Sandberg California JM4

This Sandberg California JM4 was hand made in Germany in 2012 and is in great condition, particularly considering it is 12 years old.

Sandberg instruments are incredible quality – handmade in Germany, super resonant and tight. This one is the JM4, which is the predecessor to their TM4, and has a more Jazz Bass body shape than the newer ones, which is really nice. It has a Sandberg Jazz Bass style pickup at the neck and a Sandberg Musicman style humbucker pickup in the bridge position. It can be played active or passive and the Musicman pickup can be switched to single coil to provide a huge range of tones. In active mode controls are volume, pickup mix, bass boost and cut, and treble boost and cut. In passive mode the treble control acts as a passive tone control.

The bass has one very minor mark on the headstock as can be seen in the photo. Otherwise, condition is really great and it has a beautiful ash finish. The neck is a dream to play, silky smooth and fast. Weight is 4.21 kgs (9 lbs 5 oz) and it’s nicely balanced on a strap. It has been recently strung with 45 – 130 DR Sunbeam strings and the action is nice and low, with no fret buzz.