I am a metal guitarist but I happen to play bass in a second band. I own an Ibanez SRX 705 which is around 22 years old. Good instrument but it sports a lousy bridge that, for reasons known only to Ibanez designers, offers only ONE height adjustment screw, thus leading to a nearly impossible task of adjusting independent saddle height... After suffering the aforementioned frustration for years I decided it was a time for an upgrade. Keep in mind that the bass is NOT my main instrument so I opted for a more affordable solution so I ended up ordering the Gotoh 404BO-5 hoping things would go as planned... Boy, was I PLEASANTLY surprised... The installation was quite easy, as my luthier assured me, and the end result is beyond describable! The feel is great, the string spacing is ideal, the quality looks top notch and last, but certainly not least, the sound improvement is remarkable! What really did the trick is that the low B string suddenly stopped sounding mushy!!! The overall sound is tight, more projected and focused, resulting in a way better playing experience. Invest fearlessly!