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Ibanez or Fender?
- Thread starter Maya403
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fender has a classic look feel and sound. ibanez has a modern look feel and sound. I don't like ibanez, but these are just my opinions. it really doesn't have to be an either/or situation
Depends - for 5ers, I actually do prefer Ibanez, but Fenders for 4 strings...
- georgestrings
I've done both and right now I am really digging Ibanez basses. But there is no reason not to have both if you have the means. Different horses for different courses, I say.
If you are looking for an Ibanez that closest matches the tone of a Fender Jazz at a nice price point, I would highly recommend the SR-370M or the SR-375M (5-string version).
If you are looking for an Ibanez that closest matches the tone of a Fender Jazz at a nice price point, I would highly recommend the SR-370M or the SR-375M (5-string version).
I normally feel the same way. However I do have one Ibanez 4-string that talks to me. But I definitely enjoy their 5-strings over Fender 5-strings, mainly because of the neck profiles.
I think there is ample room for both and I have recorded with both so it is more about tone goals for me.
Thought you'd never ask!
I had bought a used Destroyer and had it refinished by my brother. But when it came time to put it back together, I couldn't remember how it was wired, and I got the number of the Hoshino company (their parent company) in an effort to get info about how to wire it back. When I told them, the guy who answered said, "How did you get this number?" I told them I got it through a 411 search. "Well you're not supposed to be calling it, but I'll send you a wiring diagram anyway." I gave him my address and hung up.
A month went by, no diagram. I call back and get the same nonsense. When I told the guy on the phone the story, he says, "OK, hold on a second," and puts me on hold. 10 minutes later it occurs to me that I've been abandoned. I hang up because they actually charged for long distance calls back in those days.
So it may have been 20 years ago, but Ibanez can still suck it.
For me it's just the opposite.
The B string on my Jass V blows away any Ibanez I've ever played.
I say Fender all the way.
Interesting. Every Ibby B I've ever played (apart from the 35" BTB series) has been floppy, lifeless & bland.
A few Fender 5ers have been OK, but nothing spectacular.
The BTB series has a solid B & I love them.
That being said, Ibby necks are too small for my hands, and Fenders are too pricey. Hell, most people want $300 for a loaded MIM body on TB! I can buy a used MIM FULL BASS for that price. lol
Ibanez BTB, play it acoustically and you will know, it sings. I don't care what you say about Jazz basses and I have several for times when somebody only wants a Jazz.
To each their own, I suppose - I've never played a Fender 5er with a B string that I liked, and their 5er necks aren't as comfortable to me as Ibanez or EBMM... I tend to use .130 or .135 for my B strings - I don't know what you guys used... I had a BTB 575FM that had a nice B string, and sounded really good - but it's neck was too wide for my tastes, and it was a bit on the heavy side... I currently have an EBMM Sterling 5 HS, and before that had a BFR SR5 HH, so Fender's price isn't an issue for me when it comes to 5ers...
- georgestrings
I love ya, JimmyM, but.... ok,
so you dig up a non-CS phone number
for a parent company
of a secondhand bass
that you broke,
and are that upset
for two decades
because they wouldn't specially track down, photocopy, and snail mail a wiring diagram for a discontinued bass, just for you?
Would some corporate office for Fender have managed any better if you had tried to get a wiring diagram in 1993 for something that was discontinued in the '80's?
I've done both and right now I am really digging Ibanez basses. But there is no reason not to have both if you have the means. Different horses for different courses, I say.
If you are looking for an Ibanez that closest matches the tone of a Fender Jazz at a nice price point, I would highly recommend the SR-370M or the SR-375M (5-string version).
+1. I own an SR 375M and I'm amazed at how amazing the sound is, not to mention how comfortable it is to play.
So being rude and lying to a customer was acceptable in the 90's just because they couldn't send me a PDF file like they can now? And they couldn't simply and courteously give me the right number instead of making me feel like I broke the law? At least Fender was courteous when I tried to buy a part I couldn't find back then and was told I had to go through a dealer.
Nah, I'm totally in the right here, and they were jerkoffs. Grudge still stands.
I can imagine some new hire in HR or the office supplies accounts clerk getting a call from some guy looking for a wiring schematic.
Did they reply as to what the number you called was for?
