Sandberg Rick body shape

alansan · Post by **alansan** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:18 am

Check out the Rick body shape under the 'Sandberg' category:

http://www.station-music.de/bass/used_basses.html

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:54 am

You'd think that they would know better.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:02 am

Looks like a shrunken body with full-scale horns...a bit odd and tiny at the bottom...and, yeah, there is some gro§e Unwissenheit operating here. Or perhaps gro§e Arroganz?

paologregorio · Post by **paologregorio** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 4:03 am

Quite Teutonic, or should I say that it looks like a RIC that's been Teutonicized?! Stocky, like one of the Valkyrie.

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 4:13 am

Look at the headstock... it's got the Rath "2 up, 3 down" tuner arrangement.

paologregorio wrote:Quite Teutonic, or should I say that it looks like a RIC that's been Teutonicized?!

Well, the original 4000 bass was designed by Roger Rossmeisl...

alansan · Post by **alansan** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:09 am

Apart from the nice tobacco burst I think its badly proportioned and lacks the grace of the original. I had heard that Sandberg made good quality instruments though.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:34 am

"Well, the original 4000 bass was designed by Roger Rossmeisl..."

We're not sure, actually. There is some thought that Paul Barth and "some travelling musician from Texas" thunk it up. I'm still waiting for definitive information.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:57 am

A five string Ric ... if only Rickenbacker would make such a bass ...

It is wide enough for finger style and the pickups will cover all 5 strings ...

chefothefuture · Post by **chefothefuture** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:54 pm

That's spelt "Walkure", and Brunhilde is much prettier than that! Although Ortlinde is cuter....

paologregorio · Post by **paologregorio** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 3:20 pm

chefothefuture wrote:That's spelt "Walkure", and Brunhilde is much prettier than that! Although Ortlinde is cuter....

Ah, thanks for the correction.

No offense intended towards the "Walkure"

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 5:15 pm

paologregorio wrote:
chefothefuture wrote:That's spelt "Walkure", and Brunhilde is much prettier than that! Although Ortlinde is cuter....
Ah, thanks for the correction. No offense intended towards the "Walkure"

Don't thank John...he left out the umlauts. As did I.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 5:23 pm

I'd say it's time for Wotan to lower the boom on these copies.

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:34 pm

jingle_jangle wrote:Looks like a shrunken body with full-scale horns...a bit odd and tiny at the bottom...and, yeah, there is some gro§e Unwissenheit operating here. Or perhaps gro§e Arroganz?

Most likely, a little of both.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:32 am

sloop_john_b wrote:I'd say it's time for Wotan to lower the boom on these copies.

Might as well release Odin, too ...

(picture from eBay Item # 190117706412)

chefothefuture · Post by **chefothefuture** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 4:41 am

My computer keyboard doesn't have umlauts.....

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