simonlittle Posted August 21, 2024 Posted August 21, 2024 (edited) I’m probably going to regret this, but I think it’s time to let this one go. This is the first Sandberg bass I bought. It was my main bass for a good few years and I did at least two tours with The Divine Comedy on it. It’s a TM4 in a gorgeous blackburst finish, and it’s one of the original jazz bass-style shapes from 2006, before they changed to the current design. It has a pau ferro fingerboard with no inlays, Delano pickups and the original preamp. Comes with the original Sandberg gig bag which is looking a bit tatty on the front (🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛) but is still perfectly serviceable. It sounds absolutely glorious and plays like butter. I usually played it in passive mode but the active preamp is excellent. There is a scratch on the back which you can see in the photos and a little tiny dent in the back of the neck which was never an issue. Apart from that it’s in fantastic condition for an 18 year old bass. The one downside is the weight. It’s pretty hefty. My luggage scales bring it somewhere between 4.75-5kg. Unfortunately my back doesn’t agree with me playing long shows with this bass anymore. My number one bass nowadays is a masterpiece aged TM4 that I had built for me a few years ago and that bass essentially usurped this one when it arrived so sadly it isn’t getting played anymore. You can hear/watch this bass in action! We did a very strange gig on French TV back in 2019 where we played the whole of the (then) new album Office Politics in an office. The bass comes though great in the recording… Not looking for any trades thanks. Collection from Peckham SE15 is preferred so you can try it out. Could also meet up somewhere in London if that helps. I don’t fancy posting it I’m afraid. Cheers! Simon Edited November 9, 2024 by simonlittle Remove trade 9
simonlittle Posted September 7, 2024 Author Posted September 7, 2024 Driving to Swindon later today if that helps anyone…
simonlittle Posted September 21, 2024 Author Posted September 21, 2024 Price drop bump… Now £1200 collected
bassoctopus Posted October 16, 2024 Posted October 16, 2024 Good luck with the sale Simon. I'm thinking of putting your blue one up for sale if you want it back I've bought two basses from Simon over the years and he's a great guy to deal with. 1
simonlittle Posted October 24, 2024 Author Posted October 24, 2024 I’ll be driving up to Durham tomorrow if anyone’s interested in the bass up that way?
Veils Posted October 28, 2024 Posted October 28, 2024 Hey there! This would actually be on of the JM4’s right? I had one of the early ones, exact same colour and I seem to remember they were called JM’s. 1
simonlittle Posted October 28, 2024 Author Posted October 28, 2024 (edited) 2 hours ago, Veils said: Hey there! This would actually be on of the JM4’s right? I had one of the early ones, exact same colour and I seem to remember they were called JM’s. You know what, it may well be a JM4. I can’t really find much info on the old models. It’s the same pickups and preamp configuration as as TM4 but with a different body shape, so I just went with sticking to TM4. Think it was labelled as a TM4 in Guitar Guitar where I bought it (used). I did have a sneaking suspicion it might have a different name… Edited October 28, 2024 by simonlittle 1
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