General
Model Number
SRBK-15
Series
SR style
Body Information
Body Material
Ash
Body Shape
SR style
Body Finish
Sealed
Neck Information
Neck Material
Maple
Neck Finish
Unfinished
Scale Length
34" / 864mm
Fingerboard Material
Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius
12"
Number of Frets
24
Frets
Medium Jumbo, Nickel Silver
Nut Material
Plastic
Nut Width
1 5/8"
Position Inlays
Acrylic Dot
Truss Rod
2-Way-Action
Truss Rod Nut
4 mm Hex
Hardware & Electronics
Finish
Black
Pickup Configuration
2 x HB
Pickups
Ceramic Pickups
Controls
2V, 2T
Bridge
Fixed bridge
Tuning Machines
Gotoh Style
Potentiometers
Full Sized Pots
Misc
Includes all mounting screws, strap buttons, and plates
Accessories
Includes
Hex Adjustment Keys & Instrument Cable
Robin –
I built the SRBK-15 5 string bass for my son who is a fantastic bass player. It turned out great and the intonation and action are perfect! It plays wonderfully. It is a great bass kit at a very reasonable price!
michel denis (verified buyer) –
Cool! très facile a assembler, les pièces ( pick-up hardware knobs)…de bonne qualité pour le prix.
et vous permet de teindre ou peindre a votre gout.
instruction et qualité du bois très bonne.
A1. merci.
brian hunt (verified buyer) –
so far so good still working on it, the sealer sanded off ok, the tuner hole for the g string was off towards the center other than that it’s coming out really nice, be thumping in no time. I will be trying the quilted PRS style kit next. thank you.
D Becker (verified buyer) –
For the most part, a good kit. The neck and body were shaped and routed well, the wood was good, and all the parts were there and of reasonable quality.
I had to sand flat the area where the bridge sits, otherwise the curve of the body would keep it from attaching securely. It ended up securely mounted but sloped back slightly, so moving a saddle back requires raising it as well to keep the action correct.
I also had to carve a flat rim around the holes for the pots near the outer edge, again because of the curve of the body (the nuts wouldn’t fit flat to the body otherwise).
I used Ernie Ball regulars (45-130) instead of the included strings, and found that I had to enlarge the hole on the bridge for the 5th string and widen the nut slots to fit them.
The frets also needed levelling, and the action at the nut was *way* too high, but after dealing with those issues the neck is great.
Although there were a few things to fix, it was all manageable and it turned out great at the end. It was much better than the last kit I built (which was purchased elsewhere).
texsoft (verified buyer) –
This is better than I ever expected for a DIY bass. The neck is so true and well set up it made my Epiphone jealous. Sanding is in progress on the body and is slow going…non-a/c workshop. I am going with a hand rubbed gloss finish without staining. I like the natural wood look. The only issue I have with any of this is one thing… the plug mount. The hole once drilled to size from the outside should have had a reverse spot-face on the inside to level out the hole. This would give the attaching washer and nut more of a flat surface for tightening. All in all, the bass is coming along quite well… (pictures at 11)
tim.fugate (verified buyer) –
Not bad but not good. My kit had a lot of issues, the neck pocket was very loose, the pickup cavities had too large of a radius so the pickups just didn’t really fit in the holes, and the fretboard was made from two pieces but the tiny little bit they used for the second piece wasn’t glued very well so the seam is separating. The bridge screws are also too long. They bottom out in the pilot hole before the bridge is anywhere near secure.
The kit in general has some inherent problems as well. The electronics cover should have a recess so it can sit flush with the surface of the body but it doesn’t have that so you have to tighten it and force it around the curve of the guitar. The jack has a nice counter bore on the outside but inside the electronics bay, you have to tighten the nut on a pretty extreme curve so it’ll never tighten well.
Overall, I don’t hate it. I can overcome a lot of these shortcomings with some elbow grease, but this certainly isn’t a kit where all you’ve got to do is prep it, paint it, and put it together.
texsoft (verified buyer) –
Finished…this one was fun. I am making an addition to my original post on: August 29, 2022. I finished assembling the bass once all of the small issues were settled like the pickup springs are useless. I opted for Fender pickup foam normally used under jazz bass pickups…worked perfect. I copper taped the control cavity and cover. It took me a while to figure out my neck adjustments but I got it. With some D’Addario NYXL strings and a Fender Rumble 100…”It ain’t bad”. Thanks guys!!