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As mentioned by a few folks already, certainly no intention of making a profit on gear, dont think ive ever let anything go for more than 3/4 of new price before. It's more a case of at this price point there shouldn't be a need to swap parts out (I also had to swap a tuner as it was loose from new, pmt sorted this for me though, I just had to fit it). These pick ups seem to work for a lot of people, but they seem very "marmite" to be the standard stock pick ups. Things never sound the same in the shop as they do in the mix 🤷‍♂️

I certainly fall into the category of "I've paid £1700 for a bass, I shouldn't have to spend more replacing pick ups" it's taken me years to come to this decision after almost selling it several times... Thing is, it's so light, plays like a dream, and every time I look at it I get all warm and fuzzy 😍

Bit the bullet on my Sandberg and have local pick up makers Ghost pick ups making me a PJ pick up set to replace the Delano's. Hes also going to remove the glock and add a new passive only circuit. Exciting times indeed!

This has been an internal struggle for quite a while! I just honestly don't know which set I'd go for...

My main bass is a VT4, plays like a dream, super light, but I have a love hate relationship with the tone... I HATE the preamp (glock?), the pick ups (delano) fare better in passive, but that being said I'm dying to swap them out for something a bit more traditional... I quite like the shape of if, but to me their new jazz shape just looks awful!

Update/mini review(?) I ended up getting the 3 leaf audio octabvre mini to replace my t16 as the tap dancing thing of boosting another pedal felt like it would get the better of me... Gigged the octabvre mini last night, and massively impressed! It doesnt go quite as low sub wise as the T16 (which seems to go to pure sub bass) but when dialled into oc2 territory it has enough low end and headroom to shake the room comfortably whilst still giving that oc2 character. For context, set up was: Sandberg VT4 (neck pick up, passive) > Aguilar TH500 > Barefaced Big Twin II. I mainly use this as solo octave setting for EDM tunes (prodigy, faithless etc) I was worried with it not having the same lows as the T16 that it wouldn't have the same impact, but it sounded almost as if because it wasnt throwing SO much pure sub freq at the amp, the amp could better handle what it was given and in turn shook the room while retaining character. I struggled to get that balance with the T16, as it seemed to quickly go from pure sub to fuzzy with not much in the middle. Early days but possibly my favourite bass purchase to date! Edit: tracking was also FAR superior to the T16, going up to low G comfortably, and not bottoming out on certain notes (my T16 would go mega quiet on a high Bb or high F in particular)

Basstheworld.com did a review of these recently, but the whole thing seemed to be to make sure everyone knew they were inspired by Sandberg (or at least that's how it came across to me)... I think they seem great for the money!

I've contacted Tom a few weeks ago about the clean knob issue but had no reply so assumed hes stowed off! I'm not the best at pedalboard tap dancing, but DO have a spark mini on my board, so a boosted oc-10 may be a cheaper alternative to going for a new high end pedal!

It's the T-16 v2 that I have... recently had to have a new clean pot fitted due to it catching a punter at a recent gig so not sure if that's caused it. As I found out last night though mid insomnia; when it doesnt want to play and you kick the pedal in full Oct down, and all you get is a filtered clean note

Does anyone know what the headroom is like on the oc-10? My cog T-16 looks like it's on its last legs, and it's really important to what we do. I need that big synth sub sound, but scared other pedals wont have the same headroom as the T-16 😬