Nice score! That's about as perfect of a beginner bass as you can get and totally unbeatable for that price. Those soundgear necks are the best
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NBD: Ibanez SR300
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Congrats!! I've owned both an SR800 and 900. The ibanez SR series really is top notch!
Congrats. Part of what got me hooked on Ibanez 22 years ago was the combination of excellent design, build, and materials — and the fact that deals always come up if you’re looking!
as for amps, I have two suggestions. 1. An old heavy Peavey rig of any kind. 2. Or find a GK Backline 600 and run it through whatever speaker you have on hand. Then save up for a good cabinet later on.
Option 2 sets you up for never needing to buy another amp, just save for a good cabinet while you work on your skills.
I do recommend you getting a traditional class AB amp instead of one of the little miracle lightweights so that you can learn how your bass interacts with the natural traditional amp electronics.
Peavey Basic 112 is a great bedroom amp and they're all over for about $100 used. Older Fender Rumbles are good values as well. The Rumble 100 from the early 2000's (control panel faces front not up) have more power and a 15 instead of the 60/12 of the Peavey. Used they're around $200.
I just measured the shaft with my calipers and it measured about 5.9mm, so I think 6mm will be the right size. I guess I'll find out soon.
I had one just like that and 2 SR-400s (nearly the same thing) great basses, great necks and good sounding. Seems you got a fantastic deal!
Yes - the metric shafts are 6mm. Setscrew knobs are plentiful. See eBay if you can't find one easily.
Yes - the metric shafts are 6mm. Setscrew knobs are plentiful. See eBay if you can't find one easily.
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I stand corrected.
I know my SR500 has the 1/4" pots. Maybe models like the SR300/400 use 6mm pots? I have an SR300E, I haven't had an opportunity to check what diameter pots that one uses, I was assuming the same as my SR500.
I’m sure someone more experienced with Ibanez will be able to tell from the model number. If you cannot sense a funny smell from it I guess you’re good to go. I think they stopped using that material about 15 years ago anyways.
No it's not Luthite. Soundgear basses are wood.
Comment was referring to the Ibanez Ergodyne series, most of them, except for some later models were indeed made of luthite. Ergodyne models are labeled with "E" at the beginning. eg. EDA900, EDB600, EDC700 etc. so easy to tell. I've owned quite a few of the Ergodyne basses and actually liked them.
Did you get the characteristic smell I’ve read about off of them?.
I've owned maybe six of them at various times, but all of them were used as I bought them quite a few years after production of the Ergodyne series ceased. They went with the luthite material because the bodies were often molded in such a way with contours to ergonomically fit around the body when playing it. The experiment failed as most people didn't like the luthite material. Maybe because they were used and years removed from being brand spanking new, but the smell (often described as a petroleum like odor) wasn't at all noticeable except maybe when you open the electronics cavity, then you get a slight whiff of it. My favorite was the EDC700.
Can't remember what wood the early SR300 were made of, I believe Agathis or basswood. I had an orange one (like the op) and a red with maple fretboard.
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I can send you a knob for free. Just let me know. I have extras for this model. I'll cover shipping as well.
These are great. I used a Mk VI head and a Scorpion 15 for years on stage before I started to DI in. Still have it now and it works fine, but weighs about the same as a small apartment building. For a fixed practice or rehearsal space rig, for the price you can pick one up, you won't do better.
I don't as basically the class of amp is irrelevant to tone in a bass rig; note this is coming from a EE who's designed and built hundreds of amps, and repaired, restored and modified literally thousands more over the last 30+ years.
Get whatever has the feature set you want/need, that you're happy to carry around, a brand with a reputation for reliability that's at a price you can afford.
Excellent bass BTW.
It's not as the luthite bodies were all solid colour and that's flamed maple top over a mahogany body. I'm also pretty sure all the luthites were EDBxxx.
