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28 minutes ago, martthebass said:

In the interim, try and pick up an alder bodied Lionel they come in at 7.5lbs (I’ve had my hands on 4 and they’ve all been about that weight). The gloss finished and aged models are alder. The satin finished with visible grain are ash and about a pound heavier.

Totally agree with Mart, I have a alder body from their Greenline range at 7.5lbs and it’s noticeably lighter than my ash body

23 minutes ago, ead said:

 

Is that an actual Sandberg one or another make?

It’s a Hipshot BT7 on the Ida bass

Sandberg told me to install a D tuner it requires drilling extra holes. The BT7 resembles our design the closest

Bass Direct said Sandberg tuners are a specific size and Hipshot don't offer a direct replacement. The Ida Nielsen bass from Sandberg uses an extender and its a BT7

This is the reply I got from Sandberg …

There's no way to install a D tuner without extra holes. The BT7 resembles our design the closest

Darkglass Microtubes 900 V2 Amp
In excellent as new condition only 6 months old and had a very easy life!

Any marks in the pix are pesky fingerprints!!

Two drive circuits B3K and vintage microtube and blend to keep the bottom end

Bought for a project that didn’t happen fully boxed with foot switch an data cable for updates and IR cabs 

Welcome to check and test it

£675 Collect Oakham LE15 6NP 

Can post next day for approx £25

Here’s my two Sandberg Lionel's

Blue one is passive and I’ve fitted a EMG Geezer Butler pick up for a more vintage tone. The Cream is two band active / passive and more modern sounding  …

Has anyone found a non invasive Hipshot Xtender that fits a Sandberg Lionel. I really want to fit one but want to be able to return it back to standard if I want.

I'm really surprised that Hipshot don’t produce a specific one for ‘Bergs maybe a bit niche I guess

Fender JMJ Mustang Bass I’m not sure it needs any introduction, these basses are legendary in bass playing circles 

I don’t think it’s taken on any additional relics, resonant and plays like a workhorse bass !

£900 Collected Oakham LE15 6NP

Hipshot BT7 Bass Xtender - Nickel
Excellent condition still in packaging with instructions, easy installation 

FYI if you have JMJ Mustang (or other) you can easily swap the lollipop tuner over onto the Extender, superb bit of kit!

£70 Delivered in the UK

Two Notes Le Bass Tube Preamp / DI

2 channel - 4 modes Clean / Drive / Fusion / Hot

Loads of great functions, midi, cab sim

Very good condition- Boxed with manual - loads of tones from ultra clean, mild overdrive, full distortion 

£140 Delivered in UK

TC Electronic Corona Chorus Mini

with the brilliant Toneprint function that gives you access to another 25+ chorus settings from 'famous' artists

Excellent condition with box

£45 Delivered in UK

Selling my lovely Mikey Way Mustang in immaculate condition don’t think there is a mark on it, no neck pocket cracks, no dings, nowt!

It’s fitted with an EMG 35HZ pickup, no modifications were necessary and now has a great pickup and new large pots and wiring, all of the original little pots, pickup and knobs will come with it so could easily be returned to stock (but why the heck would you!!)

It now sounds great, the humbucker is now clear and punchy compared to the very wooly original.

Even unplugged the bass is resonant and plays really nicely 

It is now a very usable and gigable bass and looks as cool as fcuk !! The large sparkle is drop dead gorgeous especially under lights

The Performer is a great well made quality bass and plays very well although the addition of the Jazz pup gives a bit more tonal flexibility just looks odd as I added a solid Jazz pup cover and in my opinion works better aesthetically … cracking bit of kit but sort of do agree it’s a bit polite …

Short scale work horse GLWTS !!

How about this Palmer Pre DI …

Has anyone tried a Palmer Pocket Bass Pre DI ?

Review generally seem good, decent price at around £130

https://www.palmer-germany.com/en/products/guitar-amplifiers/5140/pocket-amp-bass

I’m just keeping it simple, Two Notes Le Bass (back up if my amp pops or fancy a bit more grunt) TC Corona Chorus Mini (when I need to get my Duff on) Shure GLXD16+ (best wireless I’ve owned, not a single drop out ever even on large stages) all powered by a Truetone 1 Spot CS6 ….

1 hour ago, BassAgent said:

Well, they fit. Just. It's a very very tight squeeze but it fits.

Would be great to see a couple of pix

I've been using the GATOR PROGO DOUBLE GUITAR BAG for my JMJ, Lionel and Stingray, great quality and very rigid, cracking bag for the money

You just need to take out the removable pads at the bottom

Certainly worth looking at the Darkglass Microtubes 500 and 900 amps, they have the B3K and Vintage distortions built in with the ability to blend the clean and distorted tones. They do other combinations of amp and distortion too

These basses are spectacular, I nearly sold my Starry Night SS but thankfully came to my senses 

GLWTS !

Tonex modelling pedal in excellent as new condition, boxed with power supply, data cable and AmpliTube 5, Tonex MAX software 

Download hundreds of Amp, Cab & FX captures as well as AmpliTube presets 

Amazing pedal it just exceeds my needs

It will be de registered etc ready for transfer 

I have a Microtubes 900v2 and it has bags of clean headroom on tap with the distortion engine turned off, compression is great too. You can tickle in a small amount of distortion in if you want to liven up your tone with the drive & blend knobs. I’ve found it very good so far and not struggled to tame the overdrive / distortion 

I use the Gator G-PG Double Guitar bag for my JMJ Mustang, Musicman Stingray and Sandberg Lionel and all fit safely with the bottom pad removed 

Great quality bag!

Here’s a review on YouTube 

Fender Jazz Bass Special

Made in Japan 1984-87

In very good condition for a bass 37-40 years old some small dings and light scratches but nothing to wood

fitted with a Leo Quan Badass bridge

Plays really nicely, sounds ace

come and try it out 

Collection Oakham LE15 6NP

16 minutes ago, BassApprentice said:

From reading here, it seems a few have changed pickups. Surely changing the pickups speaks volumes about the build quality and value of Sandberg versus other Fender shaped basses? 

 

In what way do you mean?

I put an EMG GZR in my Lionel and now it's my No.1 bass, the stock pup wasn't bad at all just not tone I wanted. I'd happily have another they are superb!