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The Soundgear Club

#8,301
A9X said:
No, and I looked in the catalogues I have, but didn't see it. I'm curious though, just for curiosity sake and I'd like to add a NT SR 6 of this era to the collection.
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1996 SR1206
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#8,308
hypercarrots said:
at least it looks like it was only available one year so probably rare.
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Well when I find one, it will match my rare skillz.

hypercarrots said:
i didn't check other years for neck through sixes though.
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Thanks, I'll keep digging. I know there was a NT SR906 as there was one on epay here for a while. It went around for ages and as far as I'm aware didn't sell. It was green stained and the story of it's history was a bit screwy so I passed.
 
#8,309
hypercarrots said:
from what i can find, in 1997 the SR7000, SR7100 and SR8100 were the first soundgear to use bartolini pickups. none of those models are neck through.

the first neck through SR to use bartolini pickups was the SR900 in 2004
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Speaking of SR900s from 2004 (and neck thru Bart equipped SRs in general) here's my stable of soundgears. SR900, SR1006, SR5XXV, ANB205. Problem is, every time I think I've got enough, you guys find some other soundgear to give me GAS. :D

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21DaHoagie12 said:
Speaking of SR900s from 2004 (and neck thru Bart equipped SRs in general) here's my stable of soundgears. SR900, SR1006, SR5XXV, ANB205. Problem is, every time I think I've got enough, you guys find some other soundgear to give me GAS.
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Because I'm a caring, sharing sort of guy and care for the environment and the sustainability of this little blue marble we call Earth, when you find another you want, you should let another one go. Say the SR1006 to me. It will be a burden I know, but I'm willing to bear that load for the betterment of humanity. You'll all thank me later.
 
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agfrag said:
Me too. And I play typically with "tuners high" when standing, bass is about 45 degrees to the ground. But, I do a lot of transcribing on the computer throughout the 7-8 hours I'm practicing, and I feel more comfortable sitting with the bass in my lap when I do.

Oddly enough, I can sit for a loooonnng time with my Squire Jazz V on my right leg, but not so the SR306 because: 1., it slides off without a strap, and b., that really narrow edge starts to hurt after a few hours... not a problem with the Squier's broader flatter under horn surface, I can sit with that forever without noticing it.
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Interesting, because of how much this isn't an issue for me, I feel like a need a pic of you sitting down playing to understand.

I do found SDGR sit differently than a Jazz or Precision due to the smaller body shape but never had the slipping issue. I more notice the neck sits a little lower when I'm sitting, but it has never bothered me
 
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21DaHoagie12 said:
Speaking of SR900s from 2004 (and neck thru Bart equipped SRs in general) here's my stable of soundgears. SR900, SR1006, SR5XXV, ANB205. Problem is, every time I think I've got enough, you guys find some other soundgear to give me GAS. :D

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Love that ANB205. I owned one for a short while and it's probably the best playing bass I've had (out of 30 or something)
 
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A9X said:
Because I'm a caring, sharing sort of guy and care for the environment and the sustainability of this little blue marble we call Earth, when you find another you want, you should let another one go. Say the SR1006 to me. It will be a burden I know, but I'm willing to bear that load for the betterment of humanity. You'll all thank me later.
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HA! I'll keep that in mind if I do ever move it, it's got an Aguilar OBP-3 installed and now the US Barts sound so dang good I don't know if I could ever part with it :D
 
#8,319
Several seriously sexy Soundgears occupy this thread.

Somewhere in the thread is a photo of a killer 1988 Japanese-made Soundgear I acquired in a trade earlier this year and I cannot keep my hands off that bass. I'm grooming it to be my #1 as I slowly retire my current #1. I mentioned that it reminded me of an old low-level Soundgear I used to have that played and sounded great, but I got rid of for stupid "hipster" reasons (e.g. Soundgears are ubiquitous, everyone has one, I dare to be different).

I'm definitely a Soundgear guy for life now, but I got to thinking... why do I prefer Soundgears over comparable basses from the likes of ESP/LTD, Jackson, or Schecter? It seems like it shouldn't make as big a difference to me as it does, but the medium sized frets on Soundgears feel more "right" under my hand than the jumbo and extra-jumbo frets on the competition. I realize that I don't like extra-jumbo frets at all. If an LTD B or D series, a Jackson Spectra, or a Schecter Stiletto had medium frets I might think about them, but no. All jumbo or extra-jumbo. So for my needs (slender profile 24-fret neck, medium frets) the choice is clear- Soundgear.
 
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Dincrest said:
Several seriously sexy Soundgears occupy this thread.

Somewhere in the thread is a photo of a killer 1988 Japanese-made Soundgear I acquired in a trade earlier this year and I cannot keep my hands off that bass. I'm grooming it to be my #1 as I slowly retire my current #1. I mentioned that it reminded me of an old low-level Soundgear I used to have that played and sounded great, but I got rid of for stupid "hipster" reasons (e.g. Soundgears are ubiquitous, everyone has one, I dare to be different).

I'm definitely a Soundgear guy for life now, but I got to thinking... why do I prefer Soundgears over comparable basses from the likes of ESP/LTD, Jackson, or Schecter? It seems like it shouldn't make as big a difference to me as it does, but the medium sized frets on Soundgears feel more "right" under my hand than the jumbo and extra-jumbo frets on the competition. I realize that I don't like extra-jumbo frets at all. If an LTD B or D series, a Jackson Spectra, or a Schecter Stiletto had medium frets I might think about them, but no. All jumbo or extra-jumbo. So for my needs (slender profile 24-fret neck, medium frets) the choice is clear- Soundgear.
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I hear you about the frets. I once bought a Schecter J-4 and had it PLEKed before shipping. The fret size was listed as 'narrow-tall', so I had them cut the frets way down when they did the setup. It felt amazing!! Soon after that I learned that Jeff Berlin has his frets filed down, and that Lee Sklar uses Mandolin Fret Wire... huh.
 

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