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Warwick should just tell people who want to buy one to come on here. Plenty to be had! lol Tis a shame caus they are great instruments.

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='1259726' date='Jun 7 2011, 02:34 PM']I understand that and I know I ring GK's bells a lot. It depends on the circumstances of the endorsement though. I bought my first GK stack normally and turned down other endorsement offers because I was happy using the gear that I already had. After that I approached GK and got an endorsement from them. I understand some people probably get the first endorsement they can then sing from the hilltops about how brilliant the gear is without much thought, but I expect there's probably more people that have endorsements from specific brands because they want to use that gear, not just because it's the first thing they were offered. The fact that someone has an endorsement from a brand should be a recommendation in it's self because it's saying "I like this brand enough to associate me and my band's names with it".[/quote] Couldn't have put it better! When I first received my bass from sandberg I didn't have an endorsement from them and I shouted very loud about how awsome it was, as do most people who hav bought one. The endorsement came after that. I searched long and hard to find the right bass for me and this was it, did everything and more of what I needed, and for them to recognise me as an artist is brilliant! Totally agree about the nuggets that will grab anything that is free or cheap and shout about how it's the best thing in the world. They are just wrong and silly.

[quote name='dc2009' post='1259557' date='Jun 7 2011, 12:21 PM']Congrats, what a great brand to get an endorsement with. So out of interest, how do you go about getting one of these, how big do you need to be etc? There are plenty of bands I've never heard of that get endorsements, yours being one of them (though I did just go have a look on your website and I guess I have now), so how big do you need to be for them not to scoff in your face and not even reply to you. Are you guys signed and doing headline european tours, with record sales in the tens of thousands, or not at that stage - just curious ?[/quote] Very good questions... When i first contacted them they sent a copy of my e mail to Synergy Distribution who sort Sandbergs out in the UK to deal with as they always work through the distro companies. They quite liked what i did and sorted me out with a good deal on a bass, and once they had some good feedback from the guys at Synergy they seemed to start listening. In my case, LBD (my band) have got quite a good following, our record sales are starting to pick up, our gigs tend to be busy, our YouTube channel is getting thousands of hits and we are generally getting busy with releasing new singles and videos through an indie label which go to iTunes, Amazon, Play HMV etc etc. Our songs appear on covermount magazine CD's over Europe, So you can say we are working as hard as we can do without major support. Shows are a little scarse at the moment but we have some work going on in the pipes to hook up with some booking agencies to get us some proper gigs as they wont touch you until they know you have something that sells, which is hopefully what we have achieved by doing what i have just said. I wish we were doing headline European tours and selling thousands of records, but we are not quite at that stage yet, i guess they liked what we played and how hard we are working at being successful and were happy to put their name with mine. I think if i had asked them and i was doing a band that had only a few gigs under our belts and done a little demo EP with no release and no large amounts of public exposure they probably would have told me to f**k off Funny though, years and years ago when i was in a band more like this, i approached Morley pedals and they were more than happy to offer me a deal for trade price on any of their gear and my name in their catalogue, so i guess the acceptance rules change from company to company. I guess if you dont ask you dont get and i have always been cheeky enough to ask! lol

Hahaha this is true, imagine an endorsement from Stella Artois, hhmmmm that would amazing! Yummy tasty beer Thanks guys for all your comments. Nice one

Yo yo! Just wanted to share my news with the bass brothers and sisters. I recently scored a deal with Sandberg Guitars and they have sorted me out with a bass i totally love and they have put me up on their website as an artist and endorser of the brand! Well chuffed with this as look who else is on the same page, some real pro players. [url="http://www.sandberg-guitars.de/artists/great-britain"]http://www.sandberg-guitars.de/artists/great-britain[/url] Anyhow, just wanted to share that with ya! next stop....Tech 21 for that sansamp i want

ah thats great! small world eh!

Ah nice one Giblett! go buy it....take us one more step to a record deal Afraid you are a little wrong, Charlie is on lead Geetar.. I take it you know him from somewhere??

the things i have to put up with with being in this band! its tough work lol. All in the name of Rock n Roll eh!

nice one Eric!!! glad you enjoyed it. We should be starting filming part 2 of that for the B side of the single in the next few weeks. We just need some PR companies and booking agents to get behind us to get us on a tour support or something now.

Here is the Video for my band Lesbian Bed Death's last single which has just been released on digital through Play, Amazon, iTunes etc etc Really proud of this and thought i would share it with you! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WJpWQAZ0VQ"]Lesbian Bed Death - Moonlight [/url] Enjoy!!!

lol yes after i posted i saw that you had the 610 and thought "doh! should have kept mouth shut, he already knows the HLF rocks!" Fair enough about replacing the speakers, just hope you find some that dont alter the sound of the cab too much. Good luck with your mission bud.

id say get rid of the cab and get a 4ohm equivilent. Running an 8ohm cab with a 4ohm valve head is bad bad bad bad bad. It can be bad news for your amp and an SVT2 aint cheap to replace. Always run valve heads using the correct impedance. Personally if you were going to change the cab, and wanted to keep to a 4x10, i would go for what i have which is the SVT410HLF as they are amazing for a 1 cab setup. totally recommend it.

i wanted a quality built active Fender, so i bought a Sandberg no QC issues there

Avril Lavigne - just because she is fit.

