johnDeereJack

How about a body modification channel:

Six Boobs? Lovely!

Or a liposuction-themed channel:

Sliced Buttock Lard!

🥳

The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden

SBL: Stop wearing that Bloody gLove! 🙄

Or he could start a cookery show:

Scott Buys Lentils

Scott Burns Lasagne

Screaming Boiled Lobsters

Scott Browns Mince

Slicing Bacon Lengthwise

Strangling Baby Labradors

Oh, wait... that's his other show. 😉

Meet the family!

MkV AH150 head

MkV AH250 head

MkV 1048 cab

MkV 1518 cab

Boxer 65 combo

ELF head

2x ELF 2x8 cabs

1 minute ago, uk_lefty said:

Great to read a review of these! Getting myself a lefty fretless Stingray seems to be impossible, might have to be a Sandberg or Maruszczyk special order...

I absolutely love the sound of a StingRay, and I really regretted selling my 4-string, but it just wasn't getting played at all. I A/B'd the Sandberg in the shop against a 4-string and a 5-string Ray and I tell you man you cannot tell the difference, it's that good. So, yeah, get yourself onto the Maruszczyk website or Sandberg's online configurator and get building! 🙂

Here are my two black basses 🙂

Lakland Skyline 55-02

Sandberg California Central

6 minutes ago, bloke_zero said:

Thanks! I've done a couple, and my mate has done 3-4. The trick is really slathering it on and leaving it a couple of days - comes out dark and lustrous!

Cool, I'll give it a bash! 🙂

Hah, you read my mind! 🙂

I was toying with the idea of staining the board and this looks perfect!

Cheers fella 👍

(Nice looking bass by the way. I love the white pickup covers against that vibrant orange body. Really cool)

7 hours ago, fretmeister said:

I really want one of these!

 

I'd have to special order it as a Superlight though and as I've only recently got a special order I think my wife would take issue with it!

I honestly think you owe it to yourself to place that order and buy one, she'll never know! (Probably! 😉)

🙂

17 hours ago, Ed_S said:

They're really good aren't they! I got one not that long ago in gloss 'anthracite' with a PF board. The board on mine is reasonably figured and interesting, so with a bit of oil on it to bring out the pattern it actually looks quite decent, but I agree that ebony would have been a better choice.

 

I used to have a pair of superlight 4s which I moved on when I switched back to using just 5s, but I missed having a Sandberg so I went and tried a few different models and it was the Central that came out a very clear winner over the others. Hope you enjoy yours as much as I've been enjoying mine 🙂 

Yup, they are really good basses. I took it to a 3hr rehearsal on Friday and it was a joy to play - not too weighty, well balanced, all round winner! I've been playing it at home all weekend too. The action is a bit low for me so I'll have to tackle that at some point. Thankfully it came with an information pamphlet thing that tells you what the 7 billion adjustment screws on each bridge saddle does! 😄

12 minutes ago, Sibob said:

The thing is they balance well, which is half the battle when it comes to weight. So yeah, I frequently do 2+ hours with mine too.

 

Si

Yep, you're right, very well balanced basses. I haven't had any hint of neck dive from either of mine. I also use kinda wide-ish/grippy Levy's straps, so that helps too! 🙂

43 minutes ago, Old Horse Murphy said:

That's lovely. I've looked at these longingly for quite a while now but like you, I'm not a fan of the PF fingerboards and wish they'd use ebony or rosewood. That said, it's a cracking looking bass and I'm a big fan of Sandbergs. 

Yeah, I agree, an ebony board would be much better I think - more in keeping with the overall look of the bass.

Sandberg offer ebony as a fingerboard option in their online configurator, but I'm kinda impulsive (and impatient!) and the bass I bought was available there and then, so I'll live with the PF board as the bass is excellent. 🙂

48 minutes ago, Sibob said:

 

9.5 is decent for a Lakkie 5er, same as my 55-01.

 

Si

 

 

Yeah, they're not too bad weight-wise. I can still manage a 3hr set with a wee 20min break thrown in the middle! 🙂

When it's a Sandberg California Central of course! 

