Interesting. They seemed to have jumped the gun and put Ibanez's unannounced 2020 models online, including SRX basses with MM pickups, ICB "Iceman" basses, EHB headless basses, and an EDB Ergodyne bass. Some are even in stock.
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NBD: Ibanez SR Mezzo 32" scale - review
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Interesting. They seemed to have jumped the gun and put Ibanez's unannounced 2020 models online, including SRX basses with MM pickups, ICB "Iceman" basses, EHB headless basses, and an EDB Ergodyne bass. Some are even in stock.
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Looks like it is. It's still called SRMD, the bridge is in the same place, and the strap button on the upper horn is still at fret 11.
Here's how the Mezzo compares to the 33-inch BTB33 Volo. (The BTB845V is the new version of the BTB33 and is the same size.)
It is. They've taken them down now, but earlier this month the specs were up on the Russian Ibanez site.
The new 5-string is up (along with other new models) on the Ibanez site:
SRMD205 | SR MEZZO | ELECTRIC BASSES | PRODUCTS | Ibanez guitars
SRMD205 | SR MEZZO | ELECTRIC BASSES | PRODUCTS | Ibanez guitars
Hmm.
I sold my SRMD200 because it felt too narrow at the nut (38mm), which divided by 4 is 9.5mm between strings.
The SRMD205 is 45mm wide at the nut, which divided by 5 is 9mm between strings.
Hence I will have to order one with the possibility of returning it.
If I do like the feel of the neck, I will probably keep it with the intention of swapping in new pickups and electronics.
I sold my SRMD200 because it felt too narrow at the nut (38mm), which divided by 4 is 9.5mm between strings.
The SRMD205 is 45mm wide at the nut, which divided by 5 is 9mm between strings.
Hence I will have to order one with the possibility of returning it.
If I do like the feel of the neck, I will probably keep it with the intention of swapping in new pickups and electronics.
You've made two errors in your math. First, you didn't account for the "margin" of nut on either side of the outermost strings. Second, you have to divide by n-1, not n (where n is the number of strings) to get the spacing. Now, if the margin happens to equal half of the string spacing, your math will work out, but there's no guarantee that margin = spacing/2.
As the owner of both 4- and 5-string SRs, which have 38- and 45-mm nut widths, I can tell you the strings feel much closer together at the nut on the 5.
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I accept your correction but that's not encouraging for me. I was hoping for maybe a 50mm nut.
If you want a shorter-than-34 bass with wider spacing at the nut, check out the TMB30. It has a Precision-like neck, which I find too thick, but which you might like. There's even a new 5-string TMB35 for 2020. Check out its nut width.
TMB35: TMB35 | Talman Bass | ELECTRIC BASSES | PRODUCTS | Ibanez guitars
Looks like it's still only 45 mm.
Looks like it's still only 45 mm.
Hi
Did anybody remove the pickguard of the srmd ? Is there any routing under ?
I would be interested to purshase one but i m not a fan of the pickguard shape...
Did anybody remove the pickguard of the srmd ? Is there any routing under ?
I would be interested to purshase one but i m not a fan of the pickguard shape...
I wanna try the 205 as a test bed for a 32" 5er. Gonna wait til GCs open up again then pull the trigger I think.
I heard they terribly neck dive. Can't recall the source but it was in a review.
