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10-11-2011, 03:57 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Central Ohio | | | Ugly-Duckling Ibby (Ugliest Bass On TB!) For Cheap
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I always seem to attract these ugly-ducklings.
This here is a 1980's Made In Japan Ibanez RB680 Roadstar II. I'd say just a hair under 9 lbs. EMG's. Rosewood board. Truss rod turns in either direction. Neck is, IMO, staright and true. Some fret wear. Quite a bit of honest players wear. Strung with either DR Sunbeams or Lowbeams (can't remember).
I'm assuming the bass was originally all black (headstock, neck and body). It looks like somebody attached some stickers to the body and then maybe tried to put a clear coat of something over the stickers? Not sure....But the stickers have mostly come off and remnants of the clear coat are still on the body. That's where you get the ugly from. Also, I recut a slot for the G string as it was waaaaaaay out of line with the rest of the strings (the gap between the G and D string was hee-YUGE) and was driving me crazy. Strings are all equal distance from one another now.
The good:
--So ugly it's borderline cool.
--Nice player as-is.
--Everything is 100% functional.
The bad:
--So ugly it's borderline not cool. $175 + shipping from 43065, Powell, OH, just NW of Columbus. Thanks!
(EDIT: The bass looks worse in person. And the "matte" look is only on the front of the body. The back, neck and headstock are all high-gloss.)
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Last edited by The Diaper Geni : 10-31-2011 at 09:13 AM.
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10-11-2011, 03:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Central Ohio | | | Serial number and a shot of the nut.
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10-11-2011, 04:31 PM
|  | Uber Bass Geek :p | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Middle GA | | dude..... dat ain't dat ugly at all 
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10-11-2011, 04:52 PM
|  | Brock Effin Samson | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Pittsburgh | | Ibanez RB680. Very cool  |
10-11-2011, 05:22 PM
|  | Fan of the N.O. Saints | | | | | That bass has character. How bad is the fret wear?
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10-11-2011, 10:15 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Seoul, South Korea | | | Definitely more cool than ugly.. You don't see a lot of basses with a matte finish... |
10-12-2011, 07:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Central Ohio | | Quote:
Originally Posted by madbassplaya  That bass has character. How bad is the fret wear? | Mmmmmm...I'd call the fret wear "medium". IMO, not time for any fret work. Again IMO, there's plenty of fret height for a fret level.
It's a tough call on describing fret wear as it's a pretty subjective thing. I'm not too picky about fret wear, so keep that in mind.
And thanks for all the "that's not too bad", but it does look worse in person! And the finish isn't matte. That's the leftovers from whatever was applied to the front of the body. The rest of the bass is still high-gloss.
The bass does have a darn nice tone and if you're like me and dig those in-between Precision and Jazz necks then you'd be pleased with this neck.
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10-12-2011, 08:00 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | To quote Boon from Animal House, "we're willing to trade looks for a certain morally casual attitude."
Words to live by.....
I'll play any bass that feels and sounds great - good luck with the sale!
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10-12-2011, 08:12 AM
|  | Anarchist Dalek | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Saint Louis, MO | | bumping a great punk rock bass 
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10-12-2011, 11:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Central Ohio | | | Thanks again for all the BUMPS! I've gigged it more than a few times and it sounds very good in a mix. Especially leaning on that bridge pickup. Is it going to replace your $2,000 boo-teek? No. But for a buck-seventy-five it's worth the price of admission.
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10-17-2011, 02:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Central Ohio | | | BUMP!
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10-17-2011, 07:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Haven | | | That would be the black sheep of my Ibanez collection... I have a P, a PJ, an HH. A JJ would be cool.
Trade you a steinberger spirit 5 with a perfect playing but ugly defret?
nm, i see local pu only...
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10-17-2011, 09:08 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Southwest Virginia | | | As long as there are Warwicks in the classifieds, this ain't even in the top ten of ugly. Or is that 'bottom ten'?
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10-17-2011, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by TimWilson As long as there are Warwicks in the classifieds, this ain't even in the top ten of ugly. Or is that 'bottom ten'? | Oh no he di'int!!!
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10-18-2011, 07:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Southwest Virginia | | | Sho' 'nuff did. I'd take this over any 'Wick. Stripped, sanded, and refinished, this bass would be right purty, I say.
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10-18-2011, 09:59 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Auburn, CA | | | Its kinda cool. looks like a great bass for some of those sketchy bars.
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11-01-2011, 12:01 PM
|  | Soaking up the cathode rays... | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada | | | Ohh I like 'em dirty...
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11-01-2011, 12:38 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: North Central Texas | | | I need the tuners
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11-01-2011, 06:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Central Ohio | | Quote:
Originally Posted by handofseven PM'd | And PM returned.
As far as the tuners go, I'm not planning on parting the bass out.
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11-02-2011, 02:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Central Ohio | | | Couple of shots of the headstock by request:
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