Whilst at the guitar show I tried this Sandberg California:
Now this was a top 'o the line uber relic super duper split coil active/passive mega mojo on special by PMT for £2.3k
Tried it through a Darkglass amp and 2x10 cab (which was awesome btw).
Thing is, I thought it was terrible. Action was up at about 4-5mm and there was no adjustment down in the saddles at all. Frets felt like a cheese grater, and no matter what knobs I widdled or pulled, or switches I flicked it sounded the same - a bit like a slightly honky/farty Stingray. I even asked the PMT chappy to swap the battery...
Was it me?
(edit: oh, and the neck was way too thin...)
Comments
Do I have to sell the '74 P as well?
Anyway, what the HELL do I do when I don't want to sound like a generic 80's soft rock band?????
I don't like Stingray pickups that close to the bridge - a real Stingray has the pickup closer to the neck. With it that close to the bridge it gets too middy without a nice low end.
The Sandberg I did like was the Basic model with a single Stingray style pickup. That was quite a nice instrument.
I like their neck shapes but otherwise I'd go Fender/Music Man
Properly.
Getouttahere!
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shame about how it played - it looked fantastic (I took a couple of pics too but they really don't do it justice)
And the Darkglass amp was better anyway...