Recent content by Jhass

From the Sterling by Musicman website: “Pete’s distinctive style shines through with a custom loon inlay, black hardware, and gold pickguard.”

She was a national treasure. R.I.P, Dolly. What a loss 😞

Wow! This is impressive. I understand why you’d want to paint it, but it looks great raw. Great work!!

Well… now I have a bunch of great new bass lines to add to my practice list 🙂

This has been discussed before. Sandberg pre-slots the zero fret to optimize the action. Your Sandberg is 100% fine, and factory fresh.

Beautiful! I predict it will become your favorite bass. I have a VM4 SL that I got in 2023. I wasn’t aware that there is an ash block under the bridge. It makes sense, since the Paulonia might be too soft to hold the bridge screws securely. The new bridge design is great! Finally, proper...

+1 on the Genzler BA cabs!

Do you take lessons? If not, I recommend finding an experienced teacher and taking a weekly or bi-weekly lesson, if the cost isn’t prohibitive for you.

I believe that the secret sauce for the LAB is that the various parameters (e.g., attack, release, ratio) adjust dynamically based on the characteristics of the input signal. The LAB is designed to sound a lot like the LA-2A/LA-3A studio compressors. The documentation for the LA-3A is...

Sandberg “Superlight” models. My VM4 (P and MM pickups) weighs 5 lbs 13 oz. It has moveable saddles, but other than that might be perfect for you. It is an extremely well made instrument, sounds great, and balances nicely. They ain’t cheap, and there’s a long wait on orders, but they are...

I own three Rattlesnake Snakeheads (plus some other Rattlesnake cables). I don’t know if the standard cables will scratch, but they are a bit stiff. I prefer the Snakeheads for running under my strap and plugging into the bass, because they are more flexible. In my opinion, Rattlesnake cables...

^^This. She buys her art supplies and takes classes; I buy my bass stuff and take lessons. Neither of us goes nuts, and we let each other know what we’re spending.

Beautiful!

The bodies are solid Paulownia and the necks are one-piece quartersawn Norwegian maple. I have a 4-string VM series (P/MM pups). It weighs 5.8 pounds and sounds incredible. Build quality is (IMHO) world class. Whoever is doing the PLEK work at the Sandberg factory really knows their stuff. Yes...

Sending you good thoughts for a fast recovery from the stroke.