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  1. Achtelbeat

    Club Sandberg (part 2)

    You may try to pull a little bit harder. Could be that you got stuck in a "false neutral"...
  2. Achtelbeat

    Sandberg zero fret. Eaten up quick…

    Don't worry. All good. All of my Sandberg basses had pre-slotted zero frets. Maybe this is part of why Sandberg basses are so good? If in doubt, ask at [email protected] and Holger Stonjek himself will answer you.
  3. Achtelbeat

    Club Sandberg (part 2)

    I have a Sandberg VM2, had two others (don't ask me about my state of mind when I sold them). All are great instruments. Don't worry, just enjoy your new acquisition.
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    Sandberg with a non-functioning passive tone control

    Just a thought... Could it be that the push-pull-pot did not snap-in in the correct position? Not very probable, but maybe worth a try to pull a bit harder and to see what happens. Had a similar experience with an instrument cable, it snapped in - but in the wrong position. Sounded like slow...
  5. Achtelbeat

    Club Sandberg (part 2)

    Hi, the black cylindrical shaped thing reads 100 micro Farad and seems to be your capacitor. The passive tone control only works half of the travel of the knob, CCW from the center detent (when I remember correctly). Have you already played your (presumably) beautiful Sandberg in a band...
  6. Achtelbeat

    NBD SANDBERG CALIFORNIA TM VERY DISAPPOINTED

    Well, here we go - listed again as B-stock: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
  7. Achtelbeat

    Replacement neck for a Pb-555

    Any Fender / Squier four string bass neck (with four bolt connection, obviously) will serve. On mine, I have currently a Squier Precision fretless neck installed.
  8. Achtelbeat

    Delano Xtender 5 - is String Spacing an issue?

    Extender HE/S at bridge Extender HE at neck
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    Black Basses!

    Same here, wish I kept it...
  10. Achtelbeat

    Slight Neck Shift on New Sandberg – Normal?"

    Loosen strings until they just still stay in place, loosen bolts and align neck until the strings run symmetrical over the fretboard. Done this on my VM4 after shipment from France to Germany. Things happen. As @MonetBass wrote, not uncommon. On other Sandbergs I used to have, the alignment of...
  11. Achtelbeat

    Darkglass Vintage Ultra Users: Help with Identifying Different Versions

    V1: without cab sim V2: with cab sim "V2.1": with cabsim and aux in
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    Alternative to Darkglass Vintage Microtubes?

    A few years ago I soldered and assembled this one: https://www.musikding.de/Guma-Antique-Overdrive-kit Having the VMT also, it's possible to dial in very similar sounds on both. But, generally the Guma sounds like the naughty brother of the VMT.
  13. Achtelbeat

    Distortion circuit not working properly on sterling darkray

    So, how did it end? Just being curious...
  14. Achtelbeat

    French bass of mystery (oooo….shiny!)

    Luthier Marc Renard, France?
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    Distortion circuit not working properly on sterling darkray

    Did you try to turn the GAIN and BLEND knobs fully counterclockwise? Volume is fully ccw anyway I guess.
  16. Achtelbeat

    Full scale P bass without the P bass pickguard.

    How about this one. No pickguard. Conceived via Warmoth and with some gold leaf...
  17. Achtelbeat

    Full scale P bass without the P bass pickguard.

    How about a Fender Troy Sanders Signature?
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    Truss rod nut for Fender American Standard P

    Hi, went through this with an 1996 Am Std Fretless Precision. Part no. 0048688000, but nowhere to be found. In the end I put a 12-28 thread in a slotted nut with matching outer diameter. Currently there seems one on Ebay though. Hope this helps. Regards Mario
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    HELP! I Need a New Jazz Bass Neck

    Maybe it's worth to try what this guy does from 4:00 on: I once left an American Standard Precision neck for a week in such a vise and followed the trussrod nut thightening strategy explained there. Worked on this one!
  20. Achtelbeat

    Fender jazz bass info?

    This bass (or it's twin) was discussed already here: How to spot a fake?
  21. Achtelbeat

    P bass body J bass pups… does it exist?

    How about a Sandberg California Martin Mendez Signature: California Martin Mendez - Sandberg Guitars
  22. Achtelbeat

    "The Official Marleaux Bass Club"

    left side: locking screw, release this one first. top left / top right: saddle height adjustment. bottom right: tilt angle adjustment of saddle. gently lift string and move saddle for intonation adjustment. there is an extra locking screw on the front for the silvery steel thingy. unscrew...
  23. Achtelbeat

    Have I been cheated? (Amp purchase)

    @martisanma I am sorry to read about your experience. Now some days later, how did it end?
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    Help identifying Fretless Jazz American or Mexican?

    The neck is not at all Fender made.
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    Fender leak - American Vintage Series II is coming?

    The saddles seem to be made from Micarta. A (bakelite-) resin impregnated fiber compound.
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    Fender Mexican Aerodyne?

    This is a Fender Frank Bello Signature Bass
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    To the Warwick experts. Please help to identify the bass

    My bad. It was just my cluelessness....
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    To the Warwick experts. Please help to identify the bass

    Hey, you're just lucky. Look, this is a neckthrough. Rockbasses with neckthrough do not exist.
  29. Achtelbeat

    "The Official Marleaux Bass Club"

    @NeonVomit your Votan actually inspired me to ask Gerald Marleaux about a decent bass guitar. Well, here she is. Back of the neck also is blacked out, fretboard darker rosewood.
  30. Achtelbeat

    "The Official Marleaux Bass Club"

    This is my Votan "Black Friday".
  31. Achtelbeat

    Darkglass Element used as pedal?

    If you crank the Drive pot in the amp section using the Darkglass Suite, you get an overdriven sound. Just good enough for rehearsal at home, maybe not for band rehearsal or a gig. Comes however only through headphone out and XLR.
  32. Achtelbeat

    Musicman Sterling Bass Club, Part 2

    I've had some old La Bella flats in the drawer and put those on the Sterling. Brightness maybe not, but really lots of grunt. When digging in hard, even zing.
  33. Achtelbeat

    Post Your '51-55 Precision or Tele-inspired bass

    Allparts body and Warmoth neck. Then some Tru Oil on the neck and some fake gold leaf on the body.
  34. Achtelbeat

    Hipshot BT1 Bass Xtender on a Sterling Ray34CA?

    Installing the BT1 requires drilling on the Ray34. Drop right in works on MM Stingray et al. Not sure about regular or short - on my MM Sterling i have installed the regular one, but the short version would be a better fit.
  35. Achtelbeat

    Frank Bello Bass

    Hi, here in Germany there's a guy named Cadfael. He did this.
  36. Achtelbeat

    Bass repairs in Berlin

    ....I should have guessed it.
  37. Achtelbeat

    Bass repairs in Berlin

    i don't what wrong with the word... g u i t a r d o c
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    Bass repairs in Berlin

    Guten Morgen! Here's a Google find: https://www.guitardoc.de/de/kontakt/ 20 minutes walking from Ostbahnhof. You have seen what us actually wrong? The pot or maybe just the knob?