Woodinblack Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) Probably easier to find a cheap fretless I would think Don't get me wrong, the barts are fine in the standard range. Just the nords are in a league of their own. Note that the prestiges have barts too, and the ones in the 5005 I like very much Edited July 23, 2018 by Woodinblack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypercarrots Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 (edited) On 08/04/2018 at 04:57, Al Krow said: I didn't know that Ibbys did their SR range in P/J config - I'm guessing that this has been discontinued for a while now i.e. do you know when the ceased production of the SR1000? the first year SR1000 had a different SDGR logo on the headstock. it had 1000 in very small font 1987 SR1000CT1/SR1000E - alder body, ebony fretboard, IBZ/USA C2 P/J, power curve system, made in japan 1987-1992 SR1000/SR1000E - ash body, ebony fretboard, IBZ/USA C2 P/J, power curve system, made in japan 1990-1991 SR1000 - ash body, ebony fretboard, EMG-P/J, EQ BII, made in japan 1991-1992 SR1000S - ash body, ebony fretboard, EMG HG-P/J, EQ BII, made in japan these models had 5 pc bolt on bubinga/wenge necks 1994-1998 SR1000 - mahogany body, rosewood fretboard, IBZ AFR-P/J, Vari-Mid 3-Band, made in japan the following models are 5pc maple/bubinga neck through 2005 SR1000EZW - zebrawood/mahogany body, rosewood fretboard, USA Bartolini custom, Vari-Mid III HQ 3-Band, made in korea 2005-2008 SR1000EFM - flame maple/mahogany body, rosewood fretboard, USA Bartolini custom, Vari-Mid III HQ 3-Band, made in korea 2005-2007 SR1000EWN - walnut/mahogany body, rosewood fretboard, USA Bartolini custom, Vari-Mid III HQ 3-Band, made in korea 2006 SR1000EBG - flame maple/bubinga/mahogany body, rosewood fretboard, USA Bartolini custom, Vari-Mid III HQ 3-Band, made in korea Edited August 30, 2018 by hypercarrots 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 Yeh, mine is one of the SR1000EWNs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 (edited) Something changed 😊 Edited October 27, 2018 by Al Krow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songofthewind Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 I see it! I see it! The one in the middle is now broken. So now it’s just like the others😕.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 You fixed the missing string on the middle one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songofthewind Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 That’s how it got broken, lad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 5 hours ago, Woodinblack said: You fixed the missing string on the middle one! Yes indeed Started playing 5ers and really enjoyed doing a full 2 hour set a couple of weeks back on my Yammy BB1025 and kinda thought I'd really like having a low B on my goto Ibby SR1800, so I picked up the phone and called Tom (manager) at Wunjos whom I want to give a BIG shout out to. I bought my current Ibanez SR1800 new off him 14 months back when he chipped the price to reflect it being a tiny bit shop soiled (one of the early posts in this thread, so I guess I've got Woody to blame for my current love affair with Ibby basses!) The new prices for the SR1800s have since fallen since they first came out and the 2018 SR1820s are around £899 new - I think that's partly due to a change in the woods being used. Tom did me a really good deal on the part-ex: he agreed to match the best online price available for a new SR1825 and offered me £750 for my old SR1800 in part-ex, which means that he will at best break even when he sells my old Ibby on. ....oh and a bit of an end of an era for me. Apart from my EUB, that's the last of my 4 strings out the door (although I guess I could pretend that the Schecter 8 string in my stable is actually a 4 string, certainly on upstrokes). First impressions of the SR 1825 Just back from a 3.5 hour band rehearsal running through a couple of hours material ahead of a gig on Saturday night. The Ibby 5er is very much my Ibby 4 with a low B added! Same great Nord pups, 3 band EQ with variable mid selector, slightly wider but still very playable neck. The low B string sounded great with some meaty low Ds and Cs being added into the mix. Very pleased, as I fully expected I would be. 6 hours ago, songofthewind said: I see it! I see it! The one in the middle is now broken. So now it’s just like the others😕.. Looks like I'll be playing broken basses from now on in then! 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 50 minutes ago, Al Krow said: First impressions of the SR 1825 Just back from a 3.5 hour band rehearsal running through a couple of hours material ahead of a gig on Saturday night. The Ibby 5er is very much my Ibby 4 with a low B added! Same great Nord pups, 3 band EQ with variable mid selector, slightly wider but still very playable neck. The low B string sounded great with some meaty low Ds and Cs being added into the mix. Very pleased, as I fully expected I would be. Looks like I'll be playing broken basses from now on in then! 😂 Yep, pretty well the same as my 1605 with a bit more weight added to the body so it isn't head heavy. Not that much like the 5005, that is a lot heavier, and has a few more knobs. And a hole - I replaced the woeful 3v preamp with no treble with a glokenklang. That means that I only have Bass, mid, treble, ie, missing out a mid freq (but I left the pot there so I didn't have a hole), and the glok has a pull switch for passive, so the switch wasn't needed. So that is a hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 I have been thinking though that the SR1705 is the modern equivalent of the 1605, but glossy instead of matt. And every so often I think about changing to that. But then when I do I realise that the SR2605 is obvious the real equivalent of the 1605 (only one number different). And it doesn't pay for me to dwell there too long! Then I remember that after all these basses, and all these changes, the 1605 is still the one I would grab when running out of the house when it was on fire (you know, assuming I had got everything living out of it first!