No argument there, I snagged one last year for $200, near mint. Only gripe is the AccuCast B200 bridge saddles with single hex screw adjustment; the saddles tend to end up tilting. Other than that, I want one in violet burst...
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Am I crazy.... Ibanez SR Basses
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No argument there, I snagged one last year for $200, near mint. Only gripe is the AccuCast B200 bridge saddles with single hex screw adjustment; the saddles tend to end up tilting. Other than that, I want one in violet burst...
Ah I remember now, started in the year 2000 looks like. Beautiful basses.
I love how the SR1200TT looks in the catalog, but in real life it appears to be a lot more green, which isn't bad, but I like how blue it looks in the catalog.
Through the 70's I was a B and J Bass guy, then in 1981 I tried an Ibanez Roadstar II that looked like a cherryburst Ric of sorts. Always made me sound good and the neck is fast and slim. I have a unique sound and I kind of grew into that sound because of Ibanez. I just bought an SR500 recently and I love the sound it puts out. I agree with many here that once you stop worrying about the price of an instrument and judge it by its own merits you have leaped far ahead in your development. I can afford probably a pretty expensive instrument but I've always been practical. I've realized you don't have to throw more money at a bass to sound good, just throw more effort into your fingers.
I love how the Ibanez sounds growly, full, distinct, and even with no dead notes anywhere on the neck. That works for me
I love how the Ibanez sounds growly, full, distinct, and even with no dead notes anywhere on the neck. That works for me
scottfeldstein
Roots and fifths and a little extra.
What was lacking in my stable was a 4 string 'active' bass with humbuckers. Ibanez had plenty of models to fill the bill. It's a matter of each person finding the right model for his/her playing style (and ears)! What I found was a 'mint' SRX model Ibanez SRX2EX1 'GC run' bass (under $200 delivered on the used market). The red color and figuring on the rosewood fretboard was an added bonus, the reds are not obvious in the photo, below.
This high quality bass doesn't ever seem to need adjustment, or tuning. It's slap friendly, and a real pleasure to pick up, and play. Since I unplug all axes after practice, the single 9v will last for a long time. If you think a 2 band EQ is not for you, perhaps you haven't tried one.
It weighs a mere 8 lbs., 4 oz.
Pics or it didn't happen!
This high quality bass doesn't ever seem to need adjustment, or tuning. It's slap friendly, and a real pleasure to pick up, and play. Since I unplug all axes after practice, the single 9v will last for a long time. If you think a 2 band EQ is not for you, perhaps you haven't tried one.
It weighs a mere 8 lbs., 4 oz.Pics or it didn't happen!
my sr705 sounds great, but the craftsmanship especially the neck is so bad. Bad nut position, notch on the nut get too low, fret not flat that cause a lot of buzz, big drop of lacquer on the back of neck....
The Ibanez soundgears are the best bass you can get for the money. I have 300 and it rocks. My only complaint is that the more high end soundgears don't come in a lefty version.
My wife plays an Ibanez Soundgear Prestige 5-string Prototype. It is an absolutely-fantastic bass, and if it had the name "Roscoe" or the like on it, the price would have been more than double what I paid for it (at the afore-mentioned Bass Specialties, by the way). It is basically this bass ...
but with a one-of-a-kind flamed maple top and back, as shown in the following picture of her playing this bass ....
but with a one-of-a-kind flamed maple top and back, as shown in the following picture of her playing this bass ....
I was talking with the guys from Ibanez USA at Gerald Veasley's Bass Boot Camp last week, and they told me that her bass is one of two such "prototypes" that were made in 2011 (one 4-string and one five-string). They are similar to production models, but not quite the same. If it were my bass, I would prefer the Nordstrand pickups (and a 9v. Aguilar OBP-3 preamp), but my wife loves the bass just as it is. I love playing it whenever I get the chance, and in some ways I prefer her Ibanez to my Fender Custom Shop Custom Classic V, which retailed for more than $4,000 when it was new, and which also has more than $500 in (Audere) preamp and (Nordstrand) pickups in it. My Fender has an absolute killer tone, and looks gorgeous, but it weighs a ton and is nowhere as perfectly-balanced as her Ibanez 5er!
I have an SR 505 that I honestly prefer over my MIA Fender Jazz and it was half the price. The SRs just have a great feel to them. And an equally pleasing price tag.
scottfeldstein
Roots and fifths and a little extra.
I've played a bunch of basses from the $900 mark all the way up to $3500 mark. I picked up a SR250 yesterday as a backup and it is by far the fastest next I've ever played on. That definitely made me a convert.
I recently bought an SR505 to compliment my Fender Deluxe Active Jazz. I had high hopes for the new Ibanez but then serious doubts once I had it in my hands. The problem was not the bass but the fifth string, of course. Even though I had been very thorough in testing fivers and was sure Ibanez had the spacing just right for me playing one exclusively was quite different from brief trials in a store. Happily, after a few weeks I do seem to be truly adapting to the bass with too many strings and hope is blossoming once more. If I had purchased a four string Ibanez instead there would have been no buyer's remorse at all. They are excellent basses and I am quite happy to have an Ibanez in my two horse stable!
Ken
Ken
My first bass was a mid 2000's SR500. I wish I would've held onto it. I've since moved around looking for another bass that was as comfortable as that SR. I had to spend a good bit more money to find the comfort, thankfully it was money well spent as I found the tone I was looking for too. I still go back and forth on buying another SR as a back up and will most likely do just that one of these days.
