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Henrythe8

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  1. Foolishly sold all the 4-strings. The Boirรฉ4 was most probably one of the best basses I had.
  2. Don't you hate it when your job takes too much time and doesn't allow you to play properly ? I do. I've been able to take the Patchwork for a little drive around the music room, and especially playing it against my TM5 Hardcore Aged. First impressions - that I will corrpborate later with some clips and verified facts : The Patchwork is significantly heavier than the Yellow. Not absurd for a 5er, and still lighter than my Dolphin. The neck feels chunkier. It is not according to rough measurements made. Sound wise they are of course in the same ballpark (especially for me, as I think all bass sound "boom boom" in the end). The Patchwork however has a distinct quality that I have difficulties transcribing into words. The first qualificative that popped in my mind was that it sounded more authoritative. Tighter and punchier comes to mind, too. Of course the electronics makes it easy to find a sweet spot whatever your style is, but the "Classic Passive P-Tone that is easily found on the Yellow selecting only the neck pickup is not found on the Patchwork, that gives it a modern quality. I really believe the very special construction increases the stiffness of the instrument, giving it a very particular, commanding tone. Of course for the ToneWoods afficionado, this concept of bass is a vast piffley gobbledegook, however my beliefs have been reinforced by this bass. I have been proven that two identical instruments made of the same wood from the same tree will sound differently if the wood comes from the top or the bottom of the tree. Same applies here where it's not the essence of the woods that will produce the tone but the overall density and construction. More to come. ๐Ÿ™‚
  3. TL/DR : I bought a bass. I have been on the hunt for a Warwick Buzzard 5 strings for a long time and finally bought one about a year ago. It took me a few months to realize I couldn't quite get used to it, the string spacing was too narrow. I finally traded it againt a Sandberg TM5, custom made for Fernando Mainer, bassist for the Spanish metal band Mรคgo de Oz. At first I din't quite like it, the neck was not an immediate match. But the sound, the wide array of tones that you can get out of this bass and the sheer coolness of the Hardcore Aged treatment, mixed with 10 years of professional playing made me stick to it. And I finally end up playing this bass a lot. To the point where I thought of ordering a custom made one. And, browsing through the wonderful ads we have in this Parrish, I stumbled accross this one, proposed by the great @Fettsman I've seen the bass for sale by the BassCenter, but missed it (and of course, being located in the distant and exotic country of France, transport and taxes just killed me) Intereste'd, I was. But needed to find a way to let this bass escape the UK to come to me. I have a few friends in London, but alas too far from the bass. Thanks to this wonderfull forum spirit, I was quickly helped by @walshy, that already used the service of a trusted "Man In A Van". I contacted Tim, the Man in the Van, that offered to deliver the bass directly to France at my door. The fee was not ininteresting, especially when factoring the taxes and VAT costs. So the bass traveled a bit through the UK, crossed the channel, traveled to the south of France, and then back in the NOrth where Tim The Man In The Van droppe dit at 2AM (yes, he kind of had a rough traffic and had to be on the Ferry at 7 in the morning so we managed a drop-off in my garage). And this morning, I experienced the only real annoyance of this transaction, as the pack Fettsman made was really difficult to open. ๐Ÿ™‚ But then the bass was there, in my hands, still perfectly set up and IN TUNE ๐Ÿ™‚ And then came the second annoying thing, I had to go to work so I'll play it tonight. I wanted to thank Fettsman, Walshy, and the very good spirit of this forum to make this happen. You already have photos in the ad so I'll post some more when I'm able to properly review this bass.
  4. I bought a bass from Andrew and communicatiopn was smooth, and friendly. We found a way to transport the bass to the distant and Exotic Country of France that was a bit peculiar and he was kind enough to adapt. Recommended BassChatter ๐Ÿ™‚
  5. A bit disappointed as there was no reply form Sandberg to my eMails, and they did not respond to the distributor I sent a request, too. On th other hand, that's not a big deal, I'm all out of Money. ๐Ÿ™‚
