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Tried a few Sandbergs whilst I was out buying strings yesterday and I was well impressed. I tried a PM4 in droolsome white and a PM5 in sunburst. They both needed a set up but both sounded fantastic - nice build quality too and I mucho preferred 'em to the Musicmen (?) and Warwicks I also had a dabble on.

What's the general concensus on Sandbergs? I have to admit I came away with some GAS fellas. ;)

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I dont have a bad word to say about them, I owned a 'Basic' model a couple of years ago. In fact I sold a Stingray to fund it as I was so impressed. I've playad on quite a few in PMT Birmingham and I've also left there with chronic GAS. The California stuff is superb. They have gone up in price lately but I guess its down to the weak pound. Im surprised that they needed setting up as they come pretty much spot on.

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[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='390885' date='Jan 25 2009, 12:44 PM']Tried a few Sandbergs whilst I was out buying strings yesterday and I was well impressed. I tried a PM4 in droolsome white and a PM5 in sunburst. They both needed a set up but both sounded fantastic - nice build quality too and I mucho preferred 'em to the Musicmen (?) and Warwicks I also had a dabble on.

What's the general concensus on Sandbergs? I have to admit I came away with some GAS fellas. ;)[/quote]

I've played a few, and found them all to be fantastic. I really fancy one of the Basics with the single Musicman Pickup.

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[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='390885' date='Jan 25 2009, 12:44 PM']Tried a few Sandbergs whilst I was out buying strings yesterday and I was well impressed. I tried a PM4 in droolsome white and a PM5 in sunburst. They both needed a set up but both sounded fantastic - nice build quality too and I mucho preferred 'em to the Musicmen (?) and Warwicks I also had a dabble on.

What's the general concensus on Sandbergs? I have to admit I came away with some GAS fellas. ;)[/quote]

hi Alan

I've had this for some years now - one of the best fretless basses I've played. A very woody and warm tone. The only fretless I've played that has given me GAS for another is the purple F BN5 at the Gallery, but the tone on that is quite different. For me, it's a "keeper".


[url="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v722/Gwilym/Sandberg/DSCF3783.jpg"][/url]

Live, I played it in a indie-rock three piece, and it really filled out the sound. It was a special moment that I recall with great fondness :P

Anyway, all the Sandbergs I've played are great basses, although I've only played one of the fretted variety - a Ken Taylor 5 string model at the Bass Centre. It was a tone monster, and IMHO was vastly better sounding/playing than the Lakland 55-02 that I played immediately before it.

There was some debate a couple of years back about whether they were slightly "over-priced" in the UK, given their relative cost on the continent. That may have changed now? Or maybe not, given the weakness of Sterling vs. the Euro.

Cheers
G

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Played a few - the Basics were very good Stingray alternatives and the Cali's equally so for Fender. Not a fan of the big pole pieces on the Delano pickups but other than that - very very nice.

This one on their gallery gets me very weak at the knees..

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I've tried a few Sandys, and they'e all been brilliant. I must admit to being keen on one myself. I like the "stressed" ones too, not everyone's bag, but definately mine.



I mean............that's just ruddy marvelous that is.

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[quote name='Machines' post='391056' date='Jan 25 2009, 04:55 PM']Played a few - the Basics were very good Stingray alternatives and the Cali's equally so for Fender. Not a fan of the big pole pieces on the Delano pickups but other than that - very very nice.

This one on their gallery gets me very weak at the knees..

[/quote]


THAT is the dog's doo-dah's!! ;)

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[quote name='Geddys nose' post='391272' date='Jan 25 2009, 09:44 PM']I was so close to getting one of these from a Main dealer in Germany until he said he would meet me in Dover and take my money. :P

[attachment=19208:3zi6.jpg][/quote]

Oh My God ;)

That is gorgeous. What model is that and are they readily available?

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[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='391221' date='Jan 25 2009, 08:53 PM']I was offered a really nice relic'd one in exchange for my Darryl Jones - I think that was a PM5 custom, a kind of yellowy colour - should've snapped that one up. I never used to like artificially battered basses but I kinda like them now - I can identify with something old and battered. ;)[/quote]


Yep u sure where twas mine!!!! Which Is now sold. I couldnt settle with the 5th string was never really relaxed plyaing it. But all is good because I now have a white four string california Pm with a tort plate( My fav finish) which I bought last week through this very forum via the Bass merchants. I missed the sound of the Sandberg so badly i just had to buy another one. i gigged it on Saturday night with a blues band I was depping with and it sounded rich and full with nice defined mids..... lurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrvly!!!!! I will get some pics up on the gear porn section shortly.

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I think the thing with Sandberg's relicing is that, unlike Fender's, it looks quite genuine? I had the brief misfortune of owning a Fender Custom Shop relic a few years back (I subsequently had therapy and worked through the problem), and got fed up of being asked why it looked like someone had deliberately scraped the finish off in certain places whilst leaving it immaculate in others. It was, in short, crap.
No opinion on Sandbergs as instruments I'm afraid as I've never played one, although I think I might take the opportunity to do so soon
Chris

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[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='391457' date='Jan 26 2009, 09:44 AM']Oh My God ;)

That is gorgeous. What model is that and are they readily available?[/quote]


Its a custom shop model I think when I was thinking about one it worked out at about £1050 delivered w/out the LED's but with the Euro now its near Parity-

[url="http://www.basscenter.de/"]http://www.basscenter.de/[/url]

This guy can get them.

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[quote name='Geddys nose' post='391529' date='Jan 26 2009, 11:10 AM']Its a custom shop model I think when I was thinking about one it worked out at about £1050 delivered w/out the LED's but with the Euro now its near Parity-

[url="http://www.basscenter.de/"]http://www.basscenter.de/[/url]

This guy can get them.[/quote]
What an interesting website. Thanks for the link. Did you see this on it...?


[i]Thomas Eich (TecAmp) & Gary Granger
Big "Schack" Monsterbass !- the largest Schack bass on this planet was manufactured for fairs and exhibitions.
Simply enormous Body: BubingaNeck: Maple:Fingerboard: EbonyScale: 68 inchPickups: Splitcoil JB-TypeElectronic: Schack 3-Band EQ( B/M/T/ Bal./ Mast.-Vol.)Weight: 27 kg14.990,- Euro[/i]

Gotta be a caption contest there!

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