Ibanez RD 500, a steal!

[Arjank]

After playing my new Ibanez RD500 for 2 month, I can say it's a very, very good bass for it's price.

I 1st tried a squier 70's modified jazz, but after a week a brought it back to the store. What a piece of crap!
The fretjob was bad, medium-low action was not possible.
Also, the tone was not that good. The G-string sounded to trebly and metallic.
Then I tried the Ibanez RD500, wow, what a difference with the squier. The Ibanez sounds more like a 70's model jazzbass then the squier. Actually, I can make the Ibanez sound like Marcus Millers bass (together with my BBE tube-preamp).

The Ibanez RD500 is a steal.

 

[diamondsplit]

After playing my new Ibanez RD500 for 2 month, I can say it's a very, very good bass for it's price.

I 1st tried a squier 70's modified jazz, but after a week a brought it back to the store. What a piece of crap!
The fretjob was bad, medium-low action was not possible.
Also, the tone was not that good. The G-string sounded to trebly and metallic.
Then I tried the Ibanez RD500, wow, what a difference with the squier. The Ibanez sounds more like a 70's model jazzbass then the squier. Actually, I can make the Ibanez sound like Marcus Millers bass (together with my BBE tube-preamp).

The Ibanez RD500 is a steal.

i found one at very low price they seem nice its worth going for

 

[Arjank]

i found one at very low price they seem nice its worth going for

Yep, I still use the RD500, my favorite 4-string, I even prefer it over my Ibanez SR1200-VNF with Nordstrand pickups.

 

[UNICORN BASS]

Loved everyone i have ever played.

 

[MattNY]

Are the necks on these akin to the ATK neck or slim and fast like that of the sound gear line?

 

[UNICORN BASS]

Much like the ATK's.

 

[MattNY]

Ohhhhh sweeetttt! I love the neck on my ATK. Are they tonally similar? I like my ATK 200 tone, but I need a neck PUP to get a bit deeper..

 

[Bass V]

Ohhhhh sweeetttt! I love the neck on my ATK. Are they tonally similar? I like my ATK 200 tone, but I need a neck PUP to get a bit deeper..

I thot those were famed for their low end beef, what happened?

 

[MattNY]

It does have low end beef, but to my ears the mid range is lacking: those low mid, throaty growly sounds are not that present. It does have the high mid growl and deep bass for sure.