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HSC for Ibanez SRC6 "Crossover" 6 string bass?
- Thread starter Mustang Surly
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Are you in the US?
There seem to be three in stock here (North Hollywood)
ESP F XL Guitar Form Fit Case | Reverb
and one here (Albany, NY)
ESP CFXLFF HARDSHELL CASE - 799493256093
Yeah I am in socal. I just wanted a confirm on it, thanks so much. Will be grabbing one.
Confirmed that the CFXLFF fits the first Gen src6 perfectly
I think it came out already. It's a multiscale fanned fret version. Debating if I should get both or if my first is good on its own. I see the reason for what they did though
No, there is not a second generation of the SRC6. That beautiful beast has been put to "sleep". The new "SRC6MS" is a six-string bass, with Low-B, E A D G C tuning. More like a short-scale six-string bass, but the old SRC6 is like a guitar tuning, EADGBE, an octave lower. I upgraded mine with Bartolini bass bars with series-single-parallel swit and preamp, and strung it with the now discontinued La Bella Hellcat flatwounds. I like mine very much and this SRC6MS is not an upgrade as much as a different instrument. I'd rather have the high E than a low B. But having both would be fun.
Not according to the Ibanez website.
- factory tuning
- 1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E
- strings
- D'Addario® EXL156
- string gauge
- .024/.034/.044/.056/.072/.084
Maybe Ibanez wrote it, the fandom copied it, and then ibanez changed it.
Here is what fandom had
String gauge (factory):
.024/.034/.044/.056/.072/.084 (D'Addario® EXL156)
Factory tuning:
1C,2G,3D,4A,5E,6B (B Std.)
but until
Here is what fandom had
String gauge (factory):
.024/.034/.044/.056/.072/.084 (D'Addario® EXL156)
Factory tuning:
1C,2G,3D,4A,5E,6B (B Std.)
but until
Tuned to B on a 30" scale is going to be wet spaghetti.
For current models, I'd trust the Ibanez website for data as I don't think I've seen an actual mistake there, though I reserve the right to be wrong.
PS: I've found lots of useful info on the Ibanez fandom site, but plenty of errors too.
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Tuned to B0 would be a noodle, but the tuning would be B1 which is pretty tense. Similar to a .105 tuned to E1 on a long scale. Regardless, the tuning with B1E2 etc is really giving you a guitar with 5 extra lower notes ( found on a standard tuned bass) and losing a few higher ones. All be it with extra tension and different timbre. A baritone for want of a better word. The Gretsch electromatic baritone is 29.75". I don't see the point of marketing a 6 string with such gauges as a bass
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