NBD - Ibanez SR706 CL find

I went with the family for vacation across the state and found this bass on the local CL. It was a great price, and the seller met me and I made the buy. very nice guy on some hard times. He is a drummer who dabbled in bass, but needed cash more than a bass. Unemployment is crappy. (silver lining, he was thankful to get cash, and he started a new job that day!)

Upon inspection, I noticed the neck had a TON of relief, way more than I'm typically comfortable with. He said he never touched the truss so I went ahead and bought it hopeful that a hefty adjustment was all that was needed. I paid asking price, as it was more than fair. I immediately loosened all strings and noticed the neck straightening out. I let it ride home with no tension.

Once home, I disassembled, cleaned, adjusted the properly working truss nuts, and got it all set up and rocking. sounds like your typical bart MK1 ibby. I believe it has the original elixir strings, and they sound really good still. Even has plastic on the truss cover and electronics plate. Ibby has the only 6-string neck I like that I've tried. It's quite light due to it's extensive body sculpting. eager to play it out a bit! enjoy!

Anyone know how many models of the SR706 Ibanez released? I believe this was the one prior to the latest. Made in Korea, neck says Cort on the heel where it bolts to the body.

 

Thanks.

It weighs several pounds less than the T-40 I owned, and a fair bit less than the Bongo 6 I had. This one doesn't have a flame top to match the headstock, unfortunately. Not sure if it's the unfortunate one, but the body top is straight grained, a bit boring. I know the latter version seemed to have better figuring overall.