Hi nrssab! If you want to update the list, I've sold my black KT5 to help fund the new bass! Great bass, but the GAS was too strong. ....
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Hi nrssab! If you want to update the list, I've sold my black KT5 to help fund the new bass! Great bass, but the GAS was too strong. ....
I'm not a Sandberg owner (yet) but if y'all would be so kind, I need some USA Sandberg owner feedback. Let me rephrase that, if you ordered a Sandberg sight unseen, I would like your feedback, from anywhere.
I have major GAS for either the California TT4 or the TM4, but I live in Texas where there are no dealers closer than a plane ride away. Currently, I'm a Musicman Stingray 4 player (I have mine that I got in 2001 and a 77' pre EB) but I was looking to add versatility to the stable with a jazz sound. If you have ordered your bass sight unseen, what are some of the issues you've had or adjustments needed? And how do they stack up against some of the American boutique builders like Lull, Sadowsky, Alleva Coppolo?
I'm looking to Sandberg and elsewhere for a jazz option because I'm not impressed with Fender offerings. The basses we get around here are...meh. I gotta stop watching so many bass demo videos... Any input is welcomed and appreciated, thanks!
I have major GAS for either the California TT4 or the TM4, but I live in Texas where there are no dealers closer than a plane ride away. Currently, I'm a Musicman Stingray 4 player (I have mine that I got in 2001 and a 77' pre EB) but I was looking to add versatility to the stable with a jazz sound. If you have ordered your bass sight unseen, what are some of the issues you've had or adjustments needed? And how do they stack up against some of the American boutique builders like Lull, Sadowsky, Alleva Coppolo?
I'm looking to Sandberg and elsewhere for a jazz option because I'm not impressed with Fender offerings. The basses we get around here are...meh. I gotta stop watching so many bass demo videos... Any input is welcomed and appreciated, thanks!
The TT4 has a great overall jazzy tone, it can do some gritty tones if you dig in, although less raw and more polished than Fender. Highs come through just as strongly. If you want your strings close to the fretboard, don't order this one though, cause mine needs a fretjob to get that done :-/ its a high action bass for sure.
Sorry, but I disagree about the action completely! I've had 5 Sandberg basses now and been able to achieve a nice low action on all of them. All of their basses get Plek'd (computer aided fret levelling system which can level the frets to about 0.001mm or something! ) and play like butter. Of course you do need to know how to adjust/set up a bass to get it exactly how you want it, but I think describing a Sandberg as a "high action" bass is extremely unfair, especially in comparison to a Fender! When I got my first Sandberg, I ended up selling my old faithful USA Jazz which was my go to Bass for about 14 years, because it just felt so much harder to play than the Sandberg.
Well, for my TT4 it was certainly true, until I had my dealer send it back to Sandberg. It came back with better frets, but still it isn't more than a medium action bass without buzz or a low action bass with some buzz.
My VM4, on the other hand, has been a low action bass right from the start. No sizzle anywhere on the fretboard, no matter how hard I dig in. The necks are the same, and they come from the same production, but they're quite different in quality.
These things are manufactured by hand for a very fair price at a place where labour isn't cheap. I think you can't expect the same level of refinement and consistency as from, say, Fodera or other high end builders for that price. My VM4 is a great instrument in every regard, but you might end up with something like my TT4. Which still is quite a good instrument IMHO and better than any Fender from the same price range I ever had my hands on.
Action is not a problem. I have bought 3 Sandbergs now, a VS4, VS5 and TM5 Supreme. Last two I bought unseen online. Very happy with build quality, sound is a bit more modern than the Fender equivalents.
Highly recommended. You can even design your own and have it shipped to you.. Check out www. Sandberg-guitars.de/configurator.
Highly recommended. You can even design your own and have it shipped to you.. Check out www. Sandberg-guitars.de/configurator.
Yeah, I've seen it and currently have a design for my computer wall paper at work! Someone could really get In trouble with that...thanks for your input, it is really appreciated.
I really like their tone and finishing. Normally I'm not big on relic'd finishes but they do a super awesome job. I'm looking for something different and I think I may have just found it. Thanks everyone, maybe you'll see me back in here asking for a member #!
I really like their tone and finishing. Normally I'm not big on relic'd finishes but they do a super awesome job. I'm looking for something different and I think I may have just found it. Thanks everyone, maybe you'll see me back in here asking for a member #!
My Sandbergs: California TM4 & Electra VS4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIKQcTXBMsE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAwTPZoYDOA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIKQcTXBMsE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAwTPZoYDOA
Hey everybody.
Just wanted to share a cool story. I recently started taking lessons from Harvey Brooks (bassist for Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, The Doors, Electric Flag, Super Session, and many others).
When I showed up at my first practice with my Sandberg Ken Taylor custom, he had never seen a Sandberg before.
he asked me to check it out. After jamming on it for a few minutes....he says to me, "Nice....this has a real Fender Jazz feel! I approve!)
I just thought it was nice validation from one of the greats.
Good job Sandberg!
Just wanted to share a cool story. I recently started taking lessons from Harvey Brooks (bassist for Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, The Doors, Electric Flag, Super Session, and many others).
When I showed up at my first practice with my Sandberg Ken Taylor custom, he had never seen a Sandberg before.
he asked me to check it out. After jamming on it for a few minutes....he says to me, "Nice....this has a real Fender Jazz feel! I approve!)
I just thought it was nice validation from one of the greats.
Good job Sandberg!
How`s the low B on these beauties?
Waiting for my VM5 to arrive next week
I think the low B is amazing.I have it tuned to A.
You haven't tried Sandberg and ordered one?
No there are no dealers where i live.
I made my decision based on what i ve read, heard on youtube and the looks
Ive seen quite a few videos on youtube and I have been very interested in getting a Sandberg for some time now. Can people who own them chime in on how much they weigh? Do they have a tendency to be light similar to Sadowsky basses? Or do they tend to fall in the 9 and over category? Are the necks thin and easy to navigate similar to a jazz bass?
My TM5 weights about 9.7 lbs. You're getting a jazz bass model? I think the neck is similar to other jazz basses. Only Sandberg neck I have tried is my TM5.
My California Nighthawk TM. I love it.
Can i get a Number please .
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Can i get a Number please .
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