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2000 SR840-TR Japan
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The SR840 is a Soundgear series solid body electric bass model introduced by Ibanez for 2000. It was produced in Japan by FujiGen as part of the Standard line.

The SR840 features a double-cutaway mahogany body bolted to a mahogany and bubinga neck with a 24-fret wenge fingerboard with white side dots position markers and a black headstock. Components include an accu-cast B20 fixed bridge with 19mm string spacing, and a pair of IBZ SFR-S pickups channeled through a Vari-mid 3-band EQ, a plastic nut, cosmo black hardware and gotoh tuning machines.

For the Japanese market, the SR840 was offered in a single finish. The Transparent Red (TR) with black hardware and for the European market, two finishes were offered: The Transparent Blue (TB) and Transparent Red (TR) with gold hardware.

The SR840 was only offered in 2000.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for SR840
Model name: SR840
Year(s) offered: 2000
Sold in: Japan / Europe
Made in: Japan
Price: MSRP: JP¥ 80,000 (2000)
Finish(es): Transparent Blue (TB)Europe only / Transparent Red (TR)
Body
Body type:
Solid body
Body material:
Mahogany
Neck joint:
AANJ
Bridge:
Accu-cast B20 (fixed) (19mm string spacing)
Knob style:
Plastic (black)
Hardware color:
Cosmo black (Japan)
Gold (Europe)
Neck
Neck type:
SR4DX (Japan)
SR4 (Europe)
Neck material:
5-piece mahogany/ bubinga
Scale length:
864mm / 34"
Fingerboard material:
Wenge
Fingerboard inlays:
White side dots
Frets:
24 / medium
Nut:
Black plastic (38mm)
Machine heads:
Gotoh
Electronics/ Strings
Pickup configuration:
HH
Bridge pickup:
IBZ SFR-SB bridge
Neck pickup:
IBZ SFR-SN neck
Electronics:
Vari-mid 3-band
Controls:
Volume / Balance / Vari-mid 3-band EQ
Battery:
9V
Output jack:
¼" stereo (side mounted)
String gauge (factory):
.045/.065/.085/.105
Factory tuning:
1G,2D,3A,4E (E standard)

Images[]

SR840-TB (Europe w/ gold harware)
2000 SR840-TB
Front of body
2000 SR840-TB rear
Rear of body
SR840-TR (Europe w/ gold harware)
2000 SR840-TR front
Front of body
SR840-TR rear
Rear of body
Additional details
2000 SR840 headstock
Headstock
2000 SR840 tuners
Gotoh tuners
SR840 inlays
Wenge fretboard w/ white side dots

Sources[]

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