[Hutton]

1 hour ago, GisserD said:

I use this to transport my Sandberg around... 

https://www.gak.co.uk/en/fender-deluxe-molded-case-stratocaster-telecaster/907976

Best case for the money IMHO.

A strat/tele case?

[Hutton]

1 hour ago, Osiris said:

I have one of each of these cases, they're both tougher than gig padded gig bags but not as heavy and bulky as a full flight case. Both are well made and fit my TT4 perfectly; 

Protection racket

Protec Contego

Both are great cases. If anything I prefer to the cheaper Protection racket one, it's every bit as well made and offers the same level of protection as the Contego but the zip seems a tad smoother and it has adjustable inserts that you can move about that fit into the contours of the bass body to stop it moving around. 

Many thanks for this. I’ll have a look at these.

[GisserD]

4 minutes ago, Hutton said:

A strat/tele case?

Sorry... 

This one. 

https://www.gak.co.uk/en/fender-deluxe-molded-case-precision-jazz-bass/907978?gclsrc=aw.ds&&gclid=CjwKCAiAlvnfBRA1EiwAVOEgfKMy9lKOt8RHHKoFUYu0GZGekAnLlc4e5XOm6yCE9x2gD-eBn0VGbxoC_j4QAvD_BwE

[Reggaebass]

Ordered this today to my specifications, I’ve been told it will be ready by March, can’t wait 😀

[PatrickJ]

30 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Ordered this today to my specifications, I’ve been told it will be ready by March, can’t wait 😀

Who did you order it through?  I love the configurator and was thinking about ordering something along the lines of this but wasn't sure who to order through, bassdirect maybe?

Not a glamour shot by any means, but this is the guitar has set me on my current Sandberg lust...  My VT4.

Edited November 28, 2018 by PJ-Bassist

[Reggaebass]

3 minutes ago, PJ-Bassist said:

Who did you order it through?  I love the configurator and was thinking about ordering something along the lines of this but wasn't sure who to order through, bassdirect maybe?

Not a glamour shot by any means, but this is the guitar has set me on my current Sandberg lust...  My VT4.

Very nice 👍.   I ordered through my local PMT , bass direct were the same price so I just kept it local