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01-09-2013, 01:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Napier, New Zealand. | | | Just bought a 1982 Ibanez Musician.
Always wanted one of these, a 1982 Ibanez Musician MC924. I know they're quite heavy, but they balance well, play well, and sound great. Got it for NZ$560 which is about US$450. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=548913634
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01-09-2013, 01:55 AM
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sales geek Portland Music co. | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: portland or | | | Love those...... |
01-09-2013, 01:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Avezzano AQ (Italy) | | | wow: you got a real piece of history and an excellent bass, there!!! Compliments. That was one of the last basses issued with the old body shape, before the Ibanez body standard changed for the Musician/SDGR series...
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Fender: reissue the Coronado! We would appreciate very much. Even Gibson came out with the beautiful "Midtown"!!!
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01-09-2013, 01:57 AM
|  | Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion. | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Ohio | | | Congrats nice bass I love those also.
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01-09-2013, 08:32 AM
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Endorsing Artist: No. (I wish) lol | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC Canada | | | Cool!
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TB Clubs and Gear listed in my profile.
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01-09-2013, 08:34 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boston, MA | | | Those Musician basses are one of the best basses of it's era. Or, frankly, any era. |
01-09-2013, 08:37 AM
|  | I want to be HER bicycle | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | Sweet score! I got an MC-824(passive, bolt-on, more slab-shaped) recently for a song, and actually talked a guy OUT of selling me a fretless MC-924 for $500(or pretty much whatever price I wanted to set). I had to be straight w/ him, he's a good friend- he kept it. 
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01-09-2013, 08:40 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: South Jersey | | very nice! I love those basses  I would probably put gold tuners on it but only for cosmetic reasons. Play it in health!
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W&T, Carvin, Elrick, and Fender Jazz basses
Bongo #54, Carvin #80, Fretless #295, Elrick #40
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03-05-2013, 12:24 PM
|  | Cort bassist by obligation | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Florida | | | How does this bass stack up against an equivalent model of an Aria Pro?
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03-05-2013, 01:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Oregon coast | | | I've had an '82 musician fretless on loan for about a month now. It is really well made,and between switchable active/passive modes has a nice variety of sounds. It hasn't quite delivered a "holy grail" of fretless for me,i think the multi laminate body and neck tends to dampen resonance to some degree,even with it being a neck through. OOTH,it does have some old,inexpenisve GHS flatwounds on it. I might throw a set of RW sunbeams on it to see what happens.... |
03-05-2013, 01:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | Well done! Great price, too! These are wonderful instruments. My '83 was stolen, but I still have my two '79s - a fretted (MC924) and a fretless (MC940). Love 'em.
I'm also sitting on a pair of Ibanez Studio models (ST924), which are very different, but just as heavy! Quote:
Originally Posted by bassgod76  How does this bass stack up against an equivalent model of an Aria Pro? | Very comparable in terms of quality. They sound a lot different, though. Ibanez Musicians from that era have a ton of mids.
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03-05-2013, 01:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by woodyng I've had an '82 musician fretless on loan for about a month now. It is really well made,and between switchable active/passive modes has a nice variety of sounds. It hasn't quite delivered a "holy grail" of fretless for me,i think the multi laminate body and neck tends to dampen resonance to some degree,even with it being a neck through. OOTH,it does have some old,inexpenisve GHS flatwounds on it. I might throw a set of RW sunbeams on it to see what happens.... | Sunbeams would be a good choice on these, as would GHS Compression wounds or Ken Smith Compressors. You could try a coated roundwound, too.
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03-05-2013, 06:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Haven | | | Nice. I have its bolt-on P/J cousin, the RS924, also a great bass. Bought as a teenager in London in the '90's, it is the last one I would ever get rid of.
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egad, a base tone denotes a bad age!
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03-05-2013, 06:18 PM
|  | **** | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: west coast | | Quote:
Originally Posted by woodyng I've had an '82 musician fretless on loan for about a month now. It is really well made,and between switchable active/passive modes has a nice variety of sounds. It hasn't quite delivered a "holy grail" of fretless for me,i think the multi laminate body and neck tends to dampen resonance to some degree,even with it being a neck through. OOTH,it does have some old,inexpenisve GHS flatwounds on it. I might throw a set of RW sunbeams on it to see what happens.... | If I borrowed a friends fretless that had flats on it I would make a phone call before switching over to rounds.
IMO, '78-'86 Ibanez models are among the best basses in their price range.
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03-06-2013, 04:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Michigan USA | | | I had that model bass back when it came out- 1982. Awesome bass, and yes, I remember the weight of the thing! I do remember the neck was a little bit fatter than today's Ibanez basses (or perhaps my hands were just that much smaller). Very solid bass though- I miss having it. |
03-06-2013, 04:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Greenville, NC USA | | | You know the rules! No pic = no bass!!!!!
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03-06-2013, 06:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxdusty I do remember the neck was a little bit fatter than today's Ibanez basses (or perhaps my hands were just that much smaller). | Your memory is not playing tricks on you!
The necks were much bigger circa 1977-1982. They went to a narrower neck and different p'ups in '83, but they were still much fatter than today's Ibbys.
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