Sandberg Electra VS4 active/passive switch.

[fender52000]

Does anyone know if the latest Electra VS4 has the active/passive push pull feature…?

Checking UK dealers it appears some have and some haven’t!  Even Sandberg website is unclear..

 

Thanks 

[Terry M.]

[Terry M.]

Looks pretty clear to me?

[warwickhunt]

34 minutes ago, Terry M. said:

Looks pretty clear to me?

 

You'd think so... but I just sold one of the new version Electra and it could not be switched; it was active only!  

 

It doesn't help the OP unfortunately.

[Terry M.]

Surprised they would get that wrong on their website. Very misleading if the feature isn't available.

[fender52000]

14 hours ago, Terry M. said:

Surprised they would get that wrong on their website. Very misleading if the feature isn't available.

This is the problem, I recently read a post from someone who purchased a VS4 Electra only to find it didn’t have the push/pull switch despite it being advertised. 
 

Thanks for your replies though. Guess I’ll have to contact Sandberg direct. 

[bigthumb]

The newer ones, like my old one are the Electra 2 VS4 without the push/pull

 

 

 

 

[fender52000]

2 hours ago, bigthumb said:

The newer ones, like my old one are the Electra 2 VS4 without the push/pull

 

 

 

 

Thanks for that info. Where I’m confused is that Sandburg’s site states the new ones have push/pull. Or are these an upgrade of the Electra 2.?

Anyway I’ve emailed Sandberg so hopefully all will soon become clear🤞. 
Thanks for all the replies 👍

[Terry M.]

Would be great if you shared what they say as I'm curious 👍

[fender52000]

8 hours ago, Terry M. said:

Would be great if you shared what they say as I'm curious 👍

Will do 👍

[fender52000]

Well Sandberg finally replied to my email. The Electra VS4 no longer has the active/ passive feature. 
I pointed out that their website states it has and got an apologetic reply saying this was an error and they’d correct it.

👍😊

[Dood]

On 12/07/2025 at 18:01, Terry M. said:

Surprised they would get that wrong on their website. Very misleading if the feature isn't available.

 

As a professional gear reviewer, I'd say brands are better than they used to be, but there have been times when even the manufacturer has gotten the specifications wrong. It's all too easy to cut and paste information on to a website without checking it these days that many (especially shops, online or physical) don't bother to check or sometimes don't even know what they are selling. A good way to spot lazy (and AI) review writing though ha ha.. 

That said, we're human, sometimes we make errors and for Sandberg they seem to be far and few between. 

[Terry M.]

1 hour ago, fender52000 said:

Well Sandberg finally replied to my email. The Electra VS4 no longer has the active/ passive feature. 
I pointed out that their website states it has and got an apologetic reply saying this was an error and they’d correct it.

👍😊

Thanks for getting back about this. They still haven't corrected the error on their website though.

[Terry M.]

1 hour ago, Dood said:

 

As a professional gear reviewer, I'd say brands are better than they used to be, but there have been times when even the manufacturer has gotten the specifications wrong. It's all too easy to cut and paste information on to a website without checking it these days that many (especially shops, online or physical) don't bother to check or sometimes don't even know what they are selling. A good way to spot lazy (and AI) review writing though ha ha.. 

That said, we're human, sometimes we make errors and for Sandberg they seem to be far and few between. 

This IS an example of the manufacturer getting it wrong,despite the OP checking with them they still haven't corrected it yet. I've seen something similar on the Squier website earlier this year (listing a bass as volume/volume when the example in my hand was clearly master volume/pan) Mistakes clearly happen but I'm not expecting the makers themselves to make such basic errors I guess.