I've been wanting one of these for a while now, but holding back until the right one came along. I really loved the wood grain pattern on this one, and just couldn't let it get away - 8 lbs on the money.
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Very nice! I love that Sweetwater has pictures of each one, you get to see every variation and detail
Thanks guys, and another reason that clinched the deal is that it came with black hardware as a "Sweetwater Exclusive" rather than the normal gold which I'm not a big fan of. Mark at Sweetwater told me that Ibanez made a batch of these, and they bought the whole lot of them.
It sounds great with so many tonal possibilities with the 3 mid freq positions, and sounds absolutely fabulous in passive mode!
It sounds great with so many tonal possibilities with the 3 mid freq positions, and sounds absolutely fabulous in passive mode!
I sent it back because of a defective fret - the 7th was pressed in too hard (you could see the tooling marks on either side of the fret) which caused massive fret rattle at the 8th fret, and I couldn't get past that. Bad fret work is an anomaly with Ibanez - at least the ones I've had. Also - I just couldn't get into the sound, and it didn't sound very good though my effects pedals compared to my other Ibby's with the Bartolini systems, but it was a beautiful bass - no doubt.
Im surprised Sweetwater didn't pick that fret problem in the 55 point inspection. Im really considering the SR400DEB, SRH500, TMB30. It will come down to the SRH500 or the 400&30. I like the idea of a short scale slab base. I have a Hofner Ignition. Anyway, how did Sweetwater respond to you having to send it back?
Coincidentally I was looking at this model on SW's site today.
After I clicked the "notify me when it's in stock" I got a call immediately from a SW sales "engineer" trying to convince me that I need to put in a pre-order for this model in order to get one, because they can't keep them in stock.
He wouldn't take no for an answer, & I was pretty close to hanging up on him or telling him to please put me on the don't call list.
No more premature NGD posts from me.
I'm keeping them for at least 45 days first next time, LOL
After I clicked the "notify me when it's in stock" I got a call immediately from a SW sales "engineer" trying to convince me that I need to put in a pre-order for this model in order to get one, because they can't keep them in stock.
He wouldn't take no for an answer, & I was pretty close to hanging up on him or telling him to please put me on the don't call list.
No more premature NGD posts from me.
I'm keeping them for at least 45 days first next time, LOL
What was more troubling was that they didn't catch it the second time after sending it back for that very reason - it was put right back up for sale, and was sold less than two weeks later. Leads me to think the "55 point inspection" wasn't a very thorough job ... either time.
I generally like Sweetwater, but I bought an Ibanez BTB33 from a few years, and it, too, had a high fret. It wasn't subtle, either. It's hard to believe that it would've passed any inspection, let alone a 55 point one. Maybe they should've added a 56th point: check the 10th fret.
Thats dissapointing. I have bought some recording items and an Epiphone Wildcat, that was simply a POS,( no fault of theirs) from Sweetwater. The Ibanez bass line up I mentioned are beautiful, hard to resist but fact is I restrung my beater Yam RBX 170 that I kept over a JB. I have been hesitant to buy because of duplicating the Yam, even if the sound is a bit better. Anyway might buy the Ibanez at a brick and morter outlet. Sweetwater lost out on this sale Im sorry to say. Any TMB shorty experience? The 30.
To revive an old thread, I have one and I used it both at home and in a rehearsal room.
I play fingerstyle funk/progrock. I play on a EBS Reidmar+ Genzler T212. The bass came with D'Addario XL rounds, but I replaced immediately to TI JR364 (which sound very similar, just with reduced fundamental yet much better playability - I prefer flats usually).
This bass is about a combination of woody tone and growl. It growls better than the Warwick Corvette I had before. It is also the most comfortable long scale and diverse bass I ever had. (Perhaps G&L L2000 was as diverse, but the SR1300 is in another league of comfort, finish and I definitely prefer the sound).
The neck is thin and fast. The markings are clear and beautiful. The texture of the fretboard is just a pleasure to look at, and I don't care about that stuff too much usually.
The magical thing about this bass is the midrange switch (250,450 & 700Hz), which brings the growl to a different level. It's not super audible until you boost the midrange pot at least a bit. That means my bass finds itself mostly in active mode. It gives you a very nice choice of how to adapt to your rig and cut through your bandmates. I would assume that would reveal to be handy in jam sessions, in which you play a song or two before the next bassist is on, and you want to set up your sound quickly from the instrument that you know.
The SR1300 not as hi-fi refined in the highs like my Human Base BaseX.oc4 (which is an amazing base for that), but that's not what the SR1300 is about.
I play fingerstyle funk/progrock. I play on a EBS Reidmar+ Genzler T212. The bass came with D'Addario XL rounds, but I replaced immediately to TI JR364 (which sound very similar, just with reduced fundamental yet much better playability - I prefer flats usually).
This bass is about a combination of woody tone and growl. It growls better than the Warwick Corvette I had before. It is also the most comfortable long scale and diverse bass I ever had. (Perhaps G&L L2000 was as diverse, but the SR1300 is in another league of comfort, finish and I definitely prefer the sound).
The neck is thin and fast. The markings are clear and beautiful. The texture of the fretboard is just a pleasure to look at, and I don't care about that stuff too much usually.
The magical thing about this bass is the midrange switch (250,450 & 700Hz), which brings the growl to a different level. It's not super audible until you boost the midrange pot at least a bit. That means my bass finds itself mostly in active mode. It gives you a very nice choice of how to adapt to your rig and cut through your bandmates. I would assume that would reveal to be handy in jam sessions, in which you play a song or two before the next bassist is on, and you want to set up your sound quickly from the instrument that you know.
The SR1300 not as hi-fi refined in the highs like my Human Base BaseX.oc4 (which is an amazing base for that), but that's not what the SR1300 is about.
