David Nimrod

[quote name='Gloria stits' post='143463' date='Feb 19 2008, 11:18 PM']I've only ever seen two Sandbergs and I own one. Both were spot on so I don't quite get the inconsistancy in quality control. In doing some research on Bass talk, the yanks absolutely rave about them. Read a number of threads and not yet found anything regarding any issues with the quality of build. Where as on Basschat there's been a few negatives?[/quote] They were at PMT in Birmingham. Several Sandbergs had the slot for the fret tang cut a mm or so deeper than the fret tang itself, all down the neck... leaving a gap. When I pointed this out to Dave Sheriff, who had been going on about 'custom shop quality' he was a bit downcast me too I was thinking about one pretty seriously at the time. However, I've seen others that have looked and played beautifully, so who knows?

You could always join the [i][b]Bolin' Stones[/b][/i] (sorry!!!)

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='143531' date='Feb 20 2008, 09:12 AM']The PJ, whilst a useful combination, can hum. How much is determined by the relative levels of each pick-up as determined by the volume controls. The exception to this is if the J is a "stacked" or "side-by-side" design, which actually makes it a closet humbucker anyway! (Then there's the Twin J from the Deluxe P, but that's a different design again!) I've always felt that the single coil aspect suffers relative to the split "P", which is possessed of a higher output, and is less subtle sounding. Anyone wanting to hear this writ large should check out another Fender hybrid (this time a guitar); The thinline or custom Telecaster. It has the Fender rip-off of a Gibson humbucker right up at the neck, and the slanted 6-pole single-coil mounted in the bridge plate itself. Can sound great, but I've watched mates at rehearsal wrestle with one all night to try to balance the volumes such that when you flick the selector switch, the levels stay the same (not an issue for the bass, though!)[/quote] +1 to that... I think pickups should ideally be matched in output... How about the MM + J Sandbergs et al... that can't be good either?

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Sorry, but I've seen some really badly built Sandbergs (problems with the frets).

[quote name='The Burpster' post='143361' date='Feb 19 2008, 08:42 PM']^ Spot on![/quote] But surely the two parts of the P pickup act as a humbucking pair... The Jazz is a single coil on its own, so you have a Humbucker (the P) and a single coil (the J). Does a humbucker cancel hum from a single coil, or does it need another single coil?

I used to have a mid/late 90's fretless lined USA Precision. It was Chrome Red with a white 'plate - looked awful, played ok, bad neck pocket as I remember... They're not common, on Ebay they fetch about £450.

£30 well spent You have the makings of an excellent 'relic' project... I'm sure you could unload that on eBay for a fair profit!

Beautiful... I've always thought a bridge cover really finishes off a 'P'