BASSES

Rickenbacker 4001.........from the seventies, with flatwound strings and active electronics from Sandberg

SANDBERG Bullit RW 4 string.......my signature model with 3 Delano pickups,,,,,same as Tube Machine without the tube.

SANDBERG Tube Machine 4 string.........my signature model with 3 Delano pickups, XL scale, Indented volume and tone controls, and onboard tube preamp.

SANDBERG Bassic 6 String........with 3 band EQ

WARWICK Triumph Electric Upright Bass

WARWICK FNA Jazzman 5 String........with 1 Basslines MM pickup and 3 band EQ

WARWICK FNA Jazzman 4 String........with 2 MEC pickups and 3 band EQ

WARWICK Infinity 4 String Fretless.......with 2 MEC pickups and 3 band EQ

DUESENBERG Violin Bass 4 String.......1 pickup, passive

PANGBORN Graphite 4 String.........with 2 Bartolini pickups, and straight through graphite neck

FENDER Precision Bass..........customized by Sandberg

LEFAY Pangton 6 String.........2 Lefay pickups, XL scale, headless

SANDBERG Tube Machine 5 String........with Delano MM pickup, 2 band EQ, and Tube preamp

WASHBURN AB-20 Acoustic 4 String.......with Flatwound strings, and Piezo pickup

STACCATO MG Bass 4 String..........Magnesium neck and body with 2 pickups

JUSTIN 5 String


EFFECTS

Line 6 Bass Pod XT Live

Roger Mayer VooDoo Bass Distortion Pedal

EBS Bass IQ Envelope Filter

EBS Octabass

Boss Bass Synthesizer Pedal

Boss RC20 Loop Station





AMPS

1 X TRACE ELLIOT AH1000-12 AMP
2 X 4X10 TRACE ELLIOT 1048H Boxes
(my main amp at the moment)

1 X TRACE ELLIOT 1210 Bass Combo Amp
(for the Acoustic and Unplugged Stuff)


2 WARWICK Tube Path 10.1..........1000 watts each

1 WARWICK Neopro 8 X 10 Speaker box

2 WARWICK 4X10 Speaker bottoms

2 WARWICK 1X15 Speaker bottoms

WARWICK CCL 1X15 Combo

SUNN (FENDER) S1200 Amp........1200 Watts

MARSHALL 50 Watt Guitar amp


Reggie Worthy's Tube Machine
by Sandberg

Thatt's right! What you see is what it is. An electric bass with an onboard tube preamp is what it is, and it kicks. The warmth, dynamic, transparency, and sheer power of this bass puts it in a class by itself.

I got this idea while recording in the studio one day. My bass was plugged into a very expensive tube preamp, and I thought, why not build those tubes right into the bass. I mean put the tubes right up next to the pick up. That way you don't lose any sound and you skip the normal transistor preamp altogether. Plus, you have your sound with you regardless of what kind of amp or mixer you plug into.

To quote the famous words of JFK: "Some people see things as they are and ask why, some people see things as they can be and ask why not!" I asked.....Why not? I then took the idea to Holge at Sandberg Basses in Braunschweig, Germany, and guess what he said?
Why not?

So here it is the Tube Machine, the first electric bass with a built in tube preamp that I know of.
It's not a joke, this bass sounds fat and clear. there's none of the typical brittle high end like on most transistor basses. The sound is wet.

The original model in the foto is with an extra long scale, and is tuned B-E-A-D. This is a bass bass. It is also available with a normal scale 4 string, 5,string and 6 string.

Another good thing about the bass: It's affordable!

For more information contact me by email, or go to the Sandberg website.

See ya,

Reggie:-)