NBD - Sandberg Lionel

[Lozz196]

Just got myself this little beauty today. Had been looking for a 7-pounder (or under) and this came up at exactly 7lbs. Although it’s heavier than my Superlight TT I’m finding that playing full scale basses standing up is becoming a bit of a stretch hence my search.
 

Got it from Guitar Village, my first time of dealing with them which I have to say was excellent. 

Sounds and plays beautifully, as I’d expect. I’m not really into fake relicing or blocks but somehow these just seem to really suit this bass. 

[joeystrange]

Very nice! I’ve never played one but I’ve only heard good things about Sandberg.

Enjoy!

[fretmeister]

That looks amazing!

Sandberg do the best relic jobs in the industry.

[Reggaebass]

Congrats Lozz, it looks great and I think the relicing is very tasteful 

[Merton]

That’s lovely! Pretty much my ideal Lionel spec 🙂

[TrevorR]

Very very nice! Enjoy!

[JohnDaBass]

That's a handsome looking bass Lozz, with so much of everything, character, mojo, presents and a real keeper.

What about a dark red tort pick guard?

[Lozz196]

9 minutes ago, JohnDaBass said:

That's a handsome looking bass Lozz, with so much of everything, character, mojo, presents and a real keeper.

What about a dark red tort pick guard?

That’s a good shout, may well look into that

[fretmeister]

Sandberg’s online shop won’t ship to the UK since the “thing” so if you want a different ‘guard it will have to be a special order via a UK dealer.

 

Or get someone else to make one.

[Lozz196]

So an update on this bass, after tinkering around this week getting it set up as I like earlier on this morning I played it for about an hour and a half, just along to fave songs on YouTube and when I put it down I was absolutely buzzing, I’d enjoyed playing it soooo much. Safe to say I consider this was a good purchase.

[Lozz196]

So last week I used this bass at band practice and noticed that the D & G were lacking in depth, though the volume was there. After reading on here that a few had found this too it looked like the stock strings - 40-100 steel rounds - might have been the issue. 
 

So I bought a set of 45-100 D’Addario Chromes, however this didn’t work as was reminded that I just don’t like flats.

 

Next step, a set of D’Addario 45-100 XLs, and I think this has solved it, there’s just much more tone and depth to them, with the added bonus of them being so nice to play, I’d almost forgotten how good D’Addario rounds feel when playing. Another added bonus is I’ve not needed to change the setup, though may need to adjust intonation, will check this out over the Xmas break.