Is it normal

[PillO]

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Interesting that Academic Affairs is lumped together with the Psychiatry clinics...

 

[glocke1]

Few days ago, I got a sandberg bass which is new condition.
I know it is weird to ask cuz it does not have problems to play and sound is nice but I can see
little traces of sand paper works on the head shape.
Does it normal?

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New condition as in used but like new ? Or new new from store.

If the former would not bother me...if the latter I'd be a little bothered, but it also depends on price.

 

[ZAR14]

I must be missing something. I didn't see any "Marks"....

 

[drdog]

Few days ago, I got a sandberg bass which is new condition.
I know it is weird to ask cuz it does not have problems to play and sound is nice but I can see
little traces of sand paper works on the head shape.
Does it normal?
People who ask stupid petty questions like this should not own a Sandberg bass.
In fact...you maybe shouldnt own a guitar

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[Skybone]

Can someone remind the OP, that wood is a natural material. It grows, it's not manufactured, the "marks" in the pictures are "normal" in timber. It's not down to the natural material being made into something, it is part and parcel of what it is... wood.

While we're at it, can we please remind the OP that his new bass is great, but, at the end of the day, it's meant to be played, not examined microscopically.

If the OP does have any issues with the bass, then they should take it up with the musical instrument emporium from whence they purchased it. If there is really anything wrong with it, then they will either offer a replacement or a refund.

 

[nilorius]

It's absolutely ok and keep playing.

 

[Wademeister63]

Hey, I know exactly what you mean. I just spent $1,500 on a new G&L LB100 and when I got home I noticed this weird wormhole or whatever on the back of the headstock.
Sure, when I'm on stage no one in the crowd will notice, but what happens if Les Claypool is in the front row and comes up on stage and asks to jam with the band and needs to use my bass? How will I ever be able to face him again if he notices this?
So what do I do? Should I go back to the store and demand my money back? Should I get an exchange? Should I get it repaired? I mean, the bass sounds okay for a cheap bass and I guess I can always use it at home or give it to my ten-year-old niece...she wants to learn to play bass and I guess she can always put a unicorn sticker or a happy face sticker or whatever on it if it bothers her, right?
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I say drill it through so you can hang that bass on a peg. It will be cool and unique!

 

[FrenchBassQC]

 

[lz4005]

Just to clarify, you are just trolling with all of these threads, right?

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Indeed. And still at it.

 

[BurnOut]

You gonna play it, or look at it. Seriously I've found the ends of headstock finishes to be all over the place. A couple smacks to a Mic stand and it'll all work itself out.

 

[PSPookie]

I'd question whether or not those are actually sandpaper marks. I'd heard that the Sandberg company was one of the manufacturers that was inline with a neutrino storm and some of the neck wood stock was scored by neutrinos. The marks you see actually aren't in the exterior finish, but are the result of the interior wood getting scored by neutrinos. Consider yourself lucky as these instruments have already been said to become collectors items and may already have appreciated as much as 35%.

At least that was the news from my home planet.

Neutrinos don't interact with regular matter on this planet.

Sanding marks on end grain ... you should probably just burn the thing

 

[TheReceder]

Neutrinos don't interact with regular matter on this planet.

Sanding marks on end grain ... you should probably just burn the thing

That's just the thinking of an Earthling mind you....