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IBANEZ SR1405E PREMIUM REVIEW

#41
squiresuzuki said:
Please tell...
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I loved the Bass, it just had a ton of fret buzz, sent it to mike and he milled the frets. I got it back and it was just as bad..

he wanted me to come to his place with it but at the time I had just had a stroke so traveling wasn't a good thing. so rather than dealing with the stress anymore I traded it in for an Ibanez lol..

to be Honest I picked up the Ibanez 505 as a joke because it was so ugly.. started playing it and was blow away with the sound.. I ended up trading the Mtd for it, then when the pb655 came out I grabbed that and it's been my main bass ever since..
 
#42
Mach1FT said:
I loved the Bass, it just had a ton of fret buzz, sent it to mike and he milled the frets. I got it back and it was just as bad..

he wanted me to come to his place with it but at the time I had just had a stroke so traveling wasn't a good thing. so rather than dealing with the stress anymore I traded it in for an Ibanez lol..

to be Honest I picked up the Ibanez 505 as a joke because it was so ugly.. started playing it and was blow away with the sound.. I ended up trading the Mtd for it, then when the pb655 came out I grabbed that and it's been my main bass ever since..
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Man if you ever get rid of the 655 please contact me :) seriously, those things are beautiful. What color is it?
 
#43
C5DEMON said:
I completely agree with you on the look of the 5000's I think they're ugly (sorry guys, don't hate me). actually, truth be told, I've been trying to like this years high end SR models but I think most of them look terrible compared to years past. The SR4000 and SR4500 series look like something you'd see on an SR300 and SR500 series basses and for $1500-$1900, it should look as good as the SR1200 or SR1400E IMO. You'll not be disappointed with a 1405 and i assume a 1205; the price, playability, tone... It's the total package.
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I hate that Ibanez is starting to do all of their high end basses in natural finishes or stains. I like color on my basses.
 
#45
They don't really compare honestly. I've played prob 6 or 7 cirrus in my life, all 5 and 6ers, but they are just so dull on their tone i've never liked them. They play similarly if you have the natural finished neck on a cirrus but i believe the SR is thinner and the string spacing is 16.5mm. For the price of the SR, you can't beat it. I can type on here all day about it, but when you play one... you'll see :D
 
#49
I played on the then new Prestige SR5000E when they first came out in 09 i think it was at the Ibanez distrubutiors here in Oz thru a Promethian bass set and i found the sound to be dull and undynamic sounding and ones of the eq pots felt like it had a bent shaft:eek..these basses retail hare for about 4 grand Aus here which is a lot of money....maybe its case of too many laminates of timber maybe....a freind of mine back in the mid 90s bought a top of the range SR 1300 PM with a mohogany core and Paduak back n front and it souned like this one...just dull..he bought it after playing my basswood SR800 and he wasnt very impressed:( and sold it shortly afterwards... i own four SRs starting with a 87 SR800 which i bought new in 88 and all of them are very dynamic sounding basses...

Leslie
 
#50
C5DEMON said:
solid color? nah, it would make them look cheap imo. i can buy a gio and put nords in it ;)
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This doesn't look cheap to me: ;)

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#53
C5DEMON said:
But can someone answer this: When did Ibanez start thinking they were a boutique company?
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1977? :D

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Maybe '78? :hiding:

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edit: and if anyone is still listening to me after posting that Bob Weir Geetar, I think those photos point out why Ibanez is right to go with natural wood stains-- that's what was in fashion when the company was putting out its first half decade worth of innovative, beautiful, unique, and musically rewarding axes. (Think of all the fenders that got stripped in the '70s :crying: ) Sure, they hit their stride through the '80s with the SR's, but natural wood is a part of the brand's rightful heritage and brand image.

Not to mention I love natural stains!
 
#55
No, my post is mostly about Ibanez having a rightfully boutique heritage that goes back thirty plus years. :) Ever play one? Let me argue the point with you a bit:

In the context of the era that they were being produced, I'd call them boutique. What else was out there? Alembic? I'd argue that those late '70's Ibanez basses were as boutique as any current SR. Boutique for me means beauty, innovation, fit and finish, and above all, playability and tone. I don't see any evidence that any sub $1500 basses around these days have any more craftsmanship in their manufacture than the Matsumoku factory basses-- especially the nice ones. If a modern SR is boutique, so is a Musician. Unless you're saying that the Gio with Nordies suggested above = boutique.
 
#56
Ritter, Elrick, Smith, Benavente are boutique: exotic woods usually multi layered some with top quality grains, nice pickups (bart, nord etc.) and preamp (bart, nord, aggie, audere) capable of versatile tone.

The Ibanez musician is a good bass, I love the look of it and it does have versatile tone for a vintage bass, but it's versatility almost emulates the other basses of it's time i.e. fender p or J, EB-O and even alembic's thin snappy tone. I do agree that "back in it's day" it may have been boutique but I don't feel that it can compete with the basses of today. I just can't put an Ibanez musician next to a Benavente and say that they're in the same category ya know.

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#57
I don't think there's anything special about being a "boutique" bass.

I play Ibanez for their build quality, fit and finish, and unmatched playability and comfort.

I like the aesthetic qualities of Ibanez sound gear basses when it comes to their shape, but I am not a fan of natural finishes or wood colored stains.

I like blues, reds, white, black, and such. I like stains, translucent and solid colors.

Look at the SR700 and 400 series, they look beautiful, IMO. I just really wish some of their top-level instruments had more color choices like those.
 
#58
I think we agree-- I am talking about in the context of "back in the day." But your argument that boutique can't emulate the P or J kind of doesn't jibe with the modern popularity of Sadowsky et al.

Also,

Affirma:

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wouldn't look out of place if I sneaked one of these onto the Benevente Namm display...

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Do they look out of place here...?
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Maybe I just drank the kool aid :D
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A wall of those new Ibanez axes in '78 would have left a similar impression to that Benevente coffee table sale in the 2000's... :)

All I'm saying is that I dig that SR-- I just think its heritage goes back a ways.
 
#59
Sadowsky's try to have that classic fender sound tho and a sticker price doesn't make it boutique, it' just another jazz bass to me. I really wish Ibby would have stuck with the affirmia series. There were around 8 different models and they all look pretty good, I 've never played an affirmia, but I have played the EDA900 and the single pickup is very limited on tone. A dual pickup version would have helped so much.
 

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