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Ibanez ATK

nickrs540

nickrs540

May 1, 2010
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San Diego, California
#1
Hey guys, I was searching the local CL and came up with this beauty.

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I see alot of people on TB going on about how great these basses are. I've never played one, but this deal just seems to good to pass it up. I emailed the seller and hopefully it's still availiable.

I'm just curious about the model. I haven't seen any like this before. He says its a special edition and it looks fantastic from what I can see.

Does any one have any Thoughts/Oppinions/Experience possibly with the model. :bassist:
 
#4
That's an ATK750. The body cap is Koa wood and you can see it has the neck pickup w/5-way selector lever. I assume it's from the last run, made in 2008.

I think it's going to be a little heavy (most ATKs are anyway) but it's very nice and a good price.

Best of luck on the deal.

Bob
 
#7
If you've never played an ATK you should get the neck dimensions. Play a similar one if you can find one. I had a lefty for a while (not the same model) and just couldn't get comfortable with the neck. It was insanely big, like a giant softball bat.
 
#14
Bobster said:
That's because you're too used to the Ashbory, spigmu ;)

The neck profile is more along the lines of a P bass, I don't think it will give you a real problem.
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hahaha, yeah, well : ) ...

Actually I was 80% on my P in the mid '80s when I got the ATK. I must have gotten an especially chunky model. It was much bigger than my P neck. Bummed me because I loved the look.
 
#16
Sorry I haven't been able to update. Don't have a computer at home so I had to wait till I got to work.

The meet up went great. Just walked in sat with it and fell in love. This bass is amazing. The Koa top is absolutely beautiful. Everything was so well done on this bass it's outstanding and it sounds even better then it looks. These pups are amazing. THe 5 way switch can give me any type of tone i'm looking for. It's like have 4 basses all in one.

I wish I could put up some good pics to show it off, but all I got is a crappy camera phone. I'll throw one on that I took, but it doesn't nearly show how amazing this bass is. Eventually I'll get some good ones and post em' in the ATK club.

Honestly the only thing that is going to bother me about this bass is how amazing condition it is. I'm going to be so over protective with it. I'm used to having semi beater basses. Other then that it's the best $380 i've spent in a long time.
 
#17
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#20
Looks awesome.

A person has to play an ATK to really understand what they are about and can do.

Truly a very versatile instrument.

To me, an ATK is very much like an SR5 in terms of "tweakability". The "character" switch is equivalent to the SR5's tone switch.

This makes the two instruments very much alike, although the ATK is quite a bit cheaper than an EBMM.

Enjoy it for a very long time,

Bob
 

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