Well i guess everyone is watching football so I will just sit here and type for the heck of it. I was looking at my 1206 again and was thinking how sweet it would be with either some Barts and a Aggie OP-3 or some Nordies....the only thing is the Nordies would have to custom made I think because they are the EMG 45 shape......1 1/2" x 4.00". Bartolini has a direct drop in that will fit in place of the stock ADX pups without any invasive things going on! I am not a six string player though. I just found it in a pawn shop and knew it would not be long before someone ham fisted it or scratched it all up. I had no idea it was 20 years old when i got it. The stock gold hardware was the only thing wrong with it other than it did not work when I plugged it in...so without even blinking an eye, I told the cat in the store that I would buy it not knowing if it was a simple issue or something more involved. He bit and I took it home, removed the rear cover and changed the ORIGINAL factory battery and it was up and running....now even though I have a couple basses that have gold on them, this needed it all replaced. So I gave it some Gotoh GB707 tuners(silver), some knobs, dunlop straplock buttons, and a Hipshot A style bridge, and Ken Smith tapercore strings on it came to life as a new animal!! The body is pretty much flawless! The neck is straight and the action is low. I did some looking in the Ibanez archives and found that it is a 1994 made in Korea. I have bought Brand New basses that did not look as good as this does. I don't think the person ever played it! The strings were probably original on it too! It sits nice in a new Ibanez case now and is not going to die a horrible pawn shop death!!!!! It is for sure alot of bass though. I hold it for a bit and then grab my 4 string 1200E and that neck feels like a drumstick to me. Its a shame that it will not stay with me, but I can't see me even trying to do any good with it. Someone let me know if you like what I did with it, because feedback would be cool as this is my first rehab involving changing out that much stuff on an older piece of gear. I think I made it better as a system by making the changes I did. Hopefully I won't get flamed for not keeping it original cause that stuff was going to to do ugly things to the bass if left on there. Well, thats it for now I guess....
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Well done! I am sure I will get my head around all this in time. Thanks for putting my picture up as nice as you did. I liked the way that shot looked, so its my desktop photo now. I will have to play with the upload stuff a little more, but I look forward to sharing photos with the forum....Lord knows I have spent hours and hours looking at all the great pictures here on Talkbass! Its one of the reasons that I joined
Well done! I am sure I will get my head around all this in time. Thanks for putting my picture up as nice as you did. I liked the way that shot looked, so its my desktop photo now. I will have to play with the upload stuff a little more, but I look forward to sharing photos with the forum....Lord knows I have spent hours and hours looking at all the great pictures here on Talkbass! Its one of the reasons that I joined
Thats what i had already ordered the day I got the bass. The factory bridge would not let me put a standard B on there without serious effort to take it over the saddle, and the new bridge is one with a string through option if someone wants to put ferrules on the B and E at some point..IDK really I am not into my B string sitting up so high on the saddle either. Thanks for the words on the rest though.
Envious!This thing is awesome !!!
But the weight of the $$$ and the pounds ( for my old shoulders) cinched it- not for me.
My SR 500PB weighs like 6lbs.
Hello. I just want to share an update of my previous post regarding my pickup replacement options for my SR506. I decided to have a local luthier make a customized pickup designed to my personal preference.
These are Elegee custom noiseless single coil pickups made by Jon dela Cruz here in the Phils.
Here is a video demo of the pickups.
The next project for my SR will be preamp replacement or upgrading the stock Barts preamp to maximize the full potential of the pickups.
These are Elegee custom noiseless single coil pickups made by Jon dela Cruz here in the Phils.
Here is a video demo of the pickups.
The next project for my SR will be preamp replacement or upgrading the stock Barts preamp to maximize the full potential of the pickups.
Nice and growly. I'm guessing that's mostly the bridge pickup. What does the neck pickup sound like solo?
I'm guessing that's mostly the bridge pickup. What does the neck pickup sound like solo?
Nice and growly.
neck starts at 1:20 ish. both pickups after that.
that thing sounds NASTY
Nice and growly.
Thanks for the appreciation guys. I was really satisfied with the results and was really blown away the first time I played my SR with it. It's not completely done yet, since the luthier said that the pickups will reach its full potential once the preamp is tweaked.
Anyone else wishing for Ibanez to come out with some pastel colors like sea foam green, light pink, and baby blue?
