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Indonesian made Ibanez basses.

Even a flimsy neck won't move when it's tuned to pitch.
It's when down-tuning that you'll notice.

I'll always recommend buying a pre-owned Premium over buying a new Standard.

The BTBs are a little different, I understand they even put stainless frets on some of the Standard models.

Maybe they also put better machine-heads on the BTBs, because my BTB300 had no issues with the machine-heads.
 
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