99ster Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 (edited) [b]Sandberg California JJ4 - 'aged' tobacco[/b] Complete with (a really nice) Sandberg gig bag. A bargain at [b]£450[/b] - hardly used, just a few months old & it's had a recent professional set-up by Andy Viccars so plays beautifully with perfect intonation/low action. These are on sale for £1K some places in the UK - with Thomann selling California JJ4's for £774 (& I think the 'aged' finish is more expensive option). Quick specs: 2 piece European Ash body, 'aged' ('hardcore') Tobacco finish, 6 bolt maple neck - with rosewood board - 22 frets, 34" scale, 2 Delano JB-style pickups, Sandberg hardware & Sandberg 2-band switchable active/passive tone controls. More info: [url="http://www.sandberg-guitars.de/"]<a href="http://www.sandberg-guitars.de/" target="_blank">http://www.sandberg-guitars.de/[/url]</a> These really are seriously great basses - that give you both active & passive sounds - but I've now got 4 jazz basses, & I'm only using vintage Fenders now so this never gets played. So somebody give it a good home! Cash on collection much preferred - but can courier at your expense (with neck removed as there's no HSC), or deliver a sensible distance for petrol money. I'll post pics for anybody seriously interested... [b]*** NOW SOLD ****[/b] Thanks for all the interest. Edited November 29, 2007 by 99ster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richy316 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Very nice bass! have a bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minty fresh death Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 I would post pics anyway, it will help the sale, also some more specs would help as well. Not my colour, otherwise I would be interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99ster Posted November 27, 2007 Author Share Posted November 27, 2007 Thanks for the bumps guys... I've added some specs - more info available at [url="http://www.sandberg-guitars.de/"]http://www.sandberg-guitars.de/[/url] There's been a lot of interest so I'll take/post photos tomorrow when it's daylight. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99ster Posted November 27, 2007 Author Share Posted November 27, 2007 (edited) [b]*** NOW SOLD ****[/b] Thanks for all the interest. Edited November 29, 2007 by 99ster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedontcarebear Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 I bought this and he wasn't kidding about the setup, it plays amazingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 I bought a bass from Jim, also set up by Andy Viccars and it was excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99ster Posted November 30, 2007 Author Share Posted November 30, 2007 (edited) [quote name='Toasted' post='96692' date='Nov 30 2007, 02:28 PM']I bought a bass from Jim, also set up by Andy Viccars and it was excellent.[/quote] Many thanks guys! Yeah - Andy Viccars is the TOP man for set-ups/repairs/builds/restorations - and a really nice guy as well! And because he's a bass player himself you get that 'bit extra' that is missing when many other guitar techs do bass set-ups. [url="http://www.andyviccarscustom.co.uk/"]www.andyviccarscustom.co.uk[/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=8402"]See some of his fantastic restoration work here[/url]. Edited November 30, 2007 by 99ster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedontcarebear Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 I think the strings on this are d'addario because of the coloured ends, do you know what gauge? I think they are a bit heavier then I usually use, but I am liking them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99ster Posted November 30, 2007 Author Share Posted November 30, 2007 (edited) [quote name='thedontcarebear' post='96741' date='Nov 30 2007, 03:31 PM']I think the strings on this are d'addario because of the coloured ends, do you know what gauge? I think they are a bit heavier then I usually use, but I am liking them.[/quote] Yes - they're d'addario - Andy always puts these on (& recommends them) if he does a set-up & you don't supply your own strings... I usually use DR's - but I quite like d'addario's since I've had Andy do some set-ups for me. The ones on the Sandberg will be 105-45. I never use anything less than 105 on Jazz basses, or any bass for that matter. And for Precisions I always use 'proper' 110 gauge strings. [i](IMHO heavier strings are one of the BEST way to improve your bass tone. As using weedy light gauge strings is also guaranteed to ruin your bass tone. Exactly the same thing applies to 6 string guitars... ask any really good guitar player & they won't be using 9 gauge strings.)[/i] Edited November 30, 2007 by 99ster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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