Hey talkbass,
This is my first post. I was lured to this site because of all the info that is here regarding SGC basses. I happen to have the SB505. It was given to me by a good friend. He had played the devil out of it and decided to pick up a Spector. I love the bass, especially for the things that most of you dislike. I am a fairly smaller man in stature (5'7" 155lbs), so the weight and size works for me. The bass has a really distinguished sound (with just the stock items).
I had a small disappointment with bass when I went to trade it in--no one knew what it was! That was a major set back because dealers couldn't hang any value on it. That just about offended me because I loved it so much. So I decided to keep it forever and make it shine.
I went and got a superior paint job from an excellent air brush artist (Alan Pastrana-www.pastranaunlimited.com), replaced the electronics with all EMG equipment (EMG P5J pups & BQC control/pre-amp juiced up to 18volts), replaced and created new dots on the fret board (SB505 comes without dots on the front. Only side dots. I'm installing abolone front dots) and lastly converted the B & E strings into thru-bodies with some ferrules on the back (the original Gotoh bridge allows for both string options). The whole process should be complete by the New Year ('07). Stay tuned for pics and clips.
Thanks go to everyone who has given some history and background on SGC.
This is my first post. I was lured to this site because of all the info that is here regarding SGC basses. I happen to have the SB505. It was given to me by a good friend. He had played the devil out of it and decided to pick up a Spector. I love the bass, especially for the things that most of you dislike. I am a fairly smaller man in stature (5'7" 155lbs), so the weight and size works for me. The bass has a really distinguished sound (with just the stock items).
I had a small disappointment with bass when I went to trade it in--no one knew what it was! That was a major set back because dealers couldn't hang any value on it. That just about offended me because I loved it so much. So I decided to keep it forever and make it shine.
I went and got a superior paint job from an excellent air brush artist (Alan Pastrana-www.pastranaunlimited.com), replaced the electronics with all EMG equipment (EMG P5J pups & BQC control/pre-amp juiced up to 18volts), replaced and created new dots on the fret board (SB505 comes without dots on the front. Only side dots. I'm installing abolone front dots) and lastly converted the B & E strings into thru-bodies with some ferrules on the back (the original Gotoh bridge allows for both string options). The whole process should be complete by the New Year ('07). Stay tuned for pics and clips.
Thanks go to everyone who has given some history and background on SGC.
). I, like so many others here was searching for more info on these basses but came up with very little or no info. I'll put up a link to a picture of it, but It doesen't give much details, maybe I'll get some better pics of it later. The pickups have "K&M" stamped on them. This is the only "metal" looking bass I've seen from this manufacturer.. Very strange.
