FS: Sandberg Electra VS4 - Black/Maple + Upgrades. £450 posted - *SOLD* £500 Leeds

[castlemaine22]

Hi all,

 

I'm selling this lovely Sandberg Electra bass as I will have a Maruszczyk incoming soon, so I need to free up some funds. I got this last year from @Raslee who had it from new, and it's still in excellent condition!

 

It has a jazz width (37mm) neck which is incredibly comfortable to play, zero fret and can easily get a lovely low action. Since I've had the bass, I've made a couple of upgrades - I added some of Sandberg's own super light tuners which are incredibly smooth and have knocked the weight down to just under 8 lbs on my luggage scales and great balance on a strap or seated. The preamp now has active/ passive bypass, with a passive tone control that works in active and passive mode. The original 2 band bass and treble from the preamp have been moved to a stacked knob.

 

It has Sandberg's own P pickup which is great, I felt no need to upgrade this at all! I 3D printed my own thumb rest which can be easily removed if desired.

 

This is an insane instrument for the money, I was blown away by how good it is at this price point!

 

I'm looking for £450 inc. UK postage. Happy to drive up to an hour away from Leeds to meet a potential buyer. Comes with a padded gig bag.

 

Let me know if you have any questions

 

I'll include the link to the original listing (condition is the same!).

 

 

 

 

Edited February 13, 2022 by castlemaine22
More pictures added

[horrorshowbass]

Thats beautiful. I'm poor 😢 

[LukeFRC]

shared this with a friend locally... was trying to explain the difference between it and my blue P  

[warwickhunt]

Can you describe what the tone control does when it is in active mode, as I'm assuming the B & T controls are both working at the same time.  My head can't quite figure out what effect the tone control would have if you maxxed the bass, zero treble and then rolled off the tone (or vice versa).  Cheers

[horrorshowbass]

Every Stingray should come with a 3D printed thumbrest, though they would probably charge you 500 quid for it.....

[castlemaine22]

1 hour ago, warwickhunt said:

Can you describe what the tone control does when it is in active mode, as I'm assuming the B & T controls are both working at the same time.  My head can't quite figure out what effect the tone control would have if you maxxed the bass, zero treble and then rolled off the tone (or vice versa).  Cheers

 

It works much like the 'vintage tone control' that Sadowsky have in their preamps. The treble of the preamp cuts (or boosts) at a certain frequency, whereas the tone knob will just roll off anything above a frequency. In practice, you could roll off the treble knob to get a mild treble cut and retain more mids (to my ears), or use the tone knob to get a 'deeper' more traditional treble roll off, both while allowing the bass to be boosted if you wanted. I hope that makes sense!

 

 

[LukeFRC]

Isn’t this super lightweight too? That’s a selling point 

[horrorshowbass]

Pay day is too far away

 

[castlemaine22]

5 hours ago, LukeFRC said:

Isn’t this super lightweight too? That’s a selling point 

Sure is! Just a shade under 8 lbs, not bad for a P

 

 

[dmccombe7]

Is there something over the pick up poles ?

Gorgeous bass. I love Sandberg quality.

GLWTS

Dave

[castlemaine22]

2 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

Is there something over the pick up poles ?

Gorgeous bass. I love Sandberg quality.

GLWTS

Dave

Yeah it's just electrical tape, should have mentioned that!

[Raslee]

Ahh, just noticed this sale. My old bass. It’s an absolute cracker and with the new mods it’s perfect. I really enjoyed this bass a lot, very versatile and great tones to be had. The new buyer will be super happy 😊 GLWTS 

[horrorshowbass]

So nice, great price, no cash

[Angelus]

If this is still here on payday, I’ve has permission from SWMBO to buy it. 😳