New Ibanez SRMD200

[selowitch]

Does anyone know if the pickup covers are removable/replaceable?

 

[ebonalley]

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

I 100% agree. I was admiring the headstock of my Ibby acoustic last night thinking the same exact thing.

I haven’t purchased a bass in years but the gas was too strong on this one. Sea foam is on the way.

 

[ruju]

I 100% agree. I was admiring the headstock of my Ibby acoustic last night thinking the same exact thing.

I haven’t purchased a bass in years but the gas was too strong on this one. Sea foam is on the way.

Cool! I hope you like it..I played one at the local long and mcquade.not sure of the exact colour but it was a greyish/blue..vey mellow sparkle to it..
It played well..the neck had a nice satin finish to it..
I think it would be a fun Bass to have..enjoy!

 

[sotua]

Sweetwater lists them as in stock. Seafoam green en route, will be here next week

My impressions after taking it to rehearsal here: NBD: Ibanez SR Mezzo 32" scale - review

 

[selowitch]

Just ordered one in Vintage White. I don't really need another bass, but I figured what the heck?

 

[Shaggai]

Does anyone know if the pickup covers are removable/replaceable?

Just setting mine up with new strings now - J pickup is capable and I assume that the P split should be as well.

 

[selowitch]

Just setting mine up with new strings now - J pickup is capable and I assume that the P split should be as well.

Good to know. I played one at GC the other day and liked it so much I ordered one the same day. Usually I don't find that I prefer Ibanez basses—they tend to feel less like professional instruments and more like toys—but this one really spoke to me. I like the neck profile (just a bit baseball-battish) and the flat fingerboard radius. Is it possible these babies are just a little too lightweight?

I wonder if the pickguard is removable without exposing any body cavities?

 

[selowitch]

Just received the Ibanez Mezzo SRMD200K today! Here is my mini-review.

 

[selowitch]

Has anyone identified a decent padded gigbag that will fit these basses well?

 

[Roadog66]

Hard to know for sure. It wouldn't surprise me if the stock strings were cheap—that could be factor. Then there are the pickups, body wood, and bridge to consider. Yeah, some medium- and short-scale basses can sound different from long-scale basses, but I wonder if that isn’t a psychological thing, