Recent content by Hugo Alvela

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    New SR500 vs old SR800

    @Bassist Jay The sr800 does have a few issues, the broken knob being the worse of them. Missing truss-rod cover, few dents here and there. Maybe I can talk the price down a bit because of these issues, not sure by how much though. @Snakeman1066 Beautiful bass. Around 2.5x more expensive than my...
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    New SR500 vs old SR800

    Also found an ATK200, sounds incredible but I'm not sure about the neck. How much thicker would it be? Any idea? The guys lives far away and I can't try it mysef
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    New SR500 vs old SR800

    I live in Portugal, I don't see many of them going around. There are a ton of the 300 series though, in all of their variations (4, 5, 6 strings). This SR800 is 280 with a hard case, some dings and a broken knob. Maybe I could lower it a bit because of the knob, not sure. There is also a SR800A...
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    New SR500 vs old SR800

    The sr800 I'm looking at is a 1999 model, if it makes a difference. The SR500 is only a few years old (post 2011, by looking at the pre-amp switch) and it looks very similar to that one (the wear on the paint, I mean). I'm a little worried about the pre-amp on the SR800 though as one of the...
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    New SR500 vs old SR800

    Hello guys, I'm a guitarrist, thinking about getting into the low end of things, therefore I need a bass. I'm a huge Ibanez fan and I mainly play an 87 RG560 with the original wizard. So, the obvious choice for me is the SR series from Ibanez since they have very thin necks, which I can't live...