Sandberg Basic 5 Buckeye Burl Rosewood Dots Gold Hardware

Sandberg has been a by-word for quality and innovation for more than 30 years now - only the best is good enough, so they continually strive to improve upon what they've produced previously. That's most certainly the case with the awesomely versatile, modern looking Basic 5 5-String bass.

Modern looks and high-quality sound

Whilst the Basic 5 5-String looks like a slightly more modern take on a Stingray bass, there are many differences. To begin with, there's the fatter-than-usual poles in the pickup; there's the specially designed Sandberg bridge, and even a nice 2-Band Active/Passive EQ system too, adding extra versatility into the mix; the unique Buckeye Burl wood top; and then there's the sheer class that you can only get with a premium-grade, hand-crafted instrument. But first, let's discuss the pickups.
The Pickups

The Basic 5 5-String features a beefy Sandberg Powerhumbucker with larger-than-usual poles to accurately grab and process all string movements with zero loss. This humbucker is based heavily around the popular Stingray style humbucker pickup, with a fat and grinding tone. Make use of the excellent controls in the preamp to produce a wide array of excellent tones, and explore the pickups versatile sonic possibilities further.

Sandberg 3-band Preamp

The preamp circuitry on the Basic 5 5-String is just as crafty as the pickups. What initially looks like a standard setup has a clever little surprise in store, in the shape of a push/pull Volume control knob that allows you to set the preamp to Active or Passive.

Next to the Volume control you have the Balance control, which acts as a nice pickup selector "Blend" option, where you can determine the level of each pickup in the mix (centre position has both pickups running at 100%, or turn the control in the direction of the pickup you want to be at the forefront to make it so).

The Treble control allows you to either boost the Treble or cut the tone, the Mid control boosts and cuts the mid-range frequencies, and finally there's the Bass control, which works in the same way as the Treble control but for your low-end frequencies. Exciting stuff!

Rarewood Top

As you can see, the wood top on this Sandberg Basic 5 is more than a little unusual - the top is crafted from the rarewood Buckeye Burl, giving it a distinctly unique look. With wood grain hues ranging widely from blacks and blues to pinks and reds, the very nature of this wood ensures that even should somebody buy the exact same model as you, they will both look completely unique.

Made to be Played

With the ergonomic and solidly constructed chassis, this guitar is most certainly one that you could grace a stage with. The curvature of this relatively lightweight body rests comfortably against you as you play, making even the longest of shows and studio sessions pass by that bit quicker.

Add that to the perfect sounding tones supplied by the solid wood body and awesome electronics system, and you will fast be running out of reasons NOT to buy it.

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Features

• Neck: 6 bolted Canadian Hardrock Maple
• Fretboard: 24 frets, Rosewood, Abalone Dots
• # of Strings: 5
• Scale: 34"
• Finish: Matt Natural, Mahogany Body with Buckeye Burl Rarerwood Top
• Hardware: Sandberg, Gold
• Pickups: 1 x Sandberg Powerhumbucker
• Preamp: Sandberg 3-band, Active/Passive