Opticaleye Posted August 22, 2018 Posted August 22, 2018 (edited) *Now sold * *Now £800* For sale is my beautiful Sandberg "California" VM4 made around 2004-6 (I believe). It doesn't say California on the headstock instead it says "Custom Shop Instrument". From enquiries I made to Sandberg I believe this was a special bass built before Sandberg officially started making the California series. I bought this on here in 2010 and have used it regularly since. It has a very reasonable weight of 9lbs 2oz and has terrific balance. When I originally bought this I really wanted a passive VS4 and I recently bought one so I'm not really using this to it's full potential. A new model VM4 in this spec would cost around £1500. I upgraded the old active circuit with a brand new Sandberg preamp as the old one did not have a passive treble control and I also upgraded to the newest style Sandberg bridge and string tree. The finish is a really nice soft-aged white/cream. I don't think I added any further dings! This bass now has a Sandberg P style rather than the original Delano as I tried a more recent VM4 and realised why Sandberg modified the design fairly quickly. I find the Sandberg P is less nasal sounding in the "reverse P" position. I kept the original Delano MM on as it sounds great. The aforementioned preamp is Sandberg's own 2-band with active/passive push/pull volume knob (made by Glockenklang for Sandberg) The neck is 39mm at the zero fret, so a little wider than a Jazz but narrower than a typical Precision and has a fairly slim feel and plays very well. I believe that the body wood is Alder. This bass is sale only (no trades) as I seem to have accidentally amassed 5 Sandbergs (!) and I really need to get this down to 3 eventually before I move house "up north". I'm currently based in Northampton. Collection or meet within reasonable distance only please. The bass comes with a Sandberg gig bag. Edited January 11, 2019 by Opticaleye 4
DoubleOhStephan Posted August 22, 2018 Posted August 22, 2018 That's a beaut, nice mods and interesting headstock info. Very cool 😎 What's the other sandy you're looking to move on?
Opticaleye Posted August 22, 2018 Author Posted August 22, 2018 27 minutes ago, StevieE said: That's a beaut, nice mods and interesting headstock info. Very cool 😎 What's the other sandy you're looking to move on? Cheers. Well I'm torn whether to sell one of my Umbos. If I do it probably won't be on here as it's already spoken for many times over.😉
DoubleOhStephan Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 Haha it's always so difficult to choose, having the same problem myself! 😁 GLWTS!
Opticaleye Posted August 31, 2018 Author Posted August 31, 2018 Took this out for a spin again the other night. It played and sounded great. I was having second thoughts again but ultimately, I need less choice of what I take out and the active mode is wasted on me.
Opticaleye Posted September 11, 2018 Author Posted September 11, 2018 May be open to a trade deal for Telecaster guitar or hardtail Strat. etc. Or maybe a fretless Sandberg bass?
Opticaleye Posted September 19, 2018 Author Posted September 19, 2018 Further and final price drop Now £800
Opticaleye Posted October 26, 2018 Author Posted October 26, 2018 10 hours ago, Radchenko said: And fender JB usa Olympic white trade? Only interested in trade options already stated. Collection or meet only.
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