Cliff was just amazing! Like Skol said, his bass playing shined through most if not all other Heavy Metal bass players of the time and gave us 'tallica wannabes something more to look at and listen to rather than Kirk Hammett widdling over his guitar. He sure made me learn and play my bass differently. He really inspired me and hopefully millions of other bass players as he was something special. His songwriting was genius. You are totally right about the horses for courses thing, everyone is different. For me i would prefer to listen to Cliff kick the sh*t out of his bass in a cool rock n roll fashion playing the odd bit out of time rather than listen to Marcus Miller or Jaco noodle around playing their lovely clean Jazz music. Thats just boring!

nice one dude. They are amazing arnt they. Looks a stunner, hope you enjoy being part of the 'berg club, i know i am

red for me, im not really a fan of quilted tops but i do like the red! lot more classier IMO

personally i would glue the strap button back into the original hole. and fill the one that has been bodged. thats if you arnt bothered about putting different ones on in future.

Righty!! I have just come home from giving mah new bass a good thrashing at rehearsal tonight and i thought its about time i gave you guys the lowdown on what i think of it. In a word - Amazing! Bit more detail.... When i first opened the gig bag it came with (still think when paying this amount of cash, anything should come in a hard case) and gave it a good looking over, i was thrilled with the craftsmanship and overall quality of the Sandberg. As i had it delivered to me at work, it just had to sit there looking pretty til i got home, and it felt like a loooong day! I couldnt find a single thing i could pick out that was wrong or not finished right or anything i would have changed, it was even still in tune!! When i got it home i was quite limited to what i could do with it as i only have my big V4 and Ampeg cab to plug into so couldnt really turn it up to hear what the thing was doing at real volumes. I managed to get the overall jist of what it could do and i was impressed from the start. The neck width is very very similar to my old 89 MIJ Fender Jazz but with a bit more girth. The finishing of the back of the neck is so smooth it was like glass and the set up was good and precise with an action not too low or too high, just nice! After being able to give it a good blast tonight i could really tell what the electronics were like and i was blown away with how good the Pre amp is. In the past i have owned a MM Stringray5 and a Spector Euro 5 LX and i have always had the pre amp on the bass turned right up and just go for it. With the 'berg its a totally different ball game. If i put everything on full with the amp set flat with a nice bit of gain turned up, it was just too much, so i started by setting everything to flat. The bass stayed in the flat position and i added just a little bit of treble to give it some clarity. I cannot stress enough how amazing this Glockenklang pre amp is. Just one slight adjustment and you can really transform your sound. I had a go of each settings i could use with the Haussel pickups, the P pup is brilliant, really pure Fender sounding clanky piano tones ringing through and enough bottom end for anyone! the MM style humbucker is not what i expected at all, i was thinking it would give a little hint of Stingray tones but its more like a beefy muscular Jazz pup, and i love it, you can really dial in that honky Jazz sound and is great for slapping and popping and it burbles away nicely. I dont really play anything that would suit this pup solo'd but if i ever did then i know this will do the job perfectly. Put the pup blend dial in the middle and this is my sweet spot, sounds like a Hyper hybrid Fender P/J, but with its own personality. When owning a Fender in the past, it could never really keep up with what i wanted and always felt a little soft and underpowered but this just rocks!!! I play quite heavy rock/punk stuff and this setting is just perfect. Its hard for me to describe really so im gonna have to try and get some sound clips for you to hear. I had the Haussel pups put in this instead of the stock Delano ones as i really wanted the vintage Fender sound but with a kick up the arse rather than the more modern HI FI sounds that the Delanos seem to give off, and they definitely do that, they are great pickups! The bass sits great on the strap and feels nice n light. The body seems a bit thinner than a Fender, especially where my right arm rests at the top and i need to get a sweat band or something as it has given me thrash rash on my right wrist. Everything just feels right for me with this bass, kinda feels like putting on a well worn pair of slippers. Its exactly what sound i was after when i wanted a change from the Stingray. I wanted an inbetween a P and a J but with options to do either and i am so glad i bought it. And to know this one was made specially for me is a great feeling. Im sorry i cant go into what the harmonic frequency range is or anything about the mid tones or any in depth stuff as i dont honestly know what any of it is. I am a simple rock bassist who likes to hit my bass hard! In short, this bass was well worth the money, its great quality, fantastic to play, sounds incredible and looks cool as f**k! I recommend anyone who has got a slight bit of GAS to get one as you wont regret it! Here are some photos!