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An amusing gift to yourself

I remember on a previous thread someone asked you to name an idol you had whose tone you admired; I forget the player but recall someone informing you that their mysterious and awesome tone was the result of an Ibanez Musician bass.

Have you ever been one to get a bass like this or do you find it easier to stick to the more common and still totally awesome basses like the ones we see in your tour pics or on eBay?

I'd never make a good rock star - far too tight-fisted!

(Although not too much so to jump on a cheap GT2 I saw recently. After all you've said about them, I'm eager to do an A/B with the original Sansamp which has been my go-to, always-on pedal.)
 
Well, I'd love one of those old MC924's...I already have the Aria SB1000 from that period, so what the hell. But all that ornate pearl inlay stuff? No thanks. $10K? No thanks. :)

Good on the GT2 - it's happening, I hope it works for you.

J
 
Sting used a fretless one on the second tour of the states. I had an original one way back. My first active bass. On the noisy side. the pups are actually big single coils and not reverse wound so it was a noisy bass. Had to use a noisegate in many rooms with lousy wiring like CBGB's and Max's Kansas City etc where i was playing at the time.
 
Looks pretty cool, but who's gonnah pay over $10k for an Ibanez when there are soooo many other basses out there that are more worthy and will hold or increase in value? Doubt you'd ever get even a fraction of your $10K back on that Ibanez no matter how cool it looks...
 

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