I had a 4-string StingRay for years, and I absolutely love the distinctive sound of a StingRay, but I haven't played 4-string basses for ages now so it was sitting in it's case doing nothing, so I decided to move it on, along with an un-played '58RI Precision, then instantly regretted it! I toyed with the idea of buying another 4-string StingRay, but there would be literally no point as it would never get played, so I've been looking for a replacement StingRay in 5-string flavour. I cannot be doing with the pickguards on 5-string StingRay's so those were out of the running from the get-go.

I picked up a 5-string H/S Bongo, which is a great bass, but doesn't have that StingRay sound. So I looked at the Lakland Skyline 55-02 (which is another great instrument - so good that I bought two!) but again doesn't quite do that StingRay sound. Then in walked the California Central...

While I was in the shop trying it out I A/B'd it against a 4-string StingRay and a 5-string StingRay , both 3-band EQ like the Sandberg, through a MarkBass combo and then through headphones, and if you were blindfolded I guarantee you would not be able to tell the difference, it's so convincing at mimicking a StingRay.

The build quality is excellent, the finish is superb, it comes with a substantial soft shell case, I love that the treble control doubles as a passive tone control while in passive mode, and I love the smoked chrome hardware, but I really wish it had an ebony fingerboard as opposed to pao ferro - it just looks odd. And seeing as I'm nitpicking, I also don't like the massive exposed truss rod route (it's not what you would call subtle!), and there are too many adjustment points on the bridge - each saddle has 5 adjustment screws! 

Anyway, I can live with the minor niggles as I've now found a bass that scratches my itch - it's half the price of an actual EB MM StingRay and sounds exactly the same. What's not to like!

New toy... just bought it yesterday as a substitute for the 4-string StingRay that I sold a few months back. If you were blindfolded I'd defy you to tell the difference between this and a StingRay, it's that good! 

I don't think I've posted this before but apologies if I have! 

Here's my sparkly orange 5-string H/S Bongo. A fabulous thing even if I do say so myself! (I realise Bongo's are kinda 'Marmite' in terms of their appearance but I think they're incredibly well designed basses!) 

I'll play...

Here are my two Lakland Skyline 55-02's. I've had them for a while now, and they're absolutely fantastic instruments. Bought the purple one first, then added the black sparkle one as a back-up, cos they're that good!

The black sparkle one is just shy of 9.5 lbs and the purple one is a shade over 10lbs. 

Gaddammit, that's stunning! So much want! 🤤

(Repeat after me: I don't play 4's anymore... I don't play 4's anymore... I don't play 4's anymore... )

GLWTS, can't see this being here long!

Bought Nick's MotorBass pedal, arrived the next day. 

Great price, pristine pedal, well packed and excellent comms made for a pain-free transaction.

Top guy, recommended! 

JDJ

PM'd re MotorBass 🤘

Nice, I wondered who snatched it! (I saw it on GuitarGuitar website and tried to justify another fretless!)

Hope it plays as good as it looks! 🤘

20 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

 

So they have sorted the VAT thing out now or you got lucky? When I ordered one that is how much it cost, but with it I got an invoice for the import duty and vat from UPS.

No, I didn't get any additional invoices for import duty or VAT. The receipt from PayPal quoted €265, which was converted to £240.16, and that's what I paid.

The pedal arrived yesterday evening via DHL. No other invoices or paperwork tacked on (unless they plan to send that out later!) 

19 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

 

Around £300 with shipping and vat - pretty good for a very entertaining pedal

I ordered one two weeks ago. Hopefully arriving either today or tomorrow. The pedal itself was €249, as shown above. Add €16 postage and it comes to €265. Factor in PayPal's rubbish conversion rate and it cost me £240.16, which isn't bad

22 minutes ago, robiredale said:

 

The packet is correct and these are super long.

 

Thanks Rob, I would have had them if they had been regular long scale

Cheers,

Ian

Hi robiredale,

The header advertises the standard D'Addario EXL170-5 long scale strings, but the packet shows D'Addario EXL170-5SL Super Long strings. Is it the super long scale strings you're selling?

Thanks