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The Soundgear Club
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NBD: 91 SR800. A bit banged up, dirty and a seriously bowed neck when I found it. Price was right so I decided to take chance. Got the bow out with the truss rod maxed (will fix that later), shimmed the neck pocket, and installed a set of low tension Rotosound Swings. Super low action. I do like the Lo Z pickups. It’s definitely a keeper. My third Soundgear.
My sr1605B tropical seafloor color, atlas-5 / 5 piece panga panga Purple Heart neck with KTS TITANIUM rods. Poplar Burl top African Mahogany body. Nordstrand big singles and a Graph Tech BLACK TUSQ XL nut. Plays like a dream!!
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Just for the record: is that normal that the monorails of the MSR5 bridge are recessed at different heights?
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Here is a pic of the SRMS625EX from Ibanez's website. [This invalid link has been removed]
They're at the same height. The body surface is curved.
Possibly the curvature of the body causing the differential you’re seeing there.
Beautiful, congrats. There are a lot of little details on the Soundgears that you might not notice at first like the recessed bridges. They really are a top order bass.
Beautiful bass. Even better than the first one.
Bridge looks normal, as the body is slightly curved. I think it makes getting consistent action much easier. What strings are you planning to put on the bass?
Thx! The only thing with the bridge what make me wonder about it was that the monorails were recessed deeper from the E-string to the higher strings but the B-string Monorail was also deeper than the E. BTW I had to to adjust the low B string action, it was too low. I was adjusting the octave anyway… Other than that it plays perfect and the neck is perfect straight even after 4 years since manufacture.
Strings will be Nickel Rounds - I had used EB Hybrid Slinkys on my 4-string bass with 45-65-85-105. I learned there is no 5-string set with these gauges plus a 130 from EB available.
So it will be either EB Regular Slinkys 45-65-80-100-130 or Daddario EXL165-5 with 45-65-85-105-135. Would you recommend to change the strings right away because they are 4 years on it though unused?
Yeah that is mostly cause the B string is so fat, but luckily it is easily to adjust.
Nickel Rounds are great for the Soundgears. I love the Cobalt Flats even more on my 4 string.
Agree. The recess pattern may be intended to optimize the break angles for the different strings.
Just checked my 1405 (non-arched top) and seeing the same thing. The Dingwall Combustion surface-mounted monorails do the same via various thickness shims.
Riis
So.. sad day.
I just had this bass come in from France.
Ibanez SR5PBLTD. The limited series.
Damaged headstock. I have never had a new bass before. So bummed.
I just had this bass come in from France.
Ibanez SR5PBLTD. The limited series.
Damaged headstock. I have never had a new bass before. So bummed.
