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Cool. Thanks for all the input. I'll ponder the possibilities overnight before I make my decision.
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Did you EQ each pickup individually and together using half EQ, or various Low-Mid-High positions of each tone knob? There should be lots of tonal options (without muddy sound) if the tone knobs are not dimed, and you demo the pups together, and individually.
I have an Ibanez SB900. It's purple. My friend gave it to me when he moved across the country, already had to ship 19 guitars, and didn't want to bother. So, yeah, I lucked out a bit...
i think i just died a little inside ...
I just bought a new SR500 and it is anything but muddy, in fact it is quite bright with the stock strings. In fact I'm putting some chromes on it that I already have, to tone down the brightness. Actually I am starting to like the brightness and growl, but I'm going to try a more mellow tone.
Have you tried flipping the mids switch by the jack? Also you might want to mess with the preamp more because it might affect the bass when you adjust the other parts of the eq.
I can't believe yours sounds muddy. Factory strings could do that. It could also be your amp or amp settings. Also if it is a lot different than your other basses it might have to do with your hands and the way the beautiful slim necked Ibanez SR500 feels and plays, especially if you are used to a P bass or even a J bass with passive pickups.
Also - absolutely change the battery and see if that cleans it up. My Schecter Stiletto Elite five string active sounded real muddy until I replaced the battery and then it suddenly came to life. That too is getting flats soon.
The SR500 is so comfortable and ergonomic; it is a pleasure to play and mine sounds great, even if a bit on the bright side. I have a set of Fender Vintage Noiseless bass pickups on my J bass and they sound really good, and it's passive with a treble bleed mod.
Good luck with that and I think you should be able to get any muddiness out of there with no problem. I have heard that some amps with automatic compression or manual compression, can't remember which, cause a problem with getting good response out of the eq on an active eq.
Have you tried flipping the mids switch by the jack? Also you might want to mess with the preamp more because it might affect the bass when you adjust the other parts of the eq.
I can't believe yours sounds muddy. Factory strings could do that. It could also be your amp or amp settings. Also if it is a lot different than your other basses it might have to do with your hands and the way the beautiful slim necked Ibanez SR500 feels and plays, especially if you are used to a P bass or even a J bass with passive pickups.
Also - absolutely change the battery and see if that cleans it up. My Schecter Stiletto Elite five string active sounded real muddy until I replaced the battery and then it suddenly came to life. That too is getting flats soon.
The SR500 is so comfortable and ergonomic; it is a pleasure to play and mine sounds great, even if a bit on the bright side. I have a set of Fender Vintage Noiseless bass pickups on my J bass and they sound really good, and it's passive with a treble bleed mod.
Good luck with that and I think you should be able to get any muddiness out of there with no problem. I have heard that some amps with automatic compression or manual compression, can't remember which, cause a problem with getting good response out of the eq on an active eq.
Greeting fellow Ibanez players !!
Back in 02 I got my second bass and being so satisfied with my first I went ahead and bought a Sr705 WNF and I was pretty happy with it for many years used it as my main bass until 08 when I decided to go back to 4 strings and got my Warwick .
Now I want to go back to 5 strings again but my tone preferences have changed quite abit since 02 so I want to give my trusty sr an electronics makeover.
As far as preamps go Im pretty set on getting a glockenclang 3 band but my main problem is finding soapbar dual coils that fit and since the info on the stock dx5 pickups is really scarce i decided to come here for some advice.
Optimally id go for norstrand dual coils but Im pretty sure I will have string/pole alignment issues and tbh they are a abit out of my price range so what Im looking for is drop in dual coil replacement pickups for the stock dx5 around the 200 250 euro price point, as for tonal properties im thinking il shift through suggestions listening to sound clips and figure out what comes closer to my needs
Also heres a pic from the 02 ibanez catalog with my model on it
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Back in 02 I got my second bass and being so satisfied with my first I went ahead and bought a Sr705 WNF and I was pretty happy with it for many years used it as my main bass until 08 when I decided to go back to 4 strings and got my Warwick .
