Factory String Gauges

[Jon Lucas]

Hey everybody, I have an Ibanez SR506M 6 string and I'm wanting to replace the factory strings; only problem is that I can't find any info on the original string gauges. Anyone happen to know them? Or where I could find it?

[tylerwylie]

Originally Posted by Jon Lucas

Hey everybody, I have an Ibanez SR506M 6 string and I'm wanting to replace the factory strings; only problem is that I can't find any info on the original string gauges. Anyone happen to know them? Or where I could find it?

I believe the factory gauges are .130 .100 .080 .065 .045 .032 as they are usually a D'Addario or Elixir 6 string set and those are the gauges those sets come in.

[Jay2U]

This is what I found in a general manual for Ibanez basses, 2009 at their site.
http://resources.ibanez.com/resource...s/bass2009.pdf

4 String Basses .045, .065, .085, .105"
5 String Basses .045, .065, .085, .105, .130"
6 String Basses .032, .045, .065, .085, .105, .130"

You could also use calipers to measure the actual gauge of each string.
Any normal 6 string set for a long scale bass should fit.