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Club Sandberg (part 2)

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Crappy cell phone pic from the office today but, I’m in! (I’ll try to get better pics this weekend) New to me TM5. This thing is great! Can I get a number?
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Rocknroller4 said:
My rule of thumb is to never change out pickups on an expensive bass. I would only do that on Fender MIMs or Squiers.
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I Have 2 TT4 Superlights. Loved the first one so much I special ordered another with the Glock 3 band preamp. That one sounds soooo good that I do NOT know why SB doesn’t use the 3 band in all their basses. Anyway, decided I needed the first one to have a three band also, so I dropped in an Audere preamp and a set of Dimarzio jazz pickups. Those babies are dark and juicy! So now I have 2 flavors of Sandberg goodness and a medium scale on order. Sold my Pedulla, sold my Zon, sold my Lull, sold my Elrick, even sold my custom Sadowsky NYC. I’m tempted to get another superlight and install the crappiest p-ups and offshore preamp I can find to see if they’ll sound good anyway. Course, Thomastic flats….
 
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Lesfunk said:
I think the VM is even punchier than the super light. Possibly a combination of the different pick ups and heavier wood
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The punch factor is what impressed me most on my (alder) VM4. Chrome 100's on it. I thought I might miss having a s/c option for the 'bucker but I really don't at all.
 
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Man I'm anxious to join this club! Played a VM 5 on vacation recently and instantly ordered a VM 4. That one's still not due in until September. So of course I did the sensible thing and found a VM 5 in stock on the other side of the world and ordered it too. Can't afford either of them but that's never stopped me before.

Honestly I'll probably end up selling one of the two once they're both here. I wanted a 4 but found a super sexy and well priced 5 so I'm really not sure which of the two I'll end up holding on to.

Anyway, aside from sitting on USPS pressing refresh, flipping through the pics of the VM 5, and watching the same videos on YT repeatedly I've been lurking here and thought I'd say hi before I get my number (hopefully soon).

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Side note: Gregor's bass looks awesome! Love that guy
 
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SubSpec said:
Man I'm anxious to join this club! Played a VM 5 on vacation recently and instantly ordered a VM 4. That one's still not due in until September. So of course I did the sensible thing and found a VM 5 in stock on the other side of the world and ordered it too. Can't afford either of them but that's never stopped me before.

Honestly I'll probably end up selling one of the two once they're both here. I wanted a 4 but found a super sexy and well priced 5 so I'm really not sure which of the two I'll end up holding on to.

Anyway, aside from sitting on USPS pressing refresh, flipping through the pics of the VM 5, and watching the same videos on YT repeatedly I've been lurking here and thought I'd say hi before I get my number (hopefully soon).

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Side note: Gregor's bass looks awesome! Love that guy
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2 is always better than one . ;)
 
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SubSpec said:
Man I'm anxious to join this club! Played a VM 5 on vacation recently and instantly ordered a VM 4. That one's still not due in until September. So of course I did the sensible thing and found a VM 5 in stock on the other side of the world and ordered it too. Can't afford either of them but that's never stopped me before.

Honestly I'll probably end up selling one of the two once they're both here. I wanted a 4 but found a super sexy and well priced 5 so I'm really not sure which of the two I'll end up holding on to.

Anyway, aside from sitting on USPS pressing refresh, flipping through the pics of the VM 5, and watching the same videos on YT repeatedly I've been lurking here and thought I'd say hi before I get my number (hopefully soon).

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Side note: Gregor's bass looks awesome! Love that guy
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I’m right there with you. I came across a great priced vm5 here in the classifieds and jumped for it. I’ve watched every video and bass cover I can find. Some of the tones seem just what I’m lookin for and some make me want a TM as well. It’s at my local UPS distribution center but won’t be here til Monday. I’m so excited to get it I even called to see if I could go pick it up at the warehouse. No dice.
 
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PhinDog said:
I’m right there with you. I came across a great priced vm5 here in the classifieds and jumped for it. I’ve watched every video and bass cover I can find. Some of the tones seem just what I’m lookin for and some make me want a TM as well. It’s at my local UPS distribution center but won’t be here til Monday. I’m so excited to get it I even called to see if I could go pick it up at the warehouse. No dice.
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SubSpec said:
Haha, I about did the same this morning. Was pleasantly surprised to see it jumped from landing at customs at JFK the day before to hitting my region this morning. Hopefully we'll both join the club Monday ;)
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Looking forward to pics and reviews .
 
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