Not sure what Ibanez was thinking. This is poor QC. The body looks like it was made from two different basses.
Ibanez SR505 5-String - Brown Mahogany
Ibanez SR505 5-String - Brown Mahogany
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I wish we could get the color for the 305 in the states. That is a cool bass!
This is the one I sent back for the same reason. Looked like two different species of wood!
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No, it was from Musician's Friend. No pictures available there as on Sweetwater, but they were great about exchanging it for me. It generated quite a thread when I first posted it on TalkBass. Mismatched wings on a brand new bass. Keep or return?
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It's nice to see the SR brotherhood is still kicking. I just pulled out my basses again after a very long layoff from guitar and bass.
I finally replaced the far-too-radiused early CAP pups in my SR370M - which made the E and G strings noticeably quieter than the A and D - with Bart Mk1s purchased here a few years ago from an SR500. The Mk 1s seem a little brighter and might be a tad louder at the same distance from the strings. I have the newer CAP pups in my SR300 with a flatter radius and have been setting both up today to match volumes.
I traded my SRX700 a few years ago. Just too much midrange for me and it was a little heavy, too.
I also sold my Fender Jazz fretless last year cuz after years on the SRs anything else feels weird. So I'm scoping a used 370F in case I start gigging again. A fretless with the treble rolled off and a US Army issue boot blouse pulled across the strings near the bridge yields up a decent upright tone for backing up acoustic duos. Even more so with flatwounds, but then it's kind of a one trick pony.
I'd love to find a used 370M and convert it to fretless. I love the look and feel of maple boards.
I finally replaced the far-too-radiused early CAP pups in my SR370M - which made the E and G strings noticeably quieter than the A and D - with Bart Mk1s purchased here a few years ago from an SR500. The Mk 1s seem a little brighter and might be a tad louder at the same distance from the strings. I have the newer CAP pups in my SR300 with a flatter radius and have been setting both up today to match volumes.
I traded my SRX700 a few years ago. Just too much midrange for me and it was a little heavy, too.
I also sold my Fender Jazz fretless last year cuz after years on the SRs anything else feels weird. So I'm scoping a used 370F in case I start gigging again. A fretless with the treble rolled off and a US Army issue boot blouse pulled across the strings near the bridge yields up a decent upright tone for backing up acoustic duos. Even more so with flatwounds, but then it's kind of a one trick pony.
I'd love to find a used 370M and convert it to fretless. I love the look and feel of maple boards.
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Negative .... US Army issue, only.
Lol.
I remember seeing a Victor Wooten video where he was using a hair scrungie at the nut to stop ringing notes, and I assume the same placed just past the bridge would do the 'upright thang' too. But you'd have to thread the strings thru the scrungie making it semi permanent. Carol Kaye used a rubber band at the bridge, iirc. But for the life of me I dunno how she got some of those tones from an SRX700. Mine always seemed to have two sounds ... growly mid-range or OFF.
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I'm looking at a used SR500FM for dirt cheap, since my wife has taken over my back-up SR300M. The 500 has the same pups as my now-modified SR370M, just a different pre. I have always taken two guitars or two basses to gigs cuz ya never know. But I want a fretless again, as well. Might buy the 500 and yank the frets and seal the rosewood board, leaving the maple board on my 370 intact. Love maple boards.
Can anyone describe the difference between a maple and rosewood (or whatever Ibanez is using now) when it comes to fretless?
Can anyone describe the difference between a maple and rosewood (or whatever Ibanez is using now) when it comes to fretless?
Carol Kaye used a rubber band at the bridge, iirc. But for the life of me I dunno how she got some of those tones from an SRX700. Mine always seemed to have two sounds ... growly mid-range or OFF.
A large part of her sound is from using TI flats and playing with a small hard pick in addition to the felt mute by the bridge. She definitely knows how to work her bass. I could never get her sound either, which is ok, as I prefer a more aggressive sound.
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Yeah, her tone was sort of distinctive. Works great in some styles though.
I've been playing my SRs all morning and I'm surprised to discover that I prefer the EXP-CAP pickups to the Bart Mk1s. The basic CAPs - with my rig anyway - seem more growly yet with a wider range of tones. I guess I just got used to their tone after playing them for so long. Gonna pull the Barts and try to trade 'em.
I've been playing my SRs all morning and I'm surprised to discover that I prefer the EXP-CAP pickups to the Bart Mk1s. The basic CAPs - with my rig anyway - seem more growly yet with a wider range of tones. I guess I just got used to their tone after playing them for so long. Gonna pull the Barts and try to trade 'em.
In all honesty, I don't care for the sound of the OEM Barts that Ibanez uses. The only exception to that are the BH1's in my SRFF805. I haven't tried a bass with CAPs yet. My other Ibby is the SR1205E and it has Nordstrand pickups and I really like those.
I just bought a SDGR 370(sapphire blue), mainly 'cause of it's maple body. I'm wanting to replace the stock pickups in it. Would love to get something close to a Ric tone with it. Any suggestions?
The SDGR is just to denote the Soundgrear line. The model is SR370E.
I think the stock pickups are already close to a RIC timbre.
Do they look like this?
I think the stock pickups are already close to a RIC timbre.
Do they look like this?
Yes the do. The stock PowerSpan I believe.
Ordered a used one, actually getting it tomorrow. Switching to them after years of playing much heavier basses(P's, Jazz's, and Rics mostly). Have a scratch and dent 500 I just picked up recently. and I'm loving it.
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So I decided to pick up a used 375M to convert to fretless. Anyone here ever pulled the frets on a maple board and filled in the slots?
There are, of course, instructions on the net. But I thought I'd ask the SR brotherhood, as well, in case there are Ibby-specific issues to be aware of.
There are, of course, instructions on the net. But I thought I'd ask the SR brotherhood, as well, in case there are Ibby-specific issues to be aware of.
