Well I say new bass day, I got this bass a week ago, after my Squier Mike Dirnt Signature decided to die on me (complete and utter failure of all the cheap hardware) really, that bass was just abused all its life, (don't worry folks, one day when I find the money to do a projects the good parts will be used again, the seymour duncan SPB-3's shall be used).
But anyway, in a quick rush I got down to the local guitar shop I explained to the owner of the shop what had happened and that my band was going to be touring france in 3 days!, he then directed me over the Ibanez range of basses, as a fan of the fenders and musicmans I never thought I would have even thought about buying an Ibanez bass, but after sitting down with the bass and playing it, I started to realise how good this guitar was, well put together, great set-up, lovely active bass sound, nice fast neck, every guitar in the range was the same!
Being on a budget of around £300 (I am only a student) I bought the SR300 in a lovely white finish which glistens in the sunlight. Adding a strap, new lead, set of strings and talking the manager into giving me a bit of discount as the guitar was a display model, I managed to seal the deal at £315.
I have just come back of the tour I did with my school swing band, who play everything from Glen Miller to Abba to The Commodores, the bass fitted in perfectly, the electronic preamp was pumping some beautiful sounds through the school's Ashdown amp. The guitar was very reliable, it gigged 3 times within a week, once in northern france, once near paris and once more in the south, everytime I got it out of the Coffin Case (not a perfect fit due to the Ibanez SR300 being a slim bass, but nothing a custom foam job couldn't sort) it was in tune and ready to play.
Due to the bass being a display model I am now going to do a restring and clean up of the bass, it's first since it has left the factory, a set of rotosound swing bass strings 105-45 should be the perfect match, and a nice clean up with the Dunlop Guitar Tech Kit should make my beauty shine.
Overall I would recommend any bass in the Ibanez SR range, they all seem to fit the bill and can compete with the big names of the bass world even if you're on a budget.
Any questions please don't hold back
But anyway, in a quick rush I got down to the local guitar shop I explained to the owner of the shop what had happened and that my band was going to be touring france in 3 days!, he then directed me over the Ibanez range of basses, as a fan of the fenders and musicmans I never thought I would have even thought about buying an Ibanez bass, but after sitting down with the bass and playing it, I started to realise how good this guitar was, well put together, great set-up, lovely active bass sound, nice fast neck, every guitar in the range was the same!
Being on a budget of around £300 (I am only a student) I bought the SR300 in a lovely white finish which glistens in the sunlight. Adding a strap, new lead, set of strings and talking the manager into giving me a bit of discount as the guitar was a display model, I managed to seal the deal at £315.
I have just come back of the tour I did with my school swing band, who play everything from Glen Miller to Abba to The Commodores, the bass fitted in perfectly, the electronic preamp was pumping some beautiful sounds through the school's Ashdown amp. The guitar was very reliable, it gigged 3 times within a week, once in northern france, once near paris and once more in the south, everytime I got it out of the Coffin Case (not a perfect fit due to the Ibanez SR300 being a slim bass, but nothing a custom foam job couldn't sort) it was in tune and ready to play.
Due to the bass being a display model I am now going to do a restring and clean up of the bass, it's first since it has left the factory, a set of rotosound swing bass strings 105-45 should be the perfect match, and a nice clean up with the Dunlop Guitar Tech Kit should make my beauty shine.
Overall I would recommend any bass in the Ibanez SR range, they all seem to fit the bill and can compete with the big names of the bass world even if you're on a budget.
Any questions please don't hold back
