New Ibanez SRMD200

[david_aa]

Last night I was visiting Ibanez's website.
They've just anounced new models for 2019. These ones are pretty cool (32'', PJ configuration, 22 frets):

There is one video on Youtube:



But I can't find more information about this basses. Anyone has heared anything?

I've seen them in some UK shops, by pre-order.

 

[JeffJ2112]

Like the look of them. Especially with the maple board.

 

[Mark76]

Last night I was visiting Ibanez's website.
They've just anounced new models for 2019. These ones are pretty cool (32'', PJ configuration, 22 frets):

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There is one video on Youtube:



But I can't find more information about this basses. Anyone has heared anything?

I've seen them in some UK shops, by pre-order.

What accent is that?

 

[david_aa]

What accent is that?

Accent? I'm not English speaker

 

[Mark76]

Well, I'm not asking you directly but someone must know. It doesn't sound all that American but, then again, I'm not an expert on regional accents of the USA.

 

[david_aa]

Maybe it's a poor English, bad direct translation from Spanish.
Off-Topic:
Just for my curiosity, wich phrase or expression sounds weird?

Thanks

 

[Mark76]

The man in the video.

 

[ruju]

Man, I really wish they would have done the four in line tuner headstock on these..like the older roadsters..

 

[hypercarrots]

SRMD200 (pearl white pickguard)
candy apple matte CAM (US,EU)
roadster orange metallic ROM (US,EU)
sea foam pearl green SPN (US,EU)
sapphire blue metallic SBM (US)

SRMD200K (black pickguard)
vintage white VWH (US,EU)
aqua green AQG (US,EU)

• SRMD4 Maple neck
• 812mm/32" scale
• Poplar body
• Maple fretboard w/Black dot inlay
• 22 Medium frets
• Dynamix P neck pickup
• Dynamix J bridge pickup
• Ibanez Custom Electronics 2-band EQ
• B10 bridge (19mm string spacing)
• Plastic nut
• Chrome hardware
• Recommended case: WB200C

neck thickness front to back
19.5mm at 1st fret
21.5mm at 12th fret
neck width
38mm at nut
62 at 22nd fret
305mm radius

$299.99

 

[selowitch]

1. I gotta have one!!
2. Cases or bags available?
3. I never thought I’d say this, but I wish they offered this bass in three-tone sunburst. I must be delirious or something.
4. What do you figure these babies weigh?

 

[Maxdusty]

1. I gotta have one!!
2. Cases or bags available?
3. I never thought I’d say this, but I wish they offered this bass in three-tone sunburst. I must be delirious or something.
4. What do you figure these babies weigh?

In one of the video demos of this bass, they made it a point to mention the bass was light. What that means exactly, I don't know. I have to say, the bass is something I'd love to get my hands on and see for myself. I'm looking for a short/medium scale bass and had a Squier SS Jaguar in mind initially, this might be worth a try too.

 

[hypercarrots]

Poplar is usually light.
My 34” ibanez trb1 is 7lb 3.5oz
My 30” silhouette bass 6 is 6lb 9.5oz

 

[LordHar]

So, what's the difference between the two models?

 

[selowitch]

So, what's the difference between the two models?

Glancing at the Ibanez website, it seems that:

1. The SRMD200 has a white pearloid pickguard and comes in either Sea Foam Pearl Green or Candy Apple Matte.
2. The SRMD200K has a black pickguard and comes in Vintage White.

Personally, I’m very drawn to the Vintage White model but I might want to get a tort pickguard for it. I am not normally an Ibanez guy but the medium scale and 12" fingerboard radius are intriguing.

 

[hypercarrots]

So, what's the difference between the two models?

SRMD200 (pearl white pickguard)
candy apple matte CAM (US,EU)
roadster orange metallic ROM (US,EU)
sea foam pearl green SPN (US,EU)
sapphire blue metallic SBM (US)

SRMD200K (black pickguard)
vintage white VWH (US,EU)
aqua green AQG (US,EU)

• SRMD4 Maple neck
• 812mm/32" scale
• Poplar body
• Maple fretboard w/Black dot inlay
• 22 Medium frets
• Dynamix P neck pickup
• Dynamix J bridge pickup
• Ibanez Custom Electronics 2-band EQ
• B10 bridge (19mm string spacing)
• Plastic nut
• Chrome hardware
• Recommended case: WB200C

neck thickness front to back
19.5mm at 1st fret
21.5mm at 12th fret
neck width
38mm at nut
62 at 22nd fret
305mm radius

$299.99

 

[selowitch]

Oops, sorry hypercarrots—I forgot about the Roadster Orange Metallic and Sapphire Blue Metallic models. Thanks for adding them!

 

[KeithAlanK]

I was also attracted to the vintage white 200K at first, but the more I look at the sea foam pearl green 200 the more I want it.
The contrasts all work, so it should photograph well in all lighting conditions.
At the price, I don't see how I could resist this new model.
Be the first new bass I've bought in many years, having become a pawnshop buyer.
And a medium scale is something I've been wanting to try.

 

[hypercarrots]

i put all the specs in the 9th post of this thread

 

[LordHar]

Thanks, I was just wondering, since all the specs apart from pick guard color & body finishes are exactly the same why they didn't make it one model. What the 'K" indicates in the model name. Besides that, for that price, it is almost a no-brainer to pick up.

 

[hypercarrots]

Thanks, I was just wondering, since all the specs apart from pick guard color & body finishes are exactly the same why they didn't make it one model. What the 'K" indicates in the model name. Besides that, for that price, it is almost a no-brainer to pick up.

Yeah it may seem odd since fender, music man and many other manufacturers don’t make different model designations for a small thing like pickguard colors but ibanez does this. SR300EB is the same thing as SR300E but with black hardware and different finishes.