Cuzzie

Pretty sure vibrations was pre 2015 as well

MarloweDK has it as standard in its set up and I gots me an old shape one

7 minutes ago, edpirie said:

Thanks @Cuzzie. I'm curious though - is there anything you are aware of that might increase its value relatively speaking? Are the older ones particularly desirable? Apart from the fact it has a relic job in between soft and hardcore, it seems to be pretty much the same spec as a regular current TT4.

Vibration or heat treatment to the bass.

Pick ups - there is not Delano on them (unless it rubbed off and I can’t see) so they could be Sandberg own, or even Haüssel’s, is it the standard pre amp, or a different one

A few things…..

Old shape stopped in 2015 so it will be before then.

get the serial number, email Sandberg - then you will have full specs, then you can make a decision on worth

2 hours ago, milesBguitar said:

probably a stupid but a quick question about the Bluetooth music streaming bit of this. Does it limit where you can access from as i had seen Youtube and Spotify mentioned. Can i stream content to the pedal straight from itunes on my phone?

 

I think it’s anything your phone plays - like a speaker - you can also change settings on saved presets and change IR’s from the app

4 minutes ago, Supernaut said:

Can you connect it via Bluetooth headphones?

wired headphones into the unit

Yep doesn’t work for some people, but…..my DP3X, PSA 2.0 and dUg Ultrabass 1000 amp covers a lot of ground and pleasing sounds 

Had pretty much the exact same bass - bloody brilliant it is

Great track

I’m relation you the cost comment - it’s not wrong, but with a decent shop around and some luck - you can do it very reasonably, even when I went higher end it was still less than a new mex fender - and at least as good if not better

55 minutes ago, bubinga5 said:

I haven't actually. Im never sure that a bitsa is going to be great or not tbh. I could be totally wrong.

if you think logically, pretty much all Fenders are bitsa’s!

That was their MO how you could pull respective bits out a bucket, bolt them together and away you go!

I would happily put my bitsa’s up against mostly any bass and it would not disappoint 

Have you considered a bitsa?

you have the pick ups already 

A very good friend yes and not being present.

Probably to a friend of a friend or a newbie if I was present at the time.

Unknown person - depending how charitable I am feeling they may get my worst bass at best.

take his passport as insurance!

Best clean boost out there GLWTS

12 hours ago, CameronJ said:

@Cuzzie tempted by a 5er?

I have no doubt this will be immense - I actually have a Sandberg 5 string body I still need to build!

Whomever get this will get a cracker

19 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said:

After doing the Jazz Bitsa, I'm thinking of going back to the P Bitsa and Tele-ing its head... just to make an increase to the difference in appearance...

might need a very slightly wider 'long bump' for a little wood under the string tree...

same style string tree as @Cuzzie

 

Got some spare decals...

 

Yay or Nay?

do it!

1 hour ago, bubinga5 said:

And the big deal of this bass is.....?

Probably price

not for me, charge what you want - I like but wont buy - I rarely touch a tone knob

I restored an old cracked battered body…..

and made up this bad boy

a mate of mine has it as his go to bass pretty much

almost wish I didn’t let it go, but it’s in a good home 

.

Nowt wrong with a bass with no tone control and a vol control - Schecter dUg Pinnick Barron bass is just that and it’s a corker

3 hours ago, Al Krow said:

 

Nah - certainly not all on at the same time, haha! That pic with the pedals lit up was just photoshoot purposes and to show some of fx that are available as and when I need them. There's several more that I use from time to time on the B1-4 e.g. chorus, Z-synth, tape-echo, "Motown" EQ.

 

I very rarely have more than one drive engaged at any one time, but may layer them with a presence setting on the VTDI which works well if you want to cut-through rather than sit in the mix.

And the VTDI settings, more generally, will be tailored to the bass being used and the flavour desired: ranging from Ampegy to increased presence to tube dirt. As you know, it's a very flexible pre-amp and understandably still one of Tech21's all time favs.

 

What's your pedal board looking like these days? 

 

Any combination or FEA OptiFET, CaliCB, DP3X, PSA2.0, GZR Wah, dUg amp

15 hours ago, Al Krow said:

 

Signal chain: Boss OC5 -->  Pigtronix Octava -->  Boss SY-200 --> Zoom B1-4 --> 3 Leaf Proton --> Thumpinator HPF (under the board)--> Tech 21 VTDI.

All powered by a HB Iso5 Pro.

 

This update got a big thumbs up from our band’s guitarist! 😊

I've replaced my Future Impact mono-synth pedal, with its cool bass synth sounds, with a polyphonic Boss SY-200 synth pedal. Whilst not quite so lush as the FI the SY-200, being poly, tracks more tightly and with less latency; a more winning combination IMO for a band-mix particularly on faster / busier bass lines.

decent set up that.

i see you have at least one octave, synth, 2 drives (VTDi and B7K on the zoom) and the envelope filter all on.

What kind of sound does that give?

Is the drive on your amp also on?

All of that combined could give a very rich harmonic sound.

On 06/04/2022 at 11:40, LukeFRC said:

I found this interesting take on music plagiarism 

 

Enjoyed that thanks

Wow - that is very cool

13 hours ago, SumOne said:

My journey down the pedal rabbit hole started with the more extreme/obvious effects like fuzz, envelope filters, synth, modulation. It took me a while to really 'get' the more subtle things like preamps/EQ and compressors, I think I needed to use them in a band situation to fully realise the value they bring but now I have seen the light they are what I nerd out on and other pedals hardley get a look in.

 

I'm currently usign the Fishman Platinum Pro's single dial compressor which generally does well (and it's nice to simplify things/reduce the risk for things accidentally being set in the wrong place/extra cables and noise etc) but I did notice that playing at volume through a 212 cab my D and G strings were sounding a bit weak, they don't sound weak at lower volumes/home practice though....I'm not sure if that's down to technique, compression, preamp/EQ, Cab,  or something else (anyone with any ideas?) but I've got a feeling a more tweakable compressor might be the answer. I had a FEA Opti-FET which was great and perhaps I should have kept it, it's good to play the compressor field a bit though!......So long story short, I think a Cali 76 is right at the top of my shopping list, along with Diamond Comp Jr, Empress, and it sounds like I should consider the BC-1X too.

Opti FET is stunning - i use that and the CaliCB

You are correct - it’s a great piece of kit.

Silent home practice is easier and a dream to listen to and having an ampless rig to your taste.

I am neither fan boy or detractor of DG - but this is genius

Welcome to compression/compressors. Taken the time to properly understand and tweak they and especially this one is phenomenal and improving the balance of your sound to a level where no one knows something is working, but everything is working because of how it makes it sit.

You are correct as well, it’s not that daunting and very intuitive