NBD/First Bass Day Sandberg TM4

[SJan3]

You did good. Sandbergs are excellent basses. I love both of mine and will never part with them. They put Fenders to shame IMHO
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Aww, here we go. They appear to be lovely basses. But easy on the Fender bashing as probably 9.9 out of 10 pros own a Fender or two.

 

[Wesley R]

Super Cool! The Black Beauties really set the color combo in motion.

 

[Mikey F]

Great choice, great bass!

 

[_One//Man//Mutiny_]

Starting off strong, that’s a good one!

 

[Shlabotnik]

I love my TM4. Enjoy yours!

 

[BassDad1964]

Oooh...preeeeeetttttyyyyyy.

 

[lizardking837]

Hey TalkBass,

I finally pulled the trigger on buying my first bass, and was able to get this Sandberg California in my favorite color. The box arrived from UPS and looked like customs had taken it through a warzone, but fortunately the bass was okay. The additions to the stock bass are Black Beauties and a BT7 from Hipshot. I just got it back from Dom at Third Floor Guitars here in town who got this setup and the Hipshot installed for me, and I couldn't be more thrilled to show this off to everyone.

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That is a killer bass!!! Happy playing

 

[BrentSimons]

Hey TalkBass,

I finally pulled the trigger on buying my first bass, and was able to get this Sandberg California in my favorite color. The box arrived from UPS and looked like customs had taken it through a warzone, but fortunately the bass was okay. The additions to the stock bass are Black Beauties and a BT7 from Hipshot. I just got it back from Dom at Third Floor Guitars here in town who got this setup and the Hipshot installed for me, and I couldn't be more thrilled to show this off to everyone.

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"Aye they're always after me Lucky Charms!"

Beautiful bass man! Enjoy it!

Best wishes,
Brent

 

[Kukulkan61]

beautiful!! That is one hell of a first bass, 90% of us weren’t so fortunate to have a first bass like that, enjoy!!
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[Khiros1447]

Very nice! Love the green burst w/black hardware. But please explain to me what that strap is around the nut. Is it a fashion statement?

That's a Fretwrap from Gruv Gear, it helps dampen the strings slightly leading to that vintage thump sound.

 

[Khiros1447]

You did good. Sandbergs are excellent basses. I love both of mine and will never part with them. They put Fenders to shame IMHO
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I had my eyes on a Fender for months, and then had the chance to play around on a VM4, and was blown away at the difference. I have seen several of the Roquefort Blue TT4's, and I won't lie, it's still currently my desktop wallpaper.

 

[andyk]

Very nice! Love the green burst w/black hardware. But please explain to me what that strap is around the nut. Is it a fashion statement?

That's a fret wrap, made by gruv gear & probably others. It's an adjustable mute basically. IIRC Victor Wooten was one of the first to use one; also used by Sandberg artist Ida Nielsen & others.

Awesome first choice for a bass, you'll have it for life probably. I "discovered" Sanderg about a year ago & hopped on that train hard. I have four of them including a green one similar to yours - one of the new Booster models though

 

[Ihaveshingles]

If you find yourself all of a sudden not liking the tone of that bass try regular roundwound strings without the black coating,
You will be stunned...

 

[Ihaveshingles]

Also, sweet bass!

 

[SJan3]

That's a Fretwrap from Gruv Gear, it helps dampen the strings slightly leading to that vintage thump sound.

Got it, thanks.

 

[chazolson]

You can get a lot of usable sounds out of those pickups and that pre-amp. Congrats.

 

[FrenchBassQC]

Nice color on a nice bass. Congrats...

 

[selowitch]

That’s a more savvy selection than is typical for a first bass. Nice snag!!!! Sandbergs rock. Clearly you did your homework.

 

[Altitude]

Love it.

 

[Altitude]

Love it.