  6. Come to daddy... ๐Ÿ™‚ Let's see how the story ends, but if everything works allrite there'll be a nice story to tell.
  7. PM sent to Walshy, thanks for your help. Let's set up a plan so this bass can escape the UK for the distant and exotiic country of France ๐Ÿ™‚
  8. I'll follow your advice, and hoping it's not too rude to page Sir @walshy on this topic, instead of messaging him out of the blue, so we might get in touch and see what we can arrange ๐Ÿ™‚ I love this forum solidarity. ๐Ÿ™‚
  9. Anyone near this bass planning to come to France (or South London/Brixton) in the near future ? ๐Ÿ™‚
  10. Highly philosophical. I'd play semantics and say that there are more successful artists than others. Artist that are better sellers than others. Musicians that are more famous than others. If we say it's a competition, you need to find a metric to measure performance. ANd as an artistic form, music has no clear metric and when you don't pay for music (like all the streams that are counted today are not a commitment froim a fan, like @tauzero mentioned, people buying CDs had a commitment toward an artist. But the people just streaming an artist are not commited. The most album sold is a metric, but that doesn't make a better artist, it's just a better fame/distribution/time continuum. What contemporary artist is going to sell more recordings than the Beatles (still selling after all these years...) now that music is not sold anymore. I'd go further saying that now more than ever, a musician is a marketing product but the music is not what is sold. I'd play on words saying music is competitive, but not a competition. As even if you loose in a way eg records selling), you can still be a champion in another recognition, musical genius, legendary performer...).
  11. Also interested as the traditional EUB have a longer scale length, so I'm always lost. BTW, checked on Thomann, the Omni bass is now over 1800โ‚ฌ, it was around 1000 in 2019 when I bought mine...
  12. HOLY MOLLY ! Damn brexit and the Channel. Paint me interested. ๐Ÿ™‚ If any possibility to arrange a delivery maybe in London... I'm based in France but have a few friends in the UK that could help. PM'd :- )
  13. Should you sell the original electronics separately I'm callings dibs on that. ๐Ÿ™‚
  14. That's a lot of bass for not a lot of cash. Fortunately, it's not a broadneck so I'm safe ๐Ÿ˜‰
  15. I already had he pleasure to discuss with Mark, unfortunately being located in France kind of makes the point moot. thanks for your help ! OK, I sent an eMail and located a nearby distributor if needed. Do any of you fellow Sandbergers know is they do custom orders ? Like with a change in the pickup configuration/placement ? (I asked but I like to discusss this ๐Ÿ˜‰ )
  16. Doeas anyone has a way of contacting Sandberg other than through their website ? Posted an inquiry there a few weeks back and no answers so far As I read earlier in this thread it's not uncommon, but would like to order a special one. Or do I need to go through a distributor ?
  17. You're right. I was just talking about the nut width, historically the one of the Jazz. The BassVI is an epiphenomemnon, But the Mustang, Gretsch, Ray34, the Bronco, the Ibbys... all have 38.5 nut width. Although I'm surprised by the good score of the P Basses that have the 41/42mm. Thanks for pointing that out. Is it the "whole" numbers or just the stats on Reverb site ?
  18. True. Now, the "standard" nut width is 38,5mm/1,5", which is the Jazz Bass. It represents over 80% of the sales and is favoured by over 75% of the players. At the time it was labelled as the A neck with Fender. I'm in favor of the Vintage Precision 44mm (1,75") that was the C neck at the time. (note that at the time, again, the letter was regarding the nut width and not the shape). But there is very few basses with this nut width. (Warwick Dolphin, Buzzard and Stryker NT have it by default). The modern other manufacturers (Spector being one of those) has a standard of 40mm. Some like chunky "U" neck (over 22mm neck thickness on first fret). Some prefer flat neck, or round, or Oval... I think that today it's more difficult to be sure of what you like. When I was younger, I had access to four musical instruments store in my midtown in France. So I could try a lot of different basses and shapes. Today people often rely on advices on internet which is by definition flawed as my advice for the best bass neck for me will be agreed on by a mere 5% of players (44mm, "oval with soulder" shape and 20mm thin.) The aim for the manufacturers is to sell instruments that fit the most players. hence the decreasing median nut width, I guess.
  19. It's amazing that it's still a luthite body with the "apparent wood" look. Love it, and again sorry to be on the wrong side of the pond.
  20. My Korean NS2 has barts and the Spector DarkGlass preamp installed. Great combination. Does this one also have the trim pot inside the cavity ?
  21. Joining the club with this one. I'm not at all a Sandberg expert, any help on this will be helpful. It's a TM5 made in 2011, especially for Fernando MAIER, bass player for the metal band Mรคgo de Oz. It' supposed to be rare, as the color is not readily available, and the block inlays are also yellow. It's a Hardcore aged treatment. I got this in a trade and was fairly surprised by the tonal qualities of the bass. The electronics active/passive with the twin band preamp are very helpful in finding a good tone, be it for modern or more vintagey sound. The volume/pushpull knob needs a bit of tightening, otherwise it's great. If anyone can help me with the specifics of this bass (especially by telling me if it tryly is special or jsut standard for the time...). Thanks.
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