Sandberg California VS5 black high gloss 5-String Bass

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Sandberg California VS5 black high gloss 5-String Bass
Product no: 9000-0008-0851 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

This P-style, high-gloss black finished bombshell from the ever popular Sandberg California Series is an undeniably high-end instrument in both sound and playability. The lovingly hand-built VS5 may have classically beautiful looks but is loaded with plenty of contemporary upgrades and innovative hardware. This exceptional bass comes complete with its very own Sandberg gig bag.

Sandberg California VS5: Robust Five-String

Once you've stopped gushing, you'll notice the depth of tone, rich mids and clarity of trebles produced by the alder body and that the Canadian maple neck, completed by a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard, has a 6-screw bond for maximum strength and stability. The head is fitted with lightweight Gotoh Res-O-Lite machine heads and ensures a perfectly balanced instrument with no danger of neck dive while the Sandberg-designed bridge is mounted with six independently adjustable string saddles for minutely accurate intonation adjustments.

Active P-Style Electronics

The Sandberg California VS5 has all the well-known and even-better-loved punchy, P-style sound delivered by the now-traditional split single-coil pickup. The pickup is loaded with extra large Alnico 5 magnets for enhanced registration of the string vibrations and the result is a potent, depth-plunging sound with outstanding definition even when playing the low-B string. The active tone controls consist of a bass and treble pot for boosting or filtering the high and low end and, by popping the volume control pot, you can render the circuit of the VS5 passive.

Tips or comments about this product
  • Please note: The linked video under the Videos tab shows the 4-string version of this bass.
  • CANV1-VS:S-N-5S-34-HG-BK-ALD-NOT-RWF-F-NOI-NOM-CRH-CLT-2EQ-BP-BCP-RH

Specifications

Product features

Number of frets 22
Number of strings 5
Active tone control yes
Pickup configuration S (single-coil)
Pickup type split single-coil (passive)
Neck connection bolt on
Fretboard wood rosewood
Includes cover yes
Includes case no
Colour black
Country of origin Germany
Left-handed no
Body material alder
Model P-model bass guitar
Bass guitar scale length long scale (34 inches)
String-thru-body no
Body type solid

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging) 5,0 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging) 131,0 x 46,0 x 17,0 cm

Product specifications

  • 5-string electric bass guitar
  • series: California
  • model: VS5 (P-style bass)
  • colour: black
  • finish: high gloss
  • body: alder
  • neck: maple, 6-bolt connection
  • fretboard: rosewood, no position markers
  • number of frets: 22
  • scale length: 34-inches
  • machine heads: Sandberg open vintage-style with adjustable resistance
  • bridge: Sandberg with 5 adjustable saddles
  • hardware: chrome-plated
  • pickup: 1x Sandberg split single-coil
  • electronics: volume (push/pull for active/passive), bass, treble
  • including Sandberg gig bag

special features:

  • 6-bolt neck connection for extra stability and solid tones
  • 0 fret so that open strings sound the same as fretted strings
  • 3-way adjustable bridge saddles, also lockable for maximum stability
  • machine head resistance can be adjusted with a hex key
  • preamplifier with 2-band EQ (bass/treble) can be used in both active and passive mode
  • bass and treble tone controls with boost and cut
  • special string tree for the A, D and G strings for optimal pressure on the string nut
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