Now I want to go back to 5 strings again but my tone preferences have changed quite abit since 02 so I want to give my trusty sr an electronics makeover.
As far as preamps go Im pretty set on getting a glockenclang 3 band but my main problem is finding soapbar dual coils that fit and since the info on the stock dx5 pickups is really scarce i decided to come here for some advice.
Optimally id go for norstrand dual coils but Im pretty sure I will have string/pole alignment issues and tbh they are a abit out of my price range so what Im looking for is drop in dual coil replacement pickups for the stock dx5 around the 200 250 euro price point, as for tonal properties im thinking il shift through suggestions listening to sound clips and figure out what comes closer to my needs
Also heres a pic from the 02 ibanez catalog with my model on it
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Well TK, if I ever fall in love with anything different, you'll get first dibs. I painted my nails to match, too. 
Thonkin that when I get back to Canada she'll need new strings tho, I was thinking fodera nickels, anyone play with these? 
Just like my new one. Which amp are you using with it? I have three bass amps but am using my Fender Rumble 100 fifteen inch speaker one - no big deal at all, but decent tone. I have a practice bass amp right here, a Marshall MB30 that is a decent ten inch small amp; I'm sure the big ones sound real good.
I also have a Peavey TNT 115 I bought back in the late
'80s that my son gave back to me. I'm afraid to even try it out. He used it in a heavy metal screamo band and I think they even did vocals thru it. I bought him a SWR Workingman's 15 a couple years ago when I gave him my eighties MIJ naturally aged Fender J bass.
That Peavey amp could still sound good - I'm just too afraid to try it out. He claims it sounds super good, but you know that story.
Anyway, my SR500 sounds real good thru my Rumble 100 and sometimes I play into it thru my Zoom B2.1u multipedal that imparts a lot of useable tones and is very adjustable. It can make them stock Elixers sound like flat wounds.
Good luck with your new bass. I hope it turns into a real gem.
I also have a Peavey TNT 115 I bought back in the late
'80s that my son gave back to me. I'm afraid to even try it out. He used it in a heavy metal screamo band and I think they even did vocals thru it. I bought him a SWR Workingman's 15 a couple years ago when I gave him my eighties MIJ naturally aged Fender J bass.
That Peavey amp could still sound good - I'm just too afraid to try it out. He claims it sounds super good, but you know that story.
Anyway, my SR500 sounds real good thru my Rumble 100 and sometimes I play into it thru my Zoom B2.1u multipedal that imparts a lot of useable tones and is very adjustable. It can make them stock Elixers sound like flat wounds.
Good luck with your new bass. I hope it turns into a real gem.
I have a few. These are my current Ibanez basses. I have pics of many more from the past, but I'll just keep to the present:
GWB-1 (first gen, Ebony board)
SR905 - stripped and modified (gold hardware)
SR540ZW (Zebra wood). A guitar Center only special run.
SR505PB (Poplar Burl). Another Guitar Center only special run.
GWB-1 (first gen, Ebony board)
SR905 - stripped and modified (gold hardware)
SR540ZW (Zebra wood). A guitar Center only special run.
SR505PB (Poplar Burl). Another Guitar Center only special run.
Yeah, all that nice quilt was buried under the translucent charcoal brown finish. Most of these came through with pretty low grade flame maple, not nice quilt like this one. It's also rare in the fact that Ibanez has a nasty habit of paying absolutely no attention to matching the grain on their maple body wings. I've seen plenty of these and others, like the current SR700 series, where one side has gorgeous figuring and the other has absolutely nothing or the grain is going in the opposite direction. I guess they think they're saving time and money in production but I sure as hell aren't buying something put together so haphazardly, especially on such a major detail as that.
Very cool family, but that 540 with zebrano top is to die for
(it's my fav wood of all the exotic ones). Why the heck the best looking basses are available only in US, and here in EU we get all the ugly and plain looking ones? Pfff... :scowl:- Status
