Sandberg California VS5 black high gloss 5-String Bass

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.

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