kets

Sorry to see you're selling the fretless so soon Jim.

Folks, I was the previous owner of the fretless and can confirm that it's a lovely bass, especially at this price with a gator case!

Kets

Awesome song! Don't know of any tab though...Sorry.

I've got a set of the number 12's on my Jazz bass, in black and they're great. Well made, no slop and don't slip. Better than the ones Fender use on their standard basses IMO.

PM'd re the Tascam bass trainer.

Hmm, interesting.

Where did this come from?

Hmm, interesting.

Where did this come from?

If you haven't already found it already, try www.thebassment.info. It's on there, with a ton of other superb bass transcriptions.

I'd be up for it!

I'm surprised that no one has set up a more central Scottish bass bash already. I couldn't make Moffat due to work.

Top stuff!

I think there was a thread about these a while ago. They are really good though, that guy knows his stuff!

[quote name='josh3184' post='769761' date='Mar 9 2010, 09:23 PM']great review, thanks man any pictures?[/quote]


Thanks!

I don't have any pictures at the moment, but I intend to take some and add it to the review. Mines in sea foam green with white pickguard and rosewood fretboard. Really sticks out!

For anyone interested in buying, I've posted just posted a review of one of these on here.

Have another bump for an awesome bass!

I recently took delivery of my first Sandberg, a California PM4 and mentioned that I would do a review, as there doesn't seem to be any already, despite the number of Sandberg users. It's my first review, so be gentle with me!

Firstly, I should make it clear that I bought this bass unseen, purely on the hype and other's opinions. I wasn't disappointed.

Construction-10/10

This bass is built to last! It's far heavier than I expected (I think it's Alder), but not a back-breaker. The payoff, of course is a beefy tone. Also when you plug it in, you feel it in the almost endless sustain-Puts some neck through basses to shame! It has bolt on neck, secured by six recessed screws and a precision shaped body with a flawless paint finish and quality plated hardware. The tuners work smoothly and the bridge, IMO, is a work of art. The strings are secured at the bridge and it's fully adjustable for intonation, action and each string can be adjusted individually for spacing. The neck has a lovely, smooth, oiled feel to it, which I like. Incidentally the neck isn't as narrow as a Jazz, but not as wide as a precision. Feels great to me, although I do have fairly small hands. The fretwork, again is very well done with no sharp edges or flat spots, and includes a zero fret. The nut slots could be neater, but this wasn't a brand new bass, so that could be the previous owner making adjustments for heavier strings. Pots feel smooth and pickups are solidly mounted.

Electronics-8/10

This model is the PM, so it has a Precision style pickup at the neck and a musicman style humbucker at the bridge. Controls are: volume, pan, treble cut/boost and bass cut/boost. Pulling the volume up also puts the bass into passive mode. That brings me to a gripe. The battery box is a bit fiddly and has a flimsy feeling door action. The Delano pickups however, are superb. The precision pickup on it's own sounds huge. The back pickup, soloed with a touch of bass added, sounds very, very funky, almost compressed in it's tightness. Both together is also pretty punchy. It's a quite clean and modern sounding, not like a Jazz, but has a huge range of tones available. Suits all playing styles.

Overall-9/10

I love this bass. For me it does everything, feels great and sounds superb. It has neat touches like the strap buttons, which are schaller strap lock compatible, the fully adjustable bridge, the cool headstock and Sandbergs "4-dotted square" symbol. I have to admit the lack of position dots on the front of the fretboard takes some getting used to, but it does have them on the side. There's also a bit of neck dive in the sitting position, this is probably down to the Fender styling.

I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to anyone.

Hi Lee,

I'd like to propose a swap for your Marcus Miller-Power and Stu Hamm-Kings of Sleep CD's meantime. As for further info on the others:

Mick Karn-Bestial Cluster. Superb fretless playing, just not my bag musically.
Jaco Pastorius-Honestly. Jaco on his own playing some hendrix, some funk etc, using a tape loop I think to build up other parts on top.
Jaco Pastorius-Word of Mouth. Jaco's big band, Chromatic fantasy etc
Uzeb-Live in Europe (Alain Caron). Awesome fretless playing, with some slap. Jazzy.
Uzeb-entre ciel et terre (Alain Caron). Awesome fretless playing, with some slap. Jazzy.
Rippington's-Kiliminjaro (Jimmy Johnson & Jimmy Haslip). Slick Jazz. Good bass stuff.
Spyro Gyra-Breakout (Kim Stone). Slick Jazz, basswise not much to write home about.
Charlie Hunter Trio-bing, bing, bing (Hunter play's bass & guitar together on his 8 string!) A bit of a mix, including an interesting take on Nirvana's Come as you are.

Not great descriptions I'm afraid, take my word for it though, none of its mainstream! I'd probably recommend the Mick Karn one though. He is a master, I just prefer his playing with Japan.

Kets

Hi Lee,

I'd like your Stuart Hamm-Kings of Sleep, Marcus Miller-Power and Stanley Clarke-Schooldays.

To trade I have:

Mick Karn-Bestial Cluster
Jaco Pastorius-Honestly
Jaco Pastorius-Word of Mouth
Uzeb-Live in Europe (Alain Caron)
Uzeb-entre ciel et terre (Alain Caron)
Rippington's-Kiliminjaro (Jimmy Johnson & Jimmy Haslip)
Spyro Gyra-Breakout (Kim Stone)
Charlie Hunter Trio-bing, bing, bing (Hunter play's bass & guitar together on his 8 string!)
Little Axe-The wolf that house built (Doug Wimbish)
David Sanborn-A Change of Heart (Marcus Miller)

Any of these of interest? If not, I'll buy the Stu Hamm-Kings of sleep.

Kets

Hi Mikey, welcome to the forum.

Kets

Yep, apparently I can scan on my printer/copier thing. Not that you're asking me to scan copyrighted music for general public consumption of course...

Welcome to Basschat!

I have the Wild wood song book, which has the music and chords, all notation. Not sure how accurate the bass notation is on it though, with it being arranged for piano. PM if this is of any use to you.

Kets

Recently sold a Spector to Benedict. Nice smooth transaction and good communication. Top bloke!

Cheers Benedict,

Kets

Peace beyond passion is without doubt my favourite Me'Shell album. Good work on the transcriptions!

Kets

Welcome to the site.

Kets

PM'd.

And both now PM'd back. Thanks guy's, good to see some offers on the table!

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='749202' date='Feb 18 2010, 01:10 AM']That's a nice looking bass! Good luck with the sale...[/quote]

Thanks! Fingers crossed on the sale, although the re-fretting idea is still in my mind...