New Ibanez SRH Basses

[madshadows]

The new range of Ibanez SRH basses look really cool, anyone played one yet?, thoughts on them?

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[Rich]

Really liked the look of the SRH505 until I saw this in the specs... "16.5mm string spacing"
Ugh. Far too cramped.

[lowhand_mike]

most of ibanez's 5 string basses are 16.5mm, takes a little getting used to from the 4 string 19mm but no too difficult

[alyctes]

I should know better than to click on links like that ...

[CamdenRob]

Some lovely looking basses on that link...

As above though, 16.5 is way too tight for my agricultural technique

Edited May 30, 2017 by CamdenRob

[Phil Adams]

Im sure I looked at the 500 in Andertons earlier this year, and despite the F hole, thought it was heavier than I expected it to be.
I do worry about the finish on the brown basses, looks like ot would wear away with little provocation. Perhaps I'm wrong.

[philw]

Such a shame there's no unlined fretless options on the piezo/f-hole ones. I'd be really interested otherwise.

P

Edited May 30, 2017 by philw

[fretmeister]

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1495693659' post='3305843']
Really liked the look of the SRH505 until I saw this in the specs... "16.5mm string spacing"
Ugh. Far too cramped.
[/quote]

The BTB series is 19mm.

But I feel your pain - I'd love a SR but I can't cope with 16.5mm either.

[geoffbyrne]

I like the look of that SRF705 though......

G.

[ezbass]

If I didn't already have a Rob Allen, I'd be very interested in one of those. Ibanez have come out with another desirable design.

[Twincam]

I so want one of those Sras7 things.
But I can't play more than 4 strings and I can't play fretless but I'm sure I could work it somehow.

Those srh basses look pretty cool. Although I've seen on some pics they look a bit chunky in the body. Obviously I know there a hollow body so they need to be.

[Zummerbass]

I tried the SRH500F and the SRF700 quite recently. Very impressed with the latter,initially daunting,but once I got past that-wow! Huge range of tones,very playable.

SRH500F- to me,visually a bit dull looking.As noted,heavier than it looks.