I often wonder if there are others that have as many sandbergs as me in one room , besides sandberg.
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Sandberg Appreciation Post - Show us those German Basses!
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I bought mine second hand. I have been trying to tame the bridge pickup. I've lowered it too Ernieball specs and raised it too match the volume of the neck pickups. Both didn't work for me. I have my neck pickup set too 2.5mm with the strings pressed on the last fret and that gives me a fluent volume with a solid tone. With the blend in the middle position, the bridge takes over way too much. I was hoping to find the factory specs for the neck and bridge pickups so i would have a solid idea of what it was meant to be when created.
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My default setting is panning towards the P (neck pickup) about 15-20%.
I've had my TT-5 Superlight since late 2022, and it's a main player along with my G&L USA M-2500. Overall, it's fantastic, with the light weight, outstanding playability, solid construction, and stellar B string its best features IMO. The neck is probably my favorite of all my basses. The B string is even better than my G&L's, and I'm using it more and more over time.
Tone-wise, the stock pickups were good, but the string-to-string balance was way off because the A string was incurably weak, even after setup guidance from Sandberg. (I don't know if this was due purely to the flush poles, which aren't good on J-basses IME, or perhaps whether the pickup was defective.) I now have Aero pickups with slightly raised poles for the A, which provided a substantial improvement for both tone and balance. The balance isn't always perfect, but it's much better and the Aeros provide huge tone with amazing clarity all the way down. (For balance, I think I've been spoiled by the G&L, which has incredibly even response all over the fretboard.)
Tone-wise, the stock pickups were good, but the string-to-string balance was way off because the A string was incurably weak, even after setup guidance from Sandberg. (I don't know if this was due purely to the flush poles, which aren't good on J-basses IME, or perhaps whether the pickup was defective.) I now have Aero pickups with slightly raised poles for the A, which provided a substantial improvement for both tone and balance. The balance isn't always perfect, but it's much better and the Aeros provide huge tone with amazing clarity all the way down. (For balance, I think I've been spoiled by the G&L, which has incredibly even response all over the fretboard.)
Picked up this guy a couple of weeks ago. Under 8 lbs with light aging. A real Stingray killer!
I like the blue ash body with the maple neck!!!! Nice collection man!!
There are some great basses listed here!!
I love mine!
Both have fantastic B strings.
The P is 5.9 lbs, paulownia, white pau ferro fingerboard, and passive.
The J is 8lbs, swamp ash, birdseye maple with spacer to keep in passive mode.
Both are KILLER basses.
How new is it? It looks like you've been playing the crap out of it.
I decided to be a bit cheeky with mine and said to them when I bought it, “You couldn’t slap a set of NYXLs on it, could you?” They were happy to oblige, much to my delight!
Oh now you're just making it even harder for me to resist buying one!
Sandberg do love their aging and relic finishes. Not my thing but the “hardcore relic” finish on mine is relatively restrained and I had pretty much fallen in love with the bass playing it in the shop. It inspired me to order a non-relic custom to similar specs but when I realised they were quoting an 18-24 month lead time I just rang the shop back, checked it was still available and bought it.
Here’s what the custom would have looked like… close enough for jazz… and the Marley Blue on mine is lovely.
I like the vibe of the relic finish - something also freeing about it psychologically, knowing it's already beat up. I don't have to have relic finishes on every bass, but I like the finish on my Sandberg.
I think I already posted this in the Sandberg Club thread, but here's my TM2 SL with the add-ons I bought for when I want to change the look.
Although right now it's pickguard-less, like this... I bought it mainly because of the weight, for my bad lower back... I haven't used it enough yet to draw too many conclusions, but what is certain is that it weighs very little and the neck is extremely comfortable.
Although right now it's pickguard-less, like this... I bought it mainly because of the weight, for my bad lower back... I haven't used it enough yet to draw too many conclusions, but what is certain is that it weighs very little and the neck is extremely comfortable.
