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GALLERY: Musikmesse 2015 - Guitars & Basses

The most interesting and unusual axes from Europe's biggest gear show.

Shawn Hammond
By Shawn HammondApr 20, 2015
Shawn Hammond
Shawn Hammond was PG's editorial director from 2010 till the fall of 2022. You can follow him at @feverloveband.
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Sandberg Guitars unveiled the amazing-looking Forty-Eight bass. It features an alder body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard, custom Sandberg tuning machines, and versatile humbuckers that yield everything from Jaco-esque bridge tones to fat rawk tones via volume, blend, treble, and bass knobs that can run in passive or active modes.

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