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17 minutes ago, Folkesy said:

UPS found it and it turned up today. Had a play with it this evening and it sounds great 👍

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Looks great, glad they found it for you,  I’ve had a few sandberg’s , they are further back in the thread but never tried the electra, how does it sound 

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Just now, Reggaebass said:

Looks great, glad they found it for you,  I’ve had a few sandberg’s , they are further back in the thread but never tried the electra, how does it sound 

The sound is really good. Very clear and loads of sustain. It is more modern sounding than a standard P, but that's what I wanted and expected. I don't think the newer versions are active and passive anymore, so it's active only. It doesn't sound much different to my VM5, all in all impressed with the sound and great that Sandberg offer a decent "budget" range. 

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So I've had a few days paying with the Electra VS4 now and I'm very impressed. The neck is really nice and the frets are finished perfectly. The sound from the pickups and preamp is brilliant and somehow sounds a little better than my VM5 with the neck pickup soloed. The best thing about this bass is the sustain it has, it just rings and rings. The only negative I can find is that the tuners are a little heavy and it makes it neck dive slightly while seated (the VM5 is perfectly balanced). 

 

All in all a great bass and even a nice bit of flaming going down on the neck too. I'd highly recommend the Electra series, great bass.

 

 

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Thought i'd share my 2 'berggg'ssss. The p-bass style is a 2015 Sandberg VS4 Custom in hardcore aged finish and the other is a 2010 Sandberg TT5 (which was previously owned by the bass player for Architects). I love them both equally but the VS4 steals the show every time for me, once you get the p-bass bug its just game over. 

 

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Here is a higher res photo of the TT5 

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Andddd one of the VS4 (apologises for live shot)

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7 minutes ago, greentext said:

Thought i'd share my 2 'berggg'ssss. The p-bass style is a 2015 Sandberg VS4 Custom in hardcore aged finish and the other is a 2010 Sandberg TT5 (which was previously owned by the bass player for Architects). I love them both equally but the VS4 steals the show every time for me, once you get the p-bass bug its just game over. 

 

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Here is a higher res photo of the TT5 

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Andddd one of the VS4 (apologises for live shot)

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They look like special basses, amazing! What case is it you have for them? It looks solid. 

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5 minutes ago, Folkesy said:

What case is it you have for them? It looks solid

Cheers man, they are great basses! 

They are TGI ABS cases. The bought the pair at the same time from Bass Direct in 2018 and have been toured many many times, getting smashed around in the back of the van and are SOLID. Never let me down!

Here is a link, they where marginally cheaper when I bought them about £85-90 each but if you are spending £££ on an axe its worth getting a good case if you ask me. 

https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/TGI_Gig_bag.html

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3 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

what;s the nut width on the electra P bass. I struggle a bit with my Vintera P bass neck width. I've always preferred the J neck width altho my VM4 is a great in between neck.

Dave

It's 37mm at the zero fret so quite narrow but the neck is still quite substantial, has a great feel. 

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The letter 'S' of my Sandberg decal had gone missing from my headstock. Having not being able to find another one on the official webstore I contacted them to ascertain as to where I could buy a replacement. 

 

They sent me one in the post free of charge. 

 

Ta Chaps.. 

 

 

 

 

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The branding decals - stickers, really - are the only blemish in their otherwise high quality, in my view. Several letters of my “California” fell off and while they also sent me a free replacement, it shouldn’t have happened. I wish they used water slide decals like almost every other manufacturer. 

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3 minutes ago, Henrythe8 said:

A bit disappointed as there was no reply form Sandberg to my eMails

Thats no fun, I contacted them in 2019 about a new pickguard for my bass on the below email and they got back to me same day, likely the same email address you have already emailed but i'll pasted it here if it can benefit anyone else looking on in the future;

 

[email protected] 

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9 minutes ago, Henrythe8 said:

A bit disappointed as there was no reply form Sandberg to my eMails, and they did not respond to the distributor I sent a request, too. 

On th other hand, that's not a big deal, I'm all out of Money. 🙂 

 

 

They've always responded to mine - sometimes they reply quicker on Facebook Messenger. Gregor Fris runs that bit.

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2 hours ago, fretmeister said:

 

They've always responded to mine - sometimes they reply quicker on Facebook Messenger. Gregor Fris runs that bit.

Just clocked your impedance match calculator. That's a handy wee calculator that many people could use. I know you've probably posted it before but might be worth refreshing everyone's memory and post again. Cheers for having it on your posts. Liking that.

I'm an electrical / electronic engineer so its easy for me to calculate in my napper but not everyone fully understands it. I've seen a lot of queries on the Mesa threads mainly on TB to be honest because the new Subway amps go down to 2ohms and people don't get how to calculate for 3 or even 4 cabs.

Lot of the new amps go down to 2 ohms and maybe a wee update to show it would be pretty nice if that's an option of course. Just a thought.

Dave 

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1 hour ago, dmccombe7 said:

Just clocked your impedance match calculator. That's a handy wee calculator that many people could use. I know you've probably posted it before but might be worth refreshing everyone's memory and post again. Cheers for having it on your posts. Liking that.

I'm an electrical / electronic engineer so its easy for me to calculate in my napper but not everyone fully understands it. I've seen a lot of queries on the Mesa threads mainly on TB to be honest because the new Subway amps go down to 2ohms and people don't get how to calculate for 3 or even 4 cabs.

Lot of the new amps go down to 2 ohms and maybe a wee update to show it would be pretty nice if that's an option of course. Just a thought.

Dave 

 

 

It's not mine - I just link to it because it's so useful.

 

You can have loads of options - just click the 3 in parallel or the 4 in parallel links on the page and it gives those figures too.

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