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Anyone else think Ibanez should change their SR body?

#181
SteffanB said:
I'm not bashing Ibanez! I played them on stage from 97- 2002 in my nu metal days. I'm looking for a 24 fret bass and every time I see a Ibanez I think.. Damn these are some boring looking basses. They are hella good basses, especially in the $700 price range, but the same body shape since the 80's. Am I alone in thinking aboot this?
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Nope
 
#182
The SR shape is fine. What they need to do is change to neck-thru builds. If they had that I probably never would have bought two BTB's I like them ok but the SR is far more comfortable to play. If you want boring and never change get a P-bass. ( I loved my '75, but that was then.. way better options now)
 
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The Hook 1988 said:
The SR shape is fine. What they need to do is change to neck-thru builds. If they had that I probably never would have bought two BTB's I like them ok but the SR is far more comfortable to play. If you want boring and never change get a P-bass. ( I loved my '75, but that was then.. way better options now)
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I had a sr900 in flame Maple that was neck thru...I regretfully sold it and still miss it.
 
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#187
The Hook 1988 said:
Yes ,that was the model #....I knew there was one but could not recall it. I can't understand why they didn't expand on that one. I found one on Reverb now, but not it the market right now(or so I'm trying to convince myself);)
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there are way more than one
Here's a list of all the 4 string 34" scale fretted neck through soundgear models that I know of

1988-1989 SR2000E
1988-1989 SR2040E

1988-1991 SR924
1988 SR924PD
1988-1989 SR924QM
1991-1992 SR924S

1992-1994,1996 SR2000

1994-1997 SR1200

2004-2007 SR900
2004-2007 SR900FM

2005-2008 SR1000EFM
2005 SR1000EZW
2006 SR1000EBG
2007 SR1000EWN

2008 SR950EFM

2010-2011 SRT670
2010-2011 SRT800DX i posted a picture of this one on the previous page
2010 SRT900DX
2012 SRT700DX

2012-2013 SR500T

2015-2016 SR1400TE

SR990EPB

i left SRX models out
The Soundgear Club
 
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#188
hypercarrots said:
there are way more than one
Here's a list of all the 4 string 34" scale fretted neck through soundgear models that I know of

1988-1989 SR2000E
1988-1989 SR2040E

1988-1991 SR924
1988 SR924PD
1988-1989 SR924QM
1991-1992 SR924S

1992-1994,1996 SR2000

1994-1997 SR1200

2004-2007 SR900
2004-2007 SR900FM

2005-2008 SR1000EFM
2005 SR1000EZW
2006 SR1000EBG
2007 SR1000EWN

2008 SR950EFM

2010-2011 SRT670
2010-2011 SRT800DX i posted a picture of this one on the previous page
2010 SRT900DX
2012 SRT700DX

2012-2013 SR500T

2015-2016 SR1400TE

SR990EPB

i left SRX models out
The Soundgear Club
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Left out the SRF also?

2014-... SRF700
2014-... SRF705
2017-... SRF706

are all neck-thru Soundgears.
 
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#189
Aidil said:
Left out the SRF also?

2014-... SRF700
2014-... SRF705
2017-... SRF706

are all neck-thru Soundgears.
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are they fretted? at the top i specified fretted for my list.
my list does erroneously contain a fretless though. can you spot it?
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#190
hypercarrots said:
are they fretted? at the top i specified fretted for my list.
my list does erroneously contain a fretless though. can you spot it?
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Yeah, I'm aware you wrote fretted. That's why I wrote left out in question mark.

The others (which are guaranteed fretted :D) are the SR Cerro series:
2015-... SRSC805
2016-2017 SRSC800
2018-... SRSC806

One thing I noticed on the neck-thru Soundgears is that the necks are thicker than their bolt-on siblings', which even thicker than the necks of BTB neck-thru.

That's the SR2040E right? The available online pictures don't seem to show it also has a thick neck. Does it?
 
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#191
hypercarrots said:
there are way more than one
Here's a list of all the 4 string 34" scale fretted neck through soundgear models that I know of

1988-1989 SR2000E
1988-1989 SR2040E

1988-1991 SR924
1988 SR924PD
1988-1989 SR924QM
1991-1992 SR924S

1992-1994,1996 SR2000

1994-1997 SR1200

2004-2007 SR900
2004-2007 SR900FM

2005-2008 SR1000EFM
2005 SR1000EZW
2006 SR1000EBG
2007 SR1000EWN

2008 SR950EFM

2010-2011 SRT670
2010-2011 SRT800DX i posted a picture of this one on the previous page
2010 SRT900DX
2012 SRT700DX

2012-2013 SR500T

2015-2016 SR1400TE

SR990EPB

i left SRX models out
The Soundgear Club
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Wow thanks, never knew there were so many ,came across the 900's before. A thicker neck would be a negative if thats a consistent thing. I have a SRF705 portamento which has a thick neck. I thought that was related to the extended fingerboard. The BTB's are more manageable(1825 and 845V). I don't know why a neck thru would need to be thicker since they are more stable than bolt-on. When I contacted Ibanez about a current neck-thru, they referred me to only the BTB and SRF series...guess I need to look to the past(?)
 
#192
Aidil said:
Yeah, I'm aware you wrote fretted. That's why I wrote left out in question mark.

The others (which are guaranteed fretted :D) are the SR Cerro series:
2015-... SRSC805
2016-2017 SRSC800
2018-... SRSC806

One thing I noticed on the neck-thru Soundgears is that the necks are thicker than their bolt-on siblings', which even thicker than the necks of BTB neck-thru.

That's the SR2040E right? The available online pictures don't seem to show it also has a thick neck. Does it?
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since there are so many soundgears, i focus on the ones that aren't fretless, multi scale or single cut.
 
#194
Herrick said:
The SR bodyshape is probably my favorite. I love how it's smaller & lighter than most bass bodies. If only I could adapt to the 16.5" spacing on the 5-strings.
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In case you aren't aware, Ibanez also has a couple of 18mm spacing SR 5ers. First, there's the single cut SRSC805. And, for those who prefer regular dual cut body, there's the SR2405W. More for this year, they are adding the SR1605DW, which is about to enter the market in a matter of months.
 
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#196
Aidil said:
In case you aren't aware, Ibanez also has a couple of 18mm spacing SR 5ers. First, there's the single cut SRSC805. And, for those who prefer regular dual cut body, there's the SR2405W. More for this year, they are adding the SR1605DW, which is about to enter the market in a matter of months.
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I didn't know about those. Unfortunately (or fortunately since I'm broke anyway) I'm not a fan of the finishes on those basses. I like more plain "boring" stuff.
 
#198
Anyone else think Ibanez should change their SR body?

Sure. They've only sold 10's of thousands of them in every flavor imaginable and remains probably their best selling line today. Makes perfect sense to change it . . . . .especially since Ibanez makes so few other bass models . . . . . .
 
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The Hook 1988 said:
The SR shape is fine. What they need to do is change to neck-thru builds. If they had that I probably never would have bought two BTB's I like them ok but the SR is far more comfortable to play. If you want boring and never change get a P-bass. ( I loved my '75, but that was then.. way better options now)
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They made a neck-through SR. SRX? I think. And some of the older Prestige models were also neck-through.

I don't get the calls for "changing" the SR. Don't Ibanez release enough new models every few years or so? Why not play one of those.
 

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