The Ibanez Club (Part 5)

[IngerAlb]

It looks great

[Yesplz]

Ibanez SR1300PM I'll join

[ChrisCassisi]

Originally Posted by flashboom

That SR805 is sweet! So is the SR800 for us 4-string lovers. I've been looking at getting an SR700 which seems to have the same electronics. I wonder if the extra $100 for the SR800 would be worth it. Aren't you just buying a prettier piece of wood? Not that there is anything wrong with that.

In my opinion the extra $100 is worth it. I like burl poplar more than flame maple. My best piece of advice would be to try both because its all personal preference.

[AndroWal]

Originally Posted by Toptube

and again will echo that you must have gotten a bass with a heavier neck and a lighter body, than usual. Every SR variant I've tried has balanced with the head-stock at about 2 o'clock. Maybe you can return it for a different one?

I think this is correct...I have had two SR1005s, one still in the stable, and neither has neck-dive.

I really like this SR1205...except the neck-dive! I can return it, but am having thoughts of adding weight to it in some fashion. Crazy I suppose. I haven't but just am going open the cavity to learn how much space is there for some lead weights! I did a bit of testing with a bag hung from the end of my bass strap and I need about .6 to .7 lbs. to balance the bass. Quite a lot!

I hesitate to return, as I have to rely on store-people to make the determination if another bass doesn't have the dive or less....and the one in my hands has great intonation, sound, etc.

[stingray69]

Originally Posted by IngerAlb

He he, I used to own more, then sold all of them to get a Warwick Thumb (followed by a pair of Corvettes) and then finally switched back to Ibbys because - simply put - we click. The W were nice tone wise, but hated everything else, while the SRs always felt like home.

Why so many? I've learned (the hard way) to always have a backup so after buying the 1st SR I had to get its pair; then curiosity and a couple of lucky chains of events got me the rest of the herd (most of them were bought at discount prices and stuff). Unlike others, I don't like (nor need) to own different sounding instruments and I feel comfortable playing on basses with the same specs (especially the neck) so I'd be able to rotate them without any adjusting period. That's what works for me

+1

And it's nice to have a source of Ibby experience in the thread that spans that many models.

[IngerAlb]

Tnx

[anandogs]

Hey what happened to the soundgear club? Can't seem to find it on TB anywhere

[PDGood]

The Soundgear club, part 2

[viking power]

Thanks for the number!

[anandogs]

Originally Posted by PDGood

The Soundgear club, part 2

Thanks

[Beethoven]

Number please.

[AaronMB]

Count me in, too - please, thanks!
SR480

[PDGood]

Went to a pawn shop today and they had three or four Ibanez basses. Of course, none of them were the really nice ones you see on here. Best one was a 405.

[armybass]

Here are my two....until I score another few of these on eBay
1987 RB 800...needing an original truss rod cover and knobs

SRX2-EX2 or something like that....

[PDGood]

I'm a huge fan of the SRX series as you can tell by my signature. What can you tell us about the sound of the RB800? How would you compare it to the SRX?

[armybass]

Originally Posted by PDGood

I'm a huge fan of the SRX series as you can tell by my signature. What can you tell us about the sound of the RB800? How would you compare it to the SRX?

Oh wow....night and day. The Lo Z PJ pickups in the RB800 and the super thin, lightning fast neck are like night and day to the big old honking SRX. The SRX has way more bottom and girth to it where then RB is burpy mids. This is a lame way to put it, but the SRX is a big mean P Bass on steroids and the RB is a jazzy, middy EMG-ish 80's kinda bass. I like them both but for my money I prefer the RB800 hands down. It is the sound of my youth and just is such an incredibly fast and easy playing bass. I want every one of them that I see.

[PDGood]

Thanks for the description. I love the fast necks too and all of mine have that. The thing I love about SRXs is the versatility. If I'm going into a room I haven't been in before or playing with a band I haven't played with before, that's what I take. The neck pickup as you said is full, deep and bright and covers those sort of needs. Both pickups together gives more of a Jazz bass sound and just the bridge really goes to the Jaco side, although I seldom use bridge only.

But I've always wanted to hear what a P/J combination sounds like with that wonderful Ibanez body/neck.

Is the 800 the only one that has the sound you like? Seems like there are a lot of models that have the P/J.

Also, what is the RB line? I haven't heard those letters before. Is SR is Soundgear, what is RB?

[armybass]

From what I understand the RB 800 was the first sound gear bass made in 1987 but Hamer threatened to sir over the Headstock shape and the SR800 came out the next year or something like that. There are other PJs like the 400, 1000 and 1200 but I think the only difference is the quality of the wood or finish. The 800s are the only ones I have any experience with. I am no Ibby expert and all of my info could be dead wrong. Just what I have pieced together over the years.

The SRXs are indeed versatile. I think the design and pickup placement is brilliant.

[armybass]

Hamer threatened to "sue"...... Not sir lol.

[IngerAlb]

Originally Posted by PDGood

Also, what is the RB line? I haven't heard those letters before. Is SR is Soundgear, what is RB?

RB = Roadbass.