Write a history book on the various lines. I'd buy a copy.
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NBD: Ibanez Roadster RS900
- Thread starter ChickWithaRic
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I was!
Didn't take any notes, though, just my first Musician bass brand new back in 1981. Now have some seven Ibanez basses, six of them from the '80s. (Not all of them bought new back then, just two of them, I believe.)
This is my fourth Ibanez. 1980s Roadster x 2, EDB605, and a BTB. I can't pick a favorite.I was!
Blue? I recall only the red (or TV as in "true violin"). He also played a Blazer occasionally which had a Super 4 pickup installed right behind the P-pickup until he seemed to switch permanently to the Roland GR bass for the last few years he had left. Of course it had a similar pickup config, a single pickup in that Stingray position.
i started a fandom page for soundgear but didn’t finish. i just have spreadsheets of specs and a huge collection of brochure images found online.
I could be very wrong, I'm sure there was a metallic blue. I think he played the Blazer with a Super 4 for the Rock Palast gig that is on DVD. One thing I do know about Phil Lynott, he had TONE.
Yeah, he had a great sound, always did. And that Stingray-ish metallic sound he had then really suited for the songs Thin Lizzy did at that time.
there's a blue rs800 on reverb that has phil lynott in the listing, so it seems someone else links him with a blue roadster
Oh jeez I wonder if that's where my subconscious mind pulled that potentiallly dubious factoid from?
Congrats. I love these old Ibanez basses. I collect them AND play them!
https://reverb.com/item/47357328-ibanez-roadster-rs800-phil-lynott-1979-blue
A refinish, must be. I believe the Lynott tag is just for the search function.
John Wetton played a black RS800 BTW.
And Philip did have another Roadster, it was a doubleneck with a guitar. He used it during his solo band gigs in the early 80's.
And that's how it starts...
My 1980 RS-940 quickly became my favourite (after fixing the fingerboard). It's pretty much the only one I play these days. Can't quite bring myself to sell the others just yet, though.
Best money I have ever spent on a bass, and I'm sure like everybody else I have spent an awful lot. Once I have it set up, it will be killer, I just know it will be. It's been well looked after and began life as a quality instrument, so what could possibly go wrong? This could become my new daily driver. Weight is good, comfort is good, I just need to get it dialled in "for me". Some way down the road I may have the active PCB rebuilt (or copied, I know people who can do that) with new caps and a more modern less noisy op-amp, but that's just gravy.
It was only when I saw this bass in the actual wood, as it were, that I thought woah... that's an Ibanez Stingray. I know the Super 4 is a single coil, but it can make the right noises.
They sure do know how to make a nice guitar.And that's how it starts...
My 1980 RS-940 quickly became my favourite (after fixing the fingerboard). It's pretty much the only one I play these days. Can't quite bring myself to sell the others just yet, though.
