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How Ibanez got it right:
I wish my Axstar was that clean. Alas, mine is a mutt. A minty example came up in the UK, but the seller wanted double what I paid for mine. Such is life.
I wish my Axstar was that clean. Alas, mine is a mutt. A minty example came up in the UK, but the seller wanted double what I paid for mine. Such is life.
I have the parts winging their way to me to do the same with my 1205 - yours looks great!
Problem with Ibanez still remains. ITs a good bass initially for the range. But if thing one happens to the neck over five years old. Good luck getting a neck. The pocket size drifts through the years according ibby US if you call the hoping for a neck. So its dead end purchase waiting for the heap. No matter how much you like it.
Only one Ibanez in my small fleet... the GWB35 fretless.
With one exception, I love absolutely everything about it. A few features of note:
- the ebonol fingerboard
- the neck profile (if you tried one, you'll know)
- the tri-wing tuners
- simple control layout
- balance
- double strap posts
- the ramp, and how it provides a continuous thumb rest
- you can make it sound like it's not fretless if your intonation is up to it
The deal breaker: string spacing at the bridge is way too tight for me....
Doc Cheese shared a clip of someone playing an upper - shelf fretted Ibanez a while back, it sounded fantastic.
With one exception, I love absolutely everything about it. A few features of note:
- the ebonol fingerboard
- the neck profile (if you tried one, you'll know)
- the tri-wing tuners
- simple control layout
- balance
- double strap posts
- the ramp, and how it provides a continuous thumb rest
- you can make it sound like it's not fretless if your intonation is up to it
The deal breaker: string spacing at the bridge is way too tight for me....
Doc Cheese shared a clip of someone playing an upper - shelf fretted Ibanez a while back, it sounded fantastic.
My criticism of Ibanez is they don’t support owners of 80s ( and 90s likely ) instruments. Just try to get any parts for them!
Ibanez got it right for me.
Enough to have me buy a bass AND a guitar from them.
Enough to have me buy a bass AND a guitar from them.
The TMB30's wider nut and thicker profile are more important than I realized at first, and I mean with regard to tone and dead spots; two years later I bought a Fender Am Pro J which now wears an Allparts PMO neck for those reasons (but it still isn't as solid as the short scale TMB 30).
I am considering the SR805SC - that is my favorite Ibanez bass.
The Talman I picked up last month is pretty sweet for the $169 I paid out the door…
The Talman I picked up last month is pretty sweet for the $169 I paid out the door…
I have an ATK305 and a Talman TMB-100. I consider both of these to be the un-Ibanezes, because of the neck profiles. Their other basses are also well made, but these are the only ones I'm interested in... so far.
I had a bad one on my 2012 SR705. I emailed them, and they promptly sent me a new one even though it was well pass the warranty. As far as I know, it only happened for a very short duration of years - then solved (bad batch of metal).
I've grown so accustom to Ibby SRs, I can't imagine playing anything else. The lightweight bodies with the shark fin contours, the thin slim neck, the small lightweight 2x2 headstock, plus pretty good electronics/pu's makes for the perfect bass as far as I'm concerned. I've got my SR1400 Premium set up in BEAD, and it sounds fantastic.
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The bridge issue is old news that kinda does not even need to come up now.
This bass has the replacement bridge. They fixed the problem let’s move on.
It is a great bass that compares favourably to my Fenders & Alembic.
This bass has the replacement bridge. They fixed the problem let’s move on.
It is a great bass that compares favourably to my Fenders & Alembic.
I have a Blazer guitar and would GAS over a Blazer Bass, not that I really NEED one. But.........
I had a Blazer guitar as well in the 80s. The missus played it live for years.
Blazers don't show up often in Oz, but they do sometimes. Last one I saw was nice, but $A800 or so.