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilco Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 (edited) These have a lot of similarities to SGC Nanyo’s. Ok, the headstock is different but the body shape looks the same shape. The jack socket area is reprofiled, but at the same location & angle. I’ve always wondered what the historic connection is between these two ranges? Is there one? T’interweb not really offering up much info about a connection, unless i’ve missed something. Anyone know? Edited October 26, 2018 by Wilco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 24 minutes ago, Wilco said: These have a lot of similarities to SGC Nanyo’s. Ok, the headstock is different but the body shape looks the same shape. The jack socket area is reprofiled, but at the same location & angle. I’ve always wondered what the historic connection is between these two ranges? Is there one? T’interweb not really offering up much info about a connection, unless i’ve missed something. Anyone know? A good question! I'm guessing that @Happy Jack or @TheGreek will have the answer to that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 Not sure if there is more than a passing similarity with those. The top horn isn't as rouned underneath or as long, the bottom horn is very different (not keen on that). Control layouts different, pickup placement more musicman than ibanez and the string spacing looks quite wide. The only real similarity I see is the curve in the neck joint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 I've always thought that there is a generic, "family" resemblance between a number of bass marques that were around in the early 80s, close enough that I always felt that there was a lot of borrowing going on. I agree that there's a long list of detailed differences between the Bass Collection and the SR range, yet the overall look & feel is remarkably similar. There was also a range by (I think) Yamaha at the same time, plus of course the early Tune basses, and I'm sure there were others I haven't mentioned. My guess would be that someone came up with an overall design that worked really well and which wasn't yet another Fender clone, and a bunch of manufacturers fell into line behind it. All these basses were (I believe) lighter than their Fender equivalents, the bar being set lower by Fender's back-crushing output in the late 70s. I wonder if this has anything to do with the pro-Fender (and others) propaganda that then started to emerge about how heavier basses always and automatically sounded better than lighter basses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypercarrots Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 (edited) here's the predecessor to the SR800 Edited November 6, 2018 by hypercarrots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edstraker123 Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 (edited) As my sparkly Talman electrics inexplicably died after 30 minutes of use, I took it back to store with the idea of exchanging it for an Orange 'O' - the O presumably stands for 'Orrible' so after 2 minutes I knew it wasn't for me . I looked for something in the same price range and saw an SR400EQM - as soon as I picked it up I was hooked . Amazing bass- I don't know how they do it for the money (£300). It now has a set of halfrounds on it and after a quarter turn on the truss rod is set up like an absolute dream.Obviously the pickups aren't in the same league as the Nordstrands on the SR premiums but with the 3 band eq and the power tap switch it has an amazing array of sounds and looks truly gorgeous. Edited November 18, 2018 by edstraker123 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marcoelwray Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Just favulous! SR's are the swiss tool of basses ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songofthewind Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Good job! SR rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 So I've not heard anyone mention one of these SRs before...but this pretty much ticks ALL the boxes! And if I could get my hands on a decent used one before the year's out I'd definitely be tempted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songofthewind Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Oh, that’s lovely. One might even be able to overlook its broken state, having five strings an’ all.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, songofthewind said: Oh, that’s lovely. One might even be able to overlook its broken state, having five strings an’ all.. Haha! I'm afraid all my basses these days are "broken", apart from a 4 string that is strictly an 8 string and another that is an EUB 😂 There was an "unbroken" one of these limited edition basses released as well: the SR 1400T Edited December 18, 2018 by Al Krow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypercarrots Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 On 18/12/2018 at 00:31, Al Krow said: Haha! I'm afraid all my basses these days are "broken", apart from a 4 string that is strictly an 8 string and another that is an EUB 😂 There was an "unbroken" one of these limited edition basses released as well: the SR 1400T SR1400TE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 I so wish I found Ibanez basses more comfortable, as I love most things about them (looks, sounds, neck, weight, versatility). Unfortunately something about the body shape really doesn't agree with the nerve issues in my right arm. Although as I'd otherwise be buying a different one every few months, maybe it's God's way of keeping me out of debt. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marcoelwray Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 10 minutes ago, 4000 said: I so wish I found Ibanez basses more comfortable, as I love most things about them (looks, sounds, neck, weight, versatility). Unfortunately something about the body shape really doesn't agree with the nerve issues in my right arm. Although as I'd otherwise be buying a different one every few months, maybe it's God's way of keeping me out of debt. 😉 OF course if you've got a nerve issue, that's another problem but the range is quite OK... SR, BTB, ATK.... None of these is confy for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dub_junkie Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 I took delivery of an SRSC805 Cerro singlecut yesterday. And my SRFF806 : 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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