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Anyone bought an SR600e yet? You likee?

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Phlipper

Feb 5, 2013
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Endorsing Artist: Used Fender Lead Sleds and Hartke cabs with bent grills
#1
Have two defretted fours and a fretted five, but find myself needing a fretted four (especially for learning slap ... wider spacing and clanky frets :laugh:).

For those who've played one, how were the Asian Big Breaks? Relatively quiet? Any issues with the tone? I've read they growl like the lower end Power Spans, which I love. Still very flexible with the ICE pre?

All my basses are SRs so I'm sure I'll like the feel. Just curious about tone and flexibility.
 
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I don't like the finishes and I do like the Powerspans so I'm not spending the extra. Should be a good bass, and my gut says that the Asian and US made pickups are similar. I wonder if anyone would be able to tell them apart blind.
 
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I've been an Ibanez fanboi since I started switching off on bass 12 or 13 years ago (have owned 7 of them), and I wanted to try an SR with single coils. No one had that blue color SR600e in stock and while I was at home resting my dikskinners after a tough week of prepping for auditions and gigs and a four hour show last. I was browsing four bangers and I came across an SR1600 in stock. Never owned a Premium SR but have always wanted one. I'm playing in three bands and gigging in two of them and don't currently own a fretted four. So I pulled the trigger on it with The Major's blessing. I've always sorta felt I didn't really gain anything with higher end SRs cuz the wood type means very little to me. But it looked gorgeous and The Major commented on the color several times. I already have buyers remorse though. :laugh:
 
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Snert said:
I don't like the finishes and I do like the Powerspans so I'm not spending the extra. Should be a good bass, and my gut says that the Asian and US made pickups are similar. I wonder if anyone would be able to tell them apart blind.
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I have to say, and I'm sure I have several times, I really really like the PowerSpan pickups. At one time I even tried to find a pair to put in my SR505e. Still might at some point.
 
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So Zzounds just got some SR600es in so I canceled the 1600 order. Debating ordering the far less expensive SR600e that I wanted initially. I need a fretted 4. Fretting about SR1600 vs SR600e vs Sterling Ray 35. Played an inexpensive Sub Ray 4 the other day and liked the tonez. If I had a mid pot I might be able to make that work.

Trying to add slap to my skill set and the 16.5mm spacing on my SR 5 string is tough.
 

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