Where to get 79 Ibanez Musician Active Electronics?

Bass for Beef · #1 08-03-2006, 12:45 AM

Hey
My sister just got a 79 Ibanez musician and she needs a new circuit board for the thing. We're trying to stay stock so anyone got any ideas?

bongomania · #2 08-03-2006, 01:42 AM

They aren't nearly as collectable as old Fenders, so staying stock won't be super important in terms of resale value. Also, I had an '80 Musician, and the preamp was warm but kind of noisy, and the EQ was not awesome IMO... so I would recommend getting an altogether new preamp rather than spending any dough on refurbishing an original one. Just my 2 cents of course. Depending on the preamp, your resale value might go up!

ptuckerbass · #3 08-03-2006, 04:23 AM

I have a '78 MC-920 Musician. I agree with Bongomania in regards to the stock preamp being noisy, particularly when the treble is boosted. I replaced my stock preamp with a Basslines 3 band (pick-up blend with slap contour) and the bass is more useable with it. I'm holding on to the stock preamp just in case...
Good luck.