clivem

GAK just cut'n'pasted that from the 4 string description. SR2605 is 16.5mm spacing, I'm sure.

Don't know. It might be something they are changing for 2019. The SR2600/5 was released in 2018. (I assume the serial number on the back of your purchase is going to date it to 2018 production?????) Anyway, the Ibanez 2018 EU catalogue stated, "soft case included". But the website description which they appear to have updated for 2019, says it comes with a gig bag. Who knows?????? Let's see if the next person buying one with a 2019 serial gets the case or a gig bag......

Don't ask questions like that! LOL I have 3 of the SR Premium cases. Don't have any Premium Ibby SR's anymore. A bunch of mid-range that live in hard/soft cases, the Ibby case when I can pick'em up, otherwise those cheap (£40 quid, I think) Armourdillo branded jobbies that you can get from Amazon or direct from Dawsons. That brings me onto something you might find interesting. If you get a chance, (maybe the next time you go to Wunjos), have a noodle on the latest generation SR500. Since they changed the neck (for CITES reasons) from Jatoba/Bubinga with Rosewood board, to Jatoba/Walnut with Jatoba board, it's much more snappy sounding with the licensed Barts. There's a clarity there now, which kind of overcomes the Barts tendency to muddy/cloud. It sounds more "cutting" like the the Nordy equipped Premiums.

I'm a fan of those semi-hard cases. Light, but better protection than a gig bag. (Unless we're talking about $$$$$$$ gig bags with 40mm padding. LOL) If you're interested in selling any of them, give me a holler via PM.

Also, another thing to note from those specs apart from string spacing...... GIG BAG INCLUDED???????? C'mon, this is a Premium bass, right? What happened to the semi-hard case they used to come with??????

Some discussion of this going on at TalkBass which led me to this......

I didn't notice that. But then I was probably too busy drooling over the pictures. LOL

Well, the individual bridges are definitely spaced closer together on the Nordy equipped 5's. If you compare the picture of the 2605 to the 2405, the 2405 is definitely wider spacing. As to whether it's actually 18mm.... I'm guessing that.

The really interesting thing about that 2405..... Look at the gaps between the individual monorail bridges. Looks like 18mm spacing to me, rather than 16.5mm.

I'm already lusting after those SRMD200's. Medium 32" scale, maple board, PJ config, painted headstock..... Love the colours, especially the Sea Foam. Gonna be a great MOD platform methinks..... Ibanez SRMD200 PMT have got them up at a pre-order price of £249

Cool. Thank you.

Would you mind sharing how?

IIRC, the only SR 5er that has wider spacing, if you're trying to avoid the tight 16.5mm, is the single-cut SRSC805 with 18mm spacing.

I'm pretty sure that a couple of the latest gen, non-Premium, but higher-end standard series, like the SR670/5 and SR870/5 also have truss rod adjust at the heel.

Bought an Ibby SR500 from Frank. Great communication, easy transaction, he's a no-nonsense pleasure to deal with! Thanks, Frank.

Fender specs says that this production model has a quarter-sawn maple neck. EDIT: The interesting things about this neck, IMHO, are the 12-16" compound radius and 1.62" at the nut, rather than the expected 1.5".

Hmmm. There is actually an outlet/shop at the Folkestone address? I always figured that was just a "trading address" in the UK to put on the invoices for UK customers. Everything I've had from them or sent back to them has always been to the Netherlands. I had no idea the Folkestone address actually was a shop or warehouse with stock. My dealings with Bax have always been fine. Even when they sent me the B-stock bass with the chipped fretboard, they straight away offered a free-of-charge return or an additional discount (partial refund of the discounted B stock price I had already paid) if I wanted to keep it. It's another well known large Euro outlet I have had issues with. Bax have always been good to deal with!

Yes, that's why you need to see it for yourself. People (customers) don't return basses for them to be sold as B-stock due to "damaged packaging". They (Bax-shop) don't ever seem to list defects for B-stock, only damaged packaging. But it's risk free to see what you get. Get a good 'un, keep it. Junk, return it for full refund.

No risk to you, really. You can always return at their expense. You'll need to print the UPS shipping label they send you for a return and drop-off at a UPS collection point, but that aside, it's risk free. I've bought a few B-stock items. Kept two. Returned one, a bass that had a chip out of the fretboard. (The "defect" wasn't described in the web site description.) That bass was returned to them the following day after I received it. Refund was back in my PayPal account the day after that. YMMV.

Ian bought my Ibanez SR1300. No nonsense, great guy to deal with. He arranged the shipping. An easy transaction. I'd have no hesitation dealing with him again, regardless of whether I was buying or selling.