Sandberg Basses Panther Special 5

Sandberg Panther Special 5 Buckeye Burl Top

Holger Stonjek is a man that lives and breathes bass guitars and has been building basses since 1986.

He has done it with such massive success that Sandberg is now one of the biggest brands in the bass community.

The focus from Sandberg has always been to produce high-quality instruments at an accessible price point. Hence you get a great and well-balanced bass for the money every single time when you choose Sandberg.

If you’re looking for a 5-string bass that roars with character but purrs when you need it to, the Sandberg Panther Special 5 is your kind of toy. This bass is a handcrafted German powerhouse, packing a serious tonal punch with high-end woods.

Its slightly offset body, featuring an exaggerated upper horn, ensures excellent balance. The modest weight, combined with a beautiful matt satin finish over a buckeye Burl top and mahogany body core, just a straight-up stunning bass and no two tops are alike, so each Panther Special 5 is its own work of art.

The mahogany body delivers a thick, warm low-end and combined with the ultra precise percussive ebony fingerboard it makes up an all-round beautiful sounding bass.

Sandberg has found a very good balance between a fast-playing shape and a spacious fretboard, making it ideal for five-string players looking for fluid playability. with the fingerboard radius 14″ and a C-Shape neck you can’t go wrong.

The Panther Speciel are equipped with Sandberg angled Trapez pickups—one humbucker and one split-coil and with the Sandberg three-band EQ that is highly efficient, providing plenty of tonal variation. A push/pull switch on the volume control allows for active or passive circuitry selection, the Panthere is offering flexibility in a lot of different playing situations.