Electric guitar · solidbody
| Body Style | solidbody |
| Body | alder (aged finish) / swamp ash (matt finish) |
| Neck | Canadian hard-rock maple |
| Fingerboard | maple |
| Neck Pickup | Sandberg single-coil (Vintage Power) |
| Bridge Pickup | Sandberg single-coil (Vintage Power) |
| Pickup Switch | toggle switch for pickup selection |
| Controls | volume, treble, toggle switch, push/pull for serial pickup mode |
| Construction | bolt-on (4 bolts) |
| Bridge | compensation bridge; Kluson Lockheads tuners |
| Made In | Germany |
Artists documented playing the Sandberg California DC: Thomas Risell.