I sure hope you're gonna pull out of the sale like last time.
Liverbird, have you bought it yet? If not, what are you waiting for?
SR5 20th Anniversary model - a good buy?
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I sure hope you're gonna pull out of the sale like last time.
Liverbird, have you bought it yet? If not, what are you waiting for?
strummer
Enormous Member
Emailed the seller about the weight. 10.6lbs. Darn - I knew there had to be a catch!
Maybe I should give the guys at Bass Central a call to see if they have a lighter one...
Mine is 10.5 lbs, and with a 4" it is very comfortable, even for those horribly long jam sessions
WillPlay4Food
Well-known member
I love my 20th HS maple. Most versatile bass I've ever owned. It's also the best looking and feeling one too. 
$1500 is an absolute steal. I saw the HH in the classifieds and had to weld my wallet shut, lock it in a safe and toss it into the ocean to keep myself from buying it.
$1500 is an absolute steal. I saw the HH in the classifieds and had to weld my wallet shut, lock it in a safe and toss it into the ocean to keep myself from buying it.
RobertB
Well-known member
I can't believe this thing went for $1350. Was it one of us?
oli@bass
Well-known member
A real beauty. I'd probably have hit the BIN, but I'm moving in two weeks and will need a whole load of new furniture and not another bass...
I did buy it in the end. After all the praise from you guys - this better be good!
I'm still surprised that no one else bid on it, so my opening bid of $1350 won the auction. I'm still thinking - where's the catch?
Maybe people are keener on the HH and HS models these days...
I'm still surprised that no one else bid on it, so my opening bid of $1350 won the auction. I'm still thinking - where's the catch?
Maybe people are keener on the HH and HS models these days...
RobertB
Well-known member
If a forumite didn't buy it ... I so should've bought this bass.
oli@bass
Well-known member
Congratulations! Looking forward to reading your review.
bovinehost
Administrator
I did buy it in the end. After all the praise from you guys - this better be good!
I'm still surprised that no one else bid on it, so my opening bid of $1350 won the auction. I'm still thinking - where's the catch?
Maybe people are keener on the HH and HS models these days...
Not I. I like the single H.
Jack
Spanky(Andy)
Well-known member
Man, I sooo want one of these... I had a Bongo 5 and stupidly flipped it, though I did use the money to buy a 30th Anniversary Stingray... so at least I stayed within the EBMM family.
The SR5 20th is such an amazing looking and sounding bass.
Congratulations on your purchase/score - you did extremely well
Andy (who is seriously lusting after one)
The SR5 20th is such an amazing looking and sounding bass.
Congratulations on your purchase/score - you did extremely well
Andy (who is seriously lusting after one)
bovinehost
Administrator
These are going to become hard to get in very short order. BP said that not that many were made/sold so if you get a chance.....I'm sure glad I got mine!
RobertB
Well-known member
Not I. I like the single H.
Jack
mmmm .... looks good. The bass too. Love to come share a martini with ya some time Jack. Well, not share the same one ... you know what I mean.
Liverbird .. congrats man. Catch? Everything about this one says "no catch". Those guys at audio classics are legit, man. That bass is NOS ... perfect. Plainly and simply, you just got one of the best deals I've ever seen on a musical instrument. You know the saying "if it seems too good to be true it probably is"? This is an exception.
Of course, if you end up feeling otherwise, please give me first right of refusal, and I mean that sincerely.
MrMusashi
Well-known member
1350 is a steal!!!!
i cant see how you can go wrong: you have a sr5 that looks like a sr4, a gorgeous top with that sweet sweet caramel burst color. and lets not forget the mahogany toneblock.. the b string on this bass is as good as it gets. tonal clarity, fat bottom that doesnt disappear... but you still retain the zing in the sound. 35" scale to get good tone? forgets about it.. you can haz with 34"
MrM
i cant see how you can go wrong: you have a sr5 that looks like a sr4, a gorgeous top with that sweet sweet caramel burst color. and lets not forget the mahogany toneblock.. the b string on this bass is as good as it gets. tonal clarity, fat bottom that doesnt disappear... but you still retain the zing in the sound. 35" scale to get good tone? forgets about it.. you can haz with 34"
MrM
WillPlay4Food
Well-known member
Liverbird .. congrats man. Catch? Everything about this one says "no catch". Those guys at audio classics are legit, man. That bass is NOS ... perfect. Plainly and simply, you just got one of the best deals I've ever seen on a musical instrument. You know the saying "if it seems too good to be true it probably is"? This is an exception.
Of course, if you end up feeling otherwise, please give me first right of refusal, and I mean that sincerely.
Have to agree (emphasis above mine). There's no way I'd even consider selling mine USED for that price so to get a minty new one is an incredible steal, IMO.
"he who hesitates is lost"
Hey liver,
even though I'm still only one-handed and haven't played mine, she's the only one who could help me through the grief of missing out on an '07LE Blue Dawn version SR5 or BONGO5 ... don't pass the "chance of a lifetime" every EBMM is a good buy, but the 20th is a BIG slice above regular fare ... GO!
ATB
/PL/pl
Hey liver,
even though I'm still only one-handed and haven't played mine, she's the only one who could help me through the grief of missing out on an '07LE Blue Dawn version SR5 or BONGO5 ... don't pass the "chance of a lifetime" every EBMM is a good buy, but the 20th is a BIG slice above regular fare ... GO!
ATB
/PL/pl
Big Poppa
Well-known member
TImes are tough for al lot of people and I fear it going to get a lot worse. I do not want that comment to stir a political debate...but whatever you are into there are deals. t makes it harder for us too....
Here is what we have learned so far with the Anniversary and BFR basses. Bassists dont care about figured wood like the guitarists do. They sell at a much slower pace. THey interesting thing is that with the tone block and the ood cocktail that we use they really do sound different and I think better. Oh well
Here is what we have learned so far with the Anniversary and BFR basses. Bassists dont care about figured wood like the guitarists do. They sell at a much slower pace. THey interesting thing is that with the tone block and the ood cocktail that we use they really do sound different and I think better. Oh well
jlepre
Well-known member
I have to say, I have owned about 9 different SR5's and the only one that I still have in my stable is the 20th. Tone like no other, and I guess I'm not like other bassists as I LOVE the look!
BP, I am one of the many who has had to downsize for economic reasons. That should show you and others how I feel about the 20th.
BP, I am one of the many who has had to downsize for economic reasons. That should show you and others how I feel about the 20th.
thunder
Well-known member
hell yeah!
