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The Soundgear Club
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@Killed_by_Death how would one go about getting an SR500 electronics harness-- the whole kit-- I guess by butchering an SR500? Or is there somewhere that sells one? Thanks!
Unless that preamp gave you the best bass sound ever (which I doubt, but YMMV) I would spend the money on a different preamp instead of putting another OEM one in there. I use [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] in all of my basses. They are excellent and very musical preamps with well selected EQ points. They come prewired and can be custom configured, and the one you'd probably want to use on that bass would run you $130 shipped to your door. Use the controls on the left to choose the options you need depending on the number of holes (controls and switches) you've got. They're very easy to install.
OUCH! Thanks KBD but I'm not that handy! I guess I'll be looking for either an Audere or EMG setup.
Thanks @fourstringbliss . I had heard that suggestion before. I'm going to look into it. Thanks!
~Will
Sho 'Nuff! Easy peasey, and it'll make those pickups sound even better.
i've got an aguilar obp1 in an sb1200 and an emg bqc in an sr1000, both with emg pickups. i like them both.
Hey neighbor [Orting] - that's a nice looking Premium! I just got an SR1400 a couple months ago (page 337, post 6739), and am just floored with the much bolder sound it has vs my SRs with the Bart/MK1 setup, and it sounds fantastic in passive mode. Hope you're as impressed with yours as I am with mine!
Is it mainly the more prominent higher frequencies that makes it sound bolder?
^ The Nordstrand Big Singles/EQ make all the difference, I don't think Ibanez is even using the MK1s in the 2020 lineup.
Interesting - I should record it again and take a look at what it's putting out.
I wish I could find a filter-based preamp - ACG perhaps? Ideally I'd put Alembic Activators in it. To be honest, even just one (the "neck" pickup) would be fine with me.
I have a couple of old recordings of the bass (MIK SR506 from around 2007 with the Bubinga/Wenge neck) - I think I had it set flat, then through my Alembic F-2B preamp, so any eq is coming from there. You can hear the crunchy treble in these clips. I should probably remix it, I did these almost ten years ago and I think I've learned a lot since then. I could try again to eq out the treble, maybe show how hard it is to do so.
In this second one at 4:25 you can really hear the high end when I combine the direct signal with envelope filter (probably 3Leaf GR-2 but not 100% sure on that)
Hey right back atcha, neighbor!
TBH Bart MK1's are not great pickups. They're underpowered and bland to my ears. They've always seemed like placeholders to me, and it's unfortunate that Ibanez didn't make them in the usual Bartolini BC (4-string) and P2 (5-string) pickup shapes so they could easily be replaced with better pickups. It seemed like a tone-deaf sort of move from a bass maker because people have been swapping out their bass pups forever - why not make the pickups in a regular shape?
Nordstrand Big Singles are excellent pickups, though! I used to have a bass with Big Splits and have missed that tone. Now I've got an Ibanez bass with Big Splits, one with Dimarzio P/J pups, and one with USA Barts in them. All great tones!
I gotta stop buying basses when I can't sleep in the middle of the night. My Ibanez collection just grew again, after I pulled the trigger on this SR876 in the ungodly hours this morning when laying sleepless in bed:
SDGR SR876 Six String Bass Brown Toppers Burst | A Cut Above Pawn - Beaverton, Oregon | Reverb
I was going to get the SR506 because it has all the features I want (active/passive, mid-frequency switch), but saw a warning online against how thin the finish is and how easily it was for many owners to scuff it up badly. The SR876 doesn't have active/passive switch, but that's not a dealbreaker for me.
Currently five out of my six basses are Ibanez:
EHB1505
EHB1000
SR876
SRH500F
Mikro
NS Design Omini CR5
SDGR SR876 Six String Bass Brown Toppers Burst | A Cut Above Pawn - Beaverton, Oregon | Reverb
I was going to get the SR506 because it has all the features I want (active/passive, mid-frequency switch), but saw a warning online against how thin the finish is and how easily it was for many owners to scuff it up badly. The SR876 doesn't have active/passive switch, but that's not a dealbreaker for me.
Currently five out of my six basses are Ibanez:
EHB1505
EHB1000
SR876
SRH500F
Mikro
NS Design Omini CR5
Big Singles and MK1's are pretty different in how they're made.
The Singles are single-coils with off-set pole pieces and literally as much wire wrapped around the coil as they could fit in the shell. They are big and bold sounding pickups. They sound really good passive and can be used well with a preamp.
I've never seen the inside of the MK1, but I know they're a split coil pickup (like a P-bass pup), and that's how they're humbucking. Making them this way would also cut down on construction cost because they wouldn't need two full-length coils like you would in dual-coil humbucker. They're an underpowered pickup as well, but the designers counted on the boost from the MK1 preamp, and the pickups and preamp were designed as a unit.
That's because they couldn't figuratively put wire on the coil
The staggered pole pieces make for a wider aperture & Carey himself has said it's the design feature that makes them so unique.
TBH they COULD fit more wire on the coil, by just narrowing the aperture, & I don't mean figuratively.
Oh, you literalist!That's because they couldn't figuratively put wire on the coil
The staggered pole pieces make for a wider aperture & Carey himself has said it's the design feature that makes them so unique.
TBH they COULD fit more wire on the coil, by just narrowing the aperture, & I don't mean figuratively.
BTW, while I was doing research on the SR876, I could hardly find anything about them posted by actual owners/customers. I only found the official news about the 2018 SR800 getting released and the official webpage and retailer product pages. There was just one video on YT of a guy reviewing it. And seeing how that series got discontinued merely a year or two later, it would seem like they just weren't popular at all?
I have the SR-875 which I bought used in really great condition last November. They discontinued that line soon after, I believe since they're not available now. Love the bass, though. It's a keeper!
For those of you that own the SR876, how much does your bass weigh? And does it have neck-dive?
I just ordered a used one, but I'm a bit nervous about how much it might weight or whether it'll neck-dive. I prefer my bass to be 8 lbs. or lighter, with no neck-dive at all. I've never played the SR876 in person before, so I have no idea.
I just ordered a used one, but I'm a bit nervous about how much it might weight or whether it'll neck-dive. I prefer my bass to be 8 lbs. or lighter, with no neck-dive at all. I've never played the SR876 in person before, so I have no idea.
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While I don't have the SR876, I do own an SRFF806 which body was made out of swamp ash (which is known as light weight wood) and the weight is 3.85 kg, thus SR876 with maple and walnut top and mahogany body would probably be heavier than 8 lbs.
And logically there shouldn't be neck dive with the SR876, cause there's no neck-dive with my SRFF806 despite it has slightly longer neck due to being a multi-scale with 35½" low-B and lighter body.
