SANDBERG Special Edition Forty Eight Racing Car Soft Aged
4-string electric bass with Gulf-style finish, Sandberg pickups and active EQ, including gig bag
With the Sandberg Special Edition Forty Eight Racing Car Soft Aged, the Brunswick-based company is celebrating its 35th anniversary with a Bass in the distinctive Gulf style that can be used to lay down rich grooves for any rock and metal band. Beneath the soft-aged finish with the authentically reproduced, subtle playing marks of a lovingly cared-for vintage instrument, the E-Bass hides an alder body, while the six-piece maple neck features an ebony fingerboard. Sandberg Split coil and power humbucker pickups in aged nickel caps and an active 2-band tone control provide the bass amp with plenty of steam and driving bass sounds with a pressing low end. naturally a Sandberg Bridge 4 and Sandberg Machine Heads complete the Special Edition Forty Eight Racing Car SoftAged by Sandberg.
Alder body and six-bolt neck.
In the construction of the Special Edition Forty Eight Racing Car, the bass builders from Braunschweig pay special attention to a lively tone and comfortable handling. In addition to the large alder body, a six-piece maple neck with ebony fingerboard is used, whereby the flat C-profile offers optimal playing characteristics. Between the 22 frets also large block inlays mark the layers.
Sandberg Pickups with Aged Nickel Covers
Under the mighty aged-nickel covers, a flexible setup of a Sandberg split-coil in the middle position and a Sandberg power humbucker at the bridge provides punchy bass tones that range from the juicy, wirey assertion of the bridge pickup to the growling low-mid thrust of the midrange pickup. To adjust the tone, a musically tuned, active 2-band tone control is also on board. By activating the push-pull switch in the volume control, the four-stringer can also be played in passive mode.
Sandberg Hardware
Of course, the Racing Car Forty Eight is completed by the SandbergHardware known for its unshakable reliability. On the body sits the Sandberg Bridge 4 with three-dimensional adjustment possibilities for intonation, string spacing and string action, while on the headstock behind zero fret and nut four Sandberg Machine Heads ensure an exact and robust tuning of the E-Bass.
The Sandberg Special Edition Forty Eight Racing Car SoftAged at a glance:
4-string electric bass, made in Germany
Special Edition on the occasion of Sandberg's 35th anniversary
Soft-Aged finish in Gulf-Style orange racing stripes on light blue background and starting number 35
34" long scale (864 mm)
Alder body
Six-piece maple neck
Ebony fingerboard with block inlays
C-neck profile
One Sandberg spit coil pickup with aged nickel cover in center position
One Sandberg power humbucker with aged-nickel cover in bridge position
Active 2-band tone control
Sandberg Bridge 4
Sandberg Machine Heads
Including Sandberg gig bag
Features:
Manufacturer:
Sandberg
Series:
Special Edition
Design:
Forty Eight
Body:
Alder
Neck:
Maple
Neck Profile:
'C'
Thickness at 1st Fret:
20
Neck Lacquer:
Satin
Neck Construction:
6-point, bolt-on
Fretboard:
Ebony
Fretboard Radius in Inches:
14
Fretboard Type:
Fretted
Number of Frets:
22
Inlays:
Block
Nut type:
Plastic + Zero Fret
Nut width in mm:
39.5
Width at Last Fret:
63
Scale:
Longscale
Scale (inch):
34
Manufacturer pickups:
Sandberg
Pickup neck:
No
Pickup middle:
Split Coil
Pickup bridge:
Powerhumbucker
Active pickups:
No
Piezo Pickup:
No
Electronic:
active, 2-band equalizer
Control:
Vol, Bal, Bass, Treble
Tuners:
Sandberg Machine Head
Bridge:
Sandberg Bridge 4
Number of Strings:
4
String spacing (mm):
19
Strap Button:
Standard
Hardware:
Aged Nickel
Colour:
Light Blue w/ Orange Stripes
Finish:
Soft Aged
Country of Origin:
Germany
String Gauge:
.040 - .100
Factory Tuning:
Standard E
Case included:
No
Gigbag included:
Yes
Certificate:
No
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