Sandberg appreciation society

[TrevorR]

On 04/07/2025 at 20:00, dmccombe7 said:

I'm not sure whether that's good or bad news @Lozz196 😂

Looking forward to hearing your review on it if i'm still around by then. 😂

Dave

Good ish… I was quoted 18-24 months for mine. Which is why I just went back to Wunjos and got the one they had hanging on the wall and which I’d played and loved!!!  Not an SL, of course, though. 

[Lozz196]

It`s not too bad, I was quoted 24 months in April this year, Mark has been in touch and said it`s looking like Nov 2026 so that`s a good few months early. Will be a nice Xmas pressie to myself.

[BabyBlueSound]

Do check out Thomann every now and then. Sometimes they get models you might want and the waiting time is in the months, not years. Not fully customisable but still lots of options.

 

I ordered mine with a 3-4 month wait time from Thomann and got it in like 2 months.

[scrumpymike]

Got my Cali ll TM SL Short ex-stock from Thomann. The only thing it didn't have compared with my configurator design was a roasted maple neck. I was happy to trade that off against immediate delivery plus a cost saving of over £400, which has funded the Aguilar pick-up set I've just had fitted.

 

Now the Sandy is definitely 'the one bass that rules them all' - in our house at least 🙂 

 

The pic is the shot of my actual bass taken by Thomann.

[fretmeister]

That's lovely! There's not enough green basses around.

[TrevorR]

On 30/07/2025 at 10:35, BabyBlueSound said:

Do check out Thomann every now and then. Sometimes they get models you might want and the waiting time is in the months, not years. Not fully customisable but still lots of options.

 

I ordered mine with a 3-4 month wait time from Thomann and got it in like 2 months.

Just had a look and, yes, there are some lovely SLs listed there. I was particularly taken with the cherry sunburst VM4… yum yum yum… Not a fan of black ones but there were some nice ones there @Lozz196, hint hint… 😉🤣🤣🤣

[Lozz196]

Very tempting 

[Lozz196]

Just got in from a rehearsal with my classic rock band, using my new Sandberg California TT SL. Went well though as it’s a jazz bass configuration I struggled a bit with the sound as am so used to a Precision type sound. However at the end the band said how good they thought the sound had been, with better separation on the instruments as my bass was lower/deeper. Was a dream to play though, and being 6lbs it was so easy on my back, don’t even feel like I’ve been at a band practice, was def a good purchase.

[TrevorR]

13 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

Just got in from a rehearsal with my classic rock band, using my new Sandberg California TT SL. Went well though as it’s a jazz bass configuration I struggled a bit with the sound as am so used to a Precision type sound. However at the end the band said how good they thought the sound had been, with better separation on the instruments as my bass was lower/deeper. Was a dream to play though, and being 6lbs it was so easy on my back, don’t even feel like I’ve been at a band practice, was def a good purchase.

I’m a firm believer that with a Jazz type the last place you should default to is the traditional both pickups on full / centre detent… since I’ve never liked that scoopy sound and prefer some punch I’ve much preferred the neck pickup with some bridge blended in as required for some bite. Or somewhere around 75% neck for a more biting sound. The both on only ever gets used for some ballads… But that’s just me.

 

A few weeks ago i was chatting to the house bassist at our jam night who was complaining she couldn’t get enough punch for some rockier stuff (she’s a jazzer at heart) and lo and behold, she pretty much always just had both pickups full up and never used the neck pickup much. 

 

Edited 7 hours ago by TrevorR

[Lozz196]

Agree, for me it was about 80/20 neck/bridge that got me where I wanted to be. 

[fretmeister]

2 hours ago, TrevorR said:

I’m a firm believer that with a Jazz type the last place you should default to is the traditional both pickups on full / centre detent… since I’ve never liked that scoopy sound and prefer some punch I’ve much preferred the neck pickup with some bridge blended in as required for some bite. Or somewhere around 75% neck for a more biting sound. The both on only ever gets used for some ballads… But that’s just me.

 

A few weeks ago i was chatting to the house bassist at our jam night who was complaining she couldn’t get enough punch for some rockier stuff (she’s a jazzer at heart) and lo and behold, she pretty much always just had both pickups full up and never used the neck pickup much. 

 

 

 

I have EMGs in mine with the ABC active balance control.

Mid position isn't scooped and is very useful.

 

If I want scooped then I just reduce the mids on the 3 band.

 

Definitely throws me for half a song if I pick up a trad passive jazz though!