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6 String BASS Club (Guitarists keep out!)

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Real Soon said:
I had bad luck with a J Ferro Denair 6-string a few years ago, kind of a lemon, and ended up trading it for a 7-string bass that was fun sitting down until I hurt my wrist trying to fret chords. And no fun standing up at 11+ lbs. It lived in its bag after that.

While trying a pedal out in-store just before the 'demic kicked up, I was handed an SRsumnsumn 6-string to test it on, and was shocked at how easy it was to play. Didn't get the pedal but I left curious about the SR 6-string offerings.

Finally, as of last Friday, I'm the proud owner of a sparkly new Ibanez SR1346B, after trading the 7-string and also buying/returning a nice Carvin with dealbreaker issues.

This here is no lemon and I think it's found its forever home. I'm joinin' the club, if I may por favor!

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the SR 6-strings are so comfortable with the sleek necks and tight string spacing. That finish/wood combo is pretty eye-catching!

I bought my first SR Ibanez a year or two ago and then got kind of obsessed and bought two more :drool:

Here's the crew all together.
 
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Grueber said:
the SR 6-strings are so comfortable with the sleek necks and tight string spacing. That finish/wood combo is pretty eye-catching!

I bought my first SR Ibanez a year or two ago and then got kind of obsessed and bought two more :drool:

Here's the crew all together.
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A) that's awesome! And inspiring me to pull out an old Benedetto Marcello Sonata in F for trombone book in my crates haha

B) that's a serious rig of thunder. Are those two sets of the Nordy Big Singles? That's what's on mine and I'm really digging them

C) the wood on this one feels like they finished it, but left it just grainy enough for every ring to be tactile and natural. They dun good. That said, I think I'm seeing some birdseye maple under translucent coats there? That trio is a mix of all their best work haha
 
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Real Soon said:
A) that's awesome! And inspiring me to pull out an old Benedetto Marcello Sonata in F for trombone book in my crates haha

B) that's a serious rig of thunder. Are those two sets of the Nordy Big Singles? That's what's on mine and I'm really digging them

C) the wood on this one feels like they finished it, but left it just grainy enough for every ring to be tactile and natural. They dun good. That said, I think I'm seeing some birdseye maple under translucent coats there? That trio is a mix of all their best work haha
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yes there are Nordstrands on 2 of mine. The orangish one is actually a slightly lesser model than the other two, but I kind of think it plays the best. The finishes are all nice in my opinion, with my lighter color one feeling the most "raw"

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I also found the only BTB model I think I'll ever buy. It's 6-string, 33 inch scale, has tighter string spacing, and an adjustable ramp. I tune it EADGCF.



have fun rocking those sonatas! :bassist:
 
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Grueber said:
yes there are Nordstrands on 2 of mine. The orangish one is actually a slightly lesser model than the other two, but I kind of think it plays the best. The finishes are all nice in my opinion, with my lighter color one feeling the most "raw"

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I also found the only BTB model I think I'll ever buy. It's 6-string, 33 inch scale, has tighter string spacing, and an adjustable ramp. I tune it EADGCF.



have fun rocking those sonatas! :bassist:
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What are your assessments on the Nordstrand Big Singles on the two SR's compared to the Bartolini BH2's on the orangish SR and on the BTB?
 
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Aidil said:
What are your assessments on the Nordstrand Big Singles on the two SR's compared to the Bartolini BH2's on the orangish SR and on the BTB?
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So, I'm actually very lacking when it Comes to understanding pickups and electronics from a technical standpoint. I know that I prefer the bass with the Bartolinis in it. I know it sounds good to me, but I dont really know why. The Nordstrom's are fine and my bass tech that does my setups even commented how much he liked them. However, I think they are a little noisier than the barts. This could also be human error on my part of not knowing how to dial the right sound in :wacky:
 
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Grueber said:
So, I'm actually very lacking when it Comes to understanding pickups and electronics from a technical standpoint. I know that I prefer the bass with the Bartolinis in it. I know it sounds good to me, but I dont really know why. The Nordstrom's are fine and my bass tech that does my setups even commented how much he liked them. However, I think they are a little noisier than the barts. This could also be human error on my part of not knowing how to dial the right sound in :wacky:
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If they hum than you may need to have those basses shielded more than they are. Those pickups are single coils so you will get some hum, but you can reduce it to almost nothing with proper shielding.
 
