BassApprentice

I'm pretty sure Jack Stratton says fresh roundwounds don't fit.

I know, 2 relatively understated colours to choose from - whilst nice - aren't exactly eye catching when compared with the early 2000s range. And I wouldn't want to strip one to refinish as they are nice...

Had a quick noodle on a Central 5 in GuitarGuitar earlier, really impressed (as always) with Sandberg. Just extremely comfortable, well made basses. Good range of tones available from the single pickup too, not sure I would take it over a VM5 but the simplicity is always tempting. They also had a very tasty looking heavy relic red Lionel that the guy says was his favourite bass in the shop currently but didn't have time to try it today.

I know you went in with mods in mind - but it just seems off that a £1000 bass (currently on offer online it seems) needs that amount of fettering to get it sorted. They do look really cool though 😁

Nicely done Andy! Also good to know for many here that your man Earlpilanz now has BB templates 👍

Think these have been rumoured/expected for a while, but officially announced a new MTD Kingston 32" model https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoxwAlNAth8/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Definitely shouldn't have sold my Electra 😅

I'm always surprised how many of the 614/615s are sold with the wee plastic control card 😂

Which one are you looking for? Even the basic ones are really very good. All the build features of the more expensive ones which is nice.

Thanks all, definitely food for thought as configurator comes out about £400ish more than you see similar models retail for so just wanted to get collective input.

Question about the configurator - for those who have custom ordered is the price on the configurator the same price you got if you went through a dealer (Bass Direct or Classic and Cool)

A pretty poor example of releasing new models. Press photos/renders looking totally different to actual models they release. Just so weird and careless.

Musicman?

I had an Electra VS4 which I picked up for £400 and then sold it to Johnny Dibble (if you watch his reviews on YouTube) Stupidly good bass for the money and probably should have kept it as they now seem to have crept up in price, even pre-owned.

Paging @Andyjr1515

Looked at MTD, and the Kingston Range? The Super 5 will do that (and about everything else) I've got this one and I'm sure with a bit of tweaking you could end up at Stingray tone with 19mm spacing

I want to love these but I'm just not a fully blacked out stealth type of guy. Would be great to see this in more colours Vs the other stingray style HBs!

I'm sure there's a luthier who could make one for you 😅 or a Sandberg Lionel could fit the bill?

Nice job! There's a guy I follow on Instagram (@mikepbass) who gets some very nice slap tones out those Double J pickups.