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Sandberg California TM5 Patchwork - *SOLD*
£1600
Loughborough


Fettsman
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I'm dipping my toe in the water here.

 

 

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I saw this back in October and was pretty much taken straight away. Went and bought it. It's an amazing bass to play, fantastic range of sounds from the Delano pickups and two band eq with passive option.

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You'll either love or hate the aesthetics of it. The body is a greatest hits of four of Sandberg's finest finishes. My personal highlight being the heavily distressed Sherwood Green (?) section. The attention to detail is fantastic with the bell plate changing from chrome to gold as appropriate. 

 

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So in terms of electronics, it's fitted with a pair of Delano pickups, the bridge pickup having a single/dual coil switch. Pull the volume pot out and the preamp is bypassed with the treble control changing to a passive treble roll off. 

Comes with the original Sandberg gig bag and a comfort strap with Dunlop strap-locks.

I love this bass but I think it's just a bit flamboyant for me. I'm used to a Stingray for 5 string jobs and at a gig the other night I took both and the Stingray won out. 

 

So I'm testing the water here, not desperate to sell but I'm thinking some one else will suit this better.

If anyone wants to trade for a Stingray 5, we might be able to thrash something out.

Meet up or collection only I'm afraid, as it has no hard case.

 

 

 

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8 hours ago, binky_bass said:

Saw one of these a while back... absolutely love it! Very tempting, but alas, its not a 6er and they don't do a 6er version. 😪

Alas it's not a 4 either, great looking bass, 'av a bump.

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HOLY MOLLY ! 
Damn brexit and the Channel. 


Paint me interested. 🙂 If any possibility to arrange a delivery maybe in London... 
I'm based in France but have a few friends in the UK that could help. 

 

PM'd :- )

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22 minutes ago, Henrythe8 said:

I'll follow your advice, and hoping it's not too rude to page Sir @walshy on this topic, instead of messaging him out of the blue, so we might get in touch and see what we can arrange 🙂 

I love this forum solidarity. 🙂 

Send me a message dude and I can hook you up 🤘

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