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emjazz said:
If they hum than you may need to have those basses shielded more than they are. Those pickups are single coils so you will get some hum, but you can reduce it to almost nothing with proper shielding.
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Thanks for the tip, I will have to revisit that issue. I have been playing my Kiesels lately so I haven't actually touched these Ibanez basses in a while.
 
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Grueber said:
So, I'm actually very lacking when it Comes to understanding pickups and electronics from a technical standpoint. I know that I prefer the bass with the Bartolinis in it. I know it sounds good to me, but I dont really know why. The Nordstrom's are fine and my bass tech that does my setups even commented how much he liked them. However, I think they are a little noisier than the barts. This could also be human error on my part of not knowing how to dial the right sound in :wacky:
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I haven't got a bass with Nordstrand pickups, but I do own 4 Ibanez basses with Bartolini pickups. Probably it's fair that those Nordstrands are single coils, thus they will be noisier when the pickup balance knob isn't at center detent, whereas those Bartolinis are all humbuckers, thus there will be no noise at any pickup balance knob positions.
 
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emjazz said:
If they hum than you may need to have those basses shielded more than they are. Those pickups are single coils so you will get some hum, but you can reduce it to almost nothing with proper shielding.
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That's my one issue thus far with the Big Singles--they sound great blended, but I can't move the blend pot very much without hum. Might be time to break out the copper tape... once I've spent more time just playing. I can't put the thing down.
 
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Real Soon said:
That's my one issue thus far with the Big Singles--they sound great blended, but I can't move the blend pot very much without hum. Might be time to break out the copper tape... once I've spent more time just playing. I can't put the thing down.
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Call Mo at the Nordstrand shop if you need some pointers on shielding. I'm sure he would help. Mo's the man!
 
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My current two basses, 6 and 5. Bought that SR almost 10 years ago :bassist:

I got into 6 string bass because my bass teacher, when I was first starting (around 2008), played one and some time later my church got one too and I could use it for practicing (both were Ibanez SR 506), so I got this one in 2011, which is from a short run they did with a maple neck/fretboard.

To celebrate 10 years with that one, I've been considering getting another one next year (though some recent expenses might change that) and I've been GASing for one of the SR 1346B Premiums :drool:
 
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gzarruk said:
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...which is from a short run they did with a maple neck/fretboard.

To celebrate 10 years with that one, I've been considering getting another one next year (though some recent expenses might change that) and I've been GASing for one of the SR 1346B Premiums :drool:
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Maple fretboard on an SR sounds cool! They're big on the dark wood neck section, apparently always have been. Not to throw fire on the GAS, but.... the SR1346B is miiiighty nice. :smug: then again, next year, all those amazing new offerings that only go to 5 might add a 6-string variant, so hey...

Funny to think, when I was younger, I always thought "Soundgear" sounded like a terrible name. But seeing basses with build quality that rivals some boutique custom shops made me forget about that over time, and honestly, the designs have only gotten cooler and cooler.
 
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I picked up and played my SRSC 806 today for the first time in a while and always takes a bit to get used to it because I usually play fretless and I don't know why but this bass just kills my fingertips more even though it's strung with my favorite Pedulla Nickel taperwounds like most of my Basses. The C is just tight for some reason. It's 19mm I think and my other 6 is a Pedulla ThunderBolt 6 with 17.5 mm spacing and the tension is so much lighter feeling for some reason. Same string sets. The SRSC has Active/Passive Barts and I'd pretty versatile and it pretty well nails a P/J sound in passive mode. The TB6 has the old 3 knob Bart setup which is pretty nasally sounding, plays like butter and the PentaBuzz is Bart PJ NTMB setup that rules!
 
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