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So swap them out for what you want if the rest of the bass does it for you. Personally, I have lusted after the 1006 since I first saw/heard one.

Agreed. I have a 370 and a 375 and they're awesome. like @horrorshowbass I'm also a fan of the Powerspans and was almost convinced to change them out at one point, but these days I see no need at all. I'd like a white 305 but they weren't available in the Colonies. I keep threatening to take the brown 256B back to bare wood and refinish it white, but that's a lot of work and I'm a lazy sod, especially as the brown isn't wearing.

What's MAD?

Double post, sorry.

That bass, headless would be a piece of kit I think I could love. Can't afford it though.

Ugly PG, a really stupid design choice on such a modern style bass.

But for best results, ensure it has a low impedance ground.

That's like being offered to go out to any great restaurant in your city and opting for Subway.

Having done a substantial amount of DBT/ABX testing of audio gear, I'm not surprised at all. And speakers being transducers, are far less linear than the majority of amplifiers.

WRT instrument tonalities, there's a considerable amount of knob pulling.

Sweet. I've always wanted to try an M2500. Love the colour too.

It's called preventative maintenance and being prepared. Or in 2 words; being professional.

This, and the low output impedance of the pre vs a passive. Below is a list of all the times that a battery has failed at any inconvenient time since I got my first active bass in 83. .

My SS Jag was very neck heavy due to the huge, long scale sized headstock and those depleted uranium tuners. It also sounded meh. Lasted a week before I swapped it for another 4 string. I agree the LS will have even worse balance.

All the reviews have been pretty consistently good, not even because it's inexpensive. I thought about getting one, even though it's an FSO, but I really don't need another 6.

This. With a pivot plate/boomerang.

From the Fender site: 6-saddle bass bridge, 17mm string spacing

It's 17mm. The A6 or a BTB, also 17mm, were going to be my suggestions. I'm sorry, but says who?

Lovely bass, enjoy. There's one of these just a little too far away from me to drive to (1600km round), but it does look nice. I need another SR 5 (or 6) like a need a hole in the head.

I'm tempted, but see nothing it adds to the other 6s I own beyond novelty. It's cheap enough but has the drawbacks of FSO aesthetics and ergonomics.

I have zero idea what you mean by this. Care to articulate including which HB?

I saw one listed om ebay out of Japan a while back, so I know of it, but never seen one in the flesh. Nice bass. https://ibanez.fandom.com/wiki/SRMS5 Info for anyone curious.

Awesome, may it be as wonderful as you hope. Not that I'd be complaining in your shoes, but I'd personally love it if the NT was visible from the front like my Cort A5 Ultra Ash or my former Alembics.

A piece of flat steel, say 10mm wide by 2mm thick, 300 or so mm long with 3 holes drilled in it, one extra on the body and 15 mins work. Not difficult with even basic hand tools and costs maybe $5. Most of the time will be spent working out the length of the bar, it's positioning above the neck line etc to place the bass at the angle and reach you want. A friend can be a big help here to hold it whilst mocking it up with the bar and gaffer tape. The real hidden beauty of this mod is that you can place the bass exactly where you prefer it and you're not limited by the bass shape and the position of stock strap pin locations. The original pivot plate is genius but unnecessary once 'you' have it positioned where you like it relative to your body. If I extract my digit, I may do this to one of mine next w/e as I'm going to change the PUs as well as fix the dogs breakfast of wiring it came with. I need the pots (mail order as I'm rural) and the steel bar from the metal shop near the shed I use.

I think there's an enormous amount of cork sniffing that goes on with PUs and pres on basses. I've owned a huge variety from Status to Alembic Series II and Bart Mk1s and the latter are nowhere near as bad as many make out. You may have different preferences, especially when listened to isolated, but there is nothing 'bad' sounding about this bass. Note, I own one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EThymuEtxw I also own an Ibanez SR706, with Mks that's getting EMG45DCs, because I'm looking for that EMG tone and am prepared to (slightly) rout the bass to fit them in, especially as it cost me so little and isn't collectable in any real way. This, or the A6, could play just about anything I could consider ever playing and with some slight EQ tweaking, both could be used in a long, wide ranging cover or wedding gig, with just about zero chance of a negative comment on tone.