Sandberg California JJ4 - aged tobacco

[99ster]

[b]Sandberg California JJ4 - 'aged' tobacco[/b]

Complete with (a really nice) Sandberg gig bag.

A bargain at [b]£450[/b] - hardly used, just a few months old & it's had a recent professional set-up by Andy Viccars so plays beautifully with perfect intonation/low action.
These are on sale for £1K some places in the UK - with Thomann selling California JJ4's for £774 (& I think the 'aged' finish is more expensive option).
Quick specs:
2 piece European Ash body, 'aged' ('hardcore') Tobacco finish, 6 bolt maple neck - with rosewood board - 22 frets, 34" scale, 2 Delano JB-style pickups, Sandberg hardware & Sandberg 2-band switchable active/passive tone controls.
More info: [url="http://www.sandberg-guitars.de/"]<a href="http://www.sandberg-guitars.de/" target="_blank">http://www.sandberg-guitars.de/[/url]</a>

These really are seriously great basses - that give you both active & passive sounds - but I've now got 4 jazz basses, & I'm only using vintage Fenders now so this never gets played.
So somebody give it a good home!

Cash on collection much preferred - but can courier at your expense (with neck removed as there's no HSC), or deliver a sensible distance for petrol money.

I'll post pics for anybody seriously interested...


[b]*** NOW SOLD ****[/b]

Thanks for all the interest.

Edited November 29, 2007 by 99ster

[richy316]

Very nice bass! have a bump

[minty fresh death]

I would post pics anyway, it will help the sale, also some more specs would help as well.

Not my colour, otherwise I would be interested.

[99ster]

Thanks for the bumps guys...

I've added some specs - more info available at [url="http://www.sandberg-guitars.de/"]http://www.sandberg-guitars.de/[/url]

There's been a lot of interest so I'll take/post photos tomorrow when it's daylight.

Cheers

[99ster]

[b]*** NOW SOLD ****[/b]

Thanks for all the interest.

Edited November 29, 2007 by 99ster

[thedontcarebear]

I bought this and he wasn't kidding about the setup, it plays amazingly.

[Toasted]

I bought a bass from Jim, also set up by Andy Viccars and it was excellent.

[99ster]

[quote name='Toasted' post='96692' date='Nov 30 2007, 02:28 PM']I bought a bass from Jim, also set up by Andy Viccars and it was excellent.[/quote]

Many thanks guys!

Yeah - Andy Viccars is the TOP man for set-ups/repairs/builds/restorations - and a really nice guy as well! And because he's a bass player himself you get that 'bit extra' that is missing when many other guitar techs do bass set-ups.
[url="http://www.andyviccarscustom.co.uk/"]www.andyviccarscustom.co.uk[/url]
[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=8402"]See some of his fantastic restoration work here[/url].

Edited November 30, 2007 by 99ster

[thedontcarebear]

I think the strings on this are d'addario because of the coloured ends, do you know what gauge? I think they are a bit heavier then I usually use, but I am liking them.

[99ster]

[quote name='thedontcarebear' post='96741' date='Nov 30 2007, 03:31 PM']I think the strings on this are d'addario because of the coloured ends, do you know what gauge? I think they are a bit heavier then I usually use, but I am liking them.[/quote]

Yes - they're d'addario - Andy always puts these on (& recommends them) if he does a set-up & you don't supply your own strings...
I usually use DR's - but I quite like d'addario's since I've had Andy do some set-ups for me.

The ones on the Sandberg will be 105-45. I never use anything less than 105 on Jazz basses, or any bass for that matter. And for Precisions I always use 'proper' 110 gauge strings.

[i](IMHO heavier strings are one of the BEST way to improve your bass tone. As using weedy light gauge strings is also guaranteed to ruin your bass tone.
Exactly the same thing applies to 6 string guitars... ask any really good guitar player & they won't be using 9 gauge strings.)[/i]

Edited November 30, 2007 by 99ster