SR506E

SR506E Brown Mahogany (more images)

The SR506E is a six string Soundgear series solid body electric bass model introduced by Ibanez for 2019. It is made in Indonesia as part of the standard line. It replaced the SR506.

The SR506E features a double-cutaway okoume body bolted to a jatoba and walnut neck with a 24-fret jatoba fingerboard with abalone oval position markers. Components include a pair of Bartolini BH2 passive pickups with an Ibanez custom preamp with a bypassable three-band EQ, an Accu-cast bridge with 16.5mm string spacing, a plastic nut and Ibanez tuning machines.

For 2021 the fretboard material was changed to rosewood, the hardware was changed to black (from black matte).

The SR500E and SR505E are similar four and five string models.

Specifications

Specifications for SR506E

Model name: SR506E Year(s) produced: 2019–2021 Sold in: Asia & Africa / China / Europe / Japan / North & South America and Oceania / USA Made in: Indonesia Finish(es): Brown Mahogany (BM)
Body Body type: Solid body Body material: Okoume Neck joint: AANJ Bridge: Accu-cast B506 fixed (16.5mm string spacing) Knob style: B20 (volume & balancer) & B15 (3-way EQ) plastic knobs Hardware color: 2019–2020: Black matte 2021: Black	Neck Neck type: SR6 Neck material: 5-piece jatoba/ walnut Scale length: 864mm / 34" Fingerboard material: 2019–2020: Jatoba 2021: Rosewood Fingerboard inlays: Abalone ovals Frets: 24 / medium Nut: Plastic (54mm) Machine heads: Ibanez die-cast	Electronics/ Strings Bridge pickup: Bartolini BH2 bridge passive Neck pickup: Bartolini BH2 neck passive Electronics: Ibanez Custom Electronics 3-band EQ w/EQ bypass switch Controls: Master volume / balancer / EQ bypass toggle / 3-way mid-frequency toggle / treble / mid / bass Battery: 9V Output jack: ¼" stereo barrel (angled face mount) String gauge (factory): 032/.045/.065/.085/.105/.130 (D'Addario EXL165 + .032/.130) Factory tuning: 1C,2G,3D,4A,5E,6B (B Std.)

About this table

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Images

Additional details

Controls layout

EQ frequency response

Front of body

Rear of body

Sources

• 2019 USA winter new product catalog (page 22)
• SR506E product page, Ibanez North America, archived October 2019
• SR506E product page, Ibanez Europe, archived January 2020
• SR506E product page, Ibanez Asia & Africa, archived January 2021