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- Thread starter cassanova
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08' sr700, those new sr600's in flat black with an ash body give me gas bad!
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Very very nice!
2005 Ibanez sr505
How'd you do the finish? I want to do exactly the same thing with my 506
Well I will play, this is my 1206 neck-thru. Not sure the year but I used to have a similar 5 string years ago. It's strung as a piccolo right now, and it might be going on the block soon. Sorry about the bad pics, if and when I get serious I will take better shots.
Dirk
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Kind of a bad picture from when I first got it a couple of months ago but...
1989 SR885. I wanted one in this color and pickup configuration.
It's been beat up a bit (note non-matching truss cover) but I got the action nice and low. I cleaned and oiled the board and with new Sadowsky strings it sounds pretty good. I'm hoping to get a replacement cover and upgrade the bridge.
1989 SR885. I wanted one in this color and pickup configuration.
It's been beat up a bit (note non-matching truss cover) but I got the action nice and low. I cleaned and oiled the board and with new Sadowsky strings it sounds pretty good. I'm hoping to get a replacement cover and upgrade the bridge.
That's some absolutely killer figuring on the maple top! I have a SR-1206 (Internet Archive copy of the page - I'm getting Malware Warnings from the current version) in Natural as well, a '96 as opposed to your '95 I believe, which the only differences are the width and wood of the neck stringer wood (mine are thicker pieces of Wenge in the neck as opposed to your thinner Walnut stringers) and Black hardware instead of your Gold. It was my main session and gigging bass for 5 years of session and live work until I discovered I was a bolt-on, 5-string, Jazz Bass-tone guy at heart, had moved away from the neck-through sound, and truly didn't use the high-C enough to play a 6-string full-time. I as well will most likely be selling mine as well as it doesn't get much playtime these days, but I know I'd never get what the market would give me right now with the used instrument market as dead as it is, so I'll hold onto it until basses start selling again.
I also still own my first "good" bass, a 1992 SR-800 in Jewel Blue. I had it defretted in 2001 to start my education in the fretless field and it was just as helpful then as it was moving up from my horrid "Pro Session" P-copy: the field of "Starter Basses" is probably the one most effected over the years, as you can get a quality instrument for less than the amount a POS used to cost. It's on an "Extended Loan" to a friend who's also trying his hand at the Fretless Game, but that bass has far too much sentimental value to sell, and I likely wouldn't get enough to make it worthwhile. Apologies for the lack of current photos, but the only ones I have are from a disposable camera from back in the day and would hardly due them justice. FWIW, my 1206 has roughly the same amount of figuring that Dirk's does - they were only produced for two years, and were an absolute steal both then as well as now on the used market - much thicker and heavier than current SR6s, but the increase in tone was well worth it.
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Apologies for the 'net pic, but I can't get a good enough pic with just the camera phone. One of me with mine and a better shot from the 'net...
SR655 limited-edition 5-string. Burled poplar over mahogany body; 5-piece wenge/bubinga neck; rosewood fingerboard; Bartolini mk1 pickups & preamp.
SR655 limited-edition 5-string. Burled poplar over mahogany body; 5-piece wenge/bubinga neck; rosewood fingerboard; Bartolini mk1 pickups & preamp.
Here's my 2008 SR700. I'm selling it 'cause I'm not happy with its tone (was my first bass).
I bought it because I thought it was very versatile, but found out that it couldn't dial in "my tone" (after finding what was "my tone"
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I must say I really like how it looks and the neck is very fast.
I bought it because I thought it was very versatile, but found out that it couldn't dial in "my tone" (after finding what was "my tone"
).I must say I really like how it looks and the neck is very fast.
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Here's my 2008 SR700. I'm selling it 'cause I'm not happy with its tone (was my first bass).
I bought it because I thought it was very versatile, but found out that it couldn't dial in "my tone" (after finding what was "my tone"
I must say I really like how it looks and the neck is very fast.
Before you sell it take those crap elixers off and throw on some nickle rounds. Secondly try rolling the treble off to about 25%, bass 50-60% and then (this is the important part) crank the mids. Voila, your once boring sounding bass now has a bit of personality (brings out some low mid growl). Didn't like mine much until I tried this.
The stock pre-amp puts a HUGE scoop in the sound.
Although if you are looking for a vintagey passive tone yer outta luck.
Even though I'd consider myself a Fender guy, my first bass was an Ibanez SR, and I sure do love the look of those six string SRs. They look super comfy to play, even with six strings.
