I've no information about them but they look as if they are probably medium/short scale.
If they were long scale one of my lovely vintage sounding Sandberg Umbos might have to be sacrificed.
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If they were long scale one of my lovely vintage sounding Sandberg Umbos might have to be sacrificed.
Where’s your gain set on your amp? I can get some fret chime if I switch basses from my passive JB to the VM5 without lowering the gain on my amp. Just a thought.
My 2 cents.
If you like the bass playability, feel and look. A pickup swap is easy. There are a ton of P and music man pickups to try. I wish I had done this before selling my Stingray Special. I loved the way that bass played but couldn’t gel with the pickups/ pre. Pickups and strings make a huge difference and are easy changes to make.
What strings are you using? Maybe start with rolling through some different string sets. I dig the DR Pure Blues on my VM5 after trying a few different sets. YMMV.
Great description of the Sandberg sound and awesome conversation starter.Why do people keep buying Sandbergs and expecting them to sound and play like a Fender ? They don’t sound like a Fender in demo videos. They don’t sound like a Fender when you play them in store?
Sandbergs should come with a warning label. Warning SANDBERG BASSES DO NOT SOUND LIKE A FENDER BASS!!
They are a very modern voiced bass with great clarity, note separation, sustain , and fullness throughout the range. If your technique is bad, these basses will expose it.
People don’t buy a Ken Smith or Wal because they want a Fender sound. Don’t buy a Sandberg if you want a Fender. Don’t buy a Fender if you want a Sadowsky. And don’t buy a Sandberg if you want a MusicMan.
They don’t sound the same. There is a difference in a copy and inspired by. Sometimes you have to embrace a bass for what it is, not what it isn’t. Otherwise your just need to buy what you really want the first time.
This post is for those that will research this thread before buying a Sandberg. I realize they are not in most stores and people just don’t know if the only look with their eyes and haven’t played one themselves. Just trying to.
I haven’t seen this much action on this thread in a while. Thank you!
Hello, not member of the club but...
Love it
Love it
You are partially right. Pickups, strings, amps all go a long way to providing the bass’ sound. But the one thing that is integral as well is the resonance and response of the bass’ natural elements before adding in the electronics. I think every instrument is an entity unto itself, but I also think (not know) that a boutique maker like Sandberg is more meticulous about the wood components in their selection, as opposed to Fender assembly line instruments where some parts jive together, other parts oppose each other, and there is a lot of room between in the middle. A lot is just luck, though I would suspect Sandburg would be pay more attention to wood selection as they select the components, considering their price points. JMO
Just a quick question to the Club. I currently have a California JM5 from 2011/12 (thus it’s still technically a J) and eventually want to round out the collection with a VM5. Do those of you who have both flavours miss the TM’s coil split switch on your VMs? Also, is there any difference between the necks on these basses, or does Sandberg not subscribe to Fender’s differing neck profile for the different lines?
Does anyone here know if Sandberg does "off-menu" options, or are you limited to the configurator? I was just hoping for a non-standard pickup layout.
They made some non-standard options for me back in 2019, but it wasn't pickup related.
Yes, I had some off menu items done for my bass last a year and a half ago. I worked through Soundpure as I'm in the US, and they were able to help with that.
Yes they do but you have to go through a dealer. Find a dealer, tell them what you want and the dealer will get you a quote from Sandberg.
I suspect you may have misunderstood. You cannot order directly from the Sandberg-guitars website. The process as I understand it is as follows.
Go to sandberg configurator and create your masterpiece.
Take the code generated by the configurator and give it to a dealer.
At this point you can ask for things not on the configurator. The dealer will ask Sandberg for a quote for the differences/additions from the bass described by the code from the configurator.
Sandberg tell the dealer if they are willing and how much extra cost it would be.
You then agree that and pay a deposit to the dealer who arranges it all for you.
Some dealers may be more willing to ask for the odd stuff than others.
That is exactly how I ordered mine
Received this last June. As others have said, go through a dealer, and unless something has drastically changed, Sandberg are likely to accommodate what you have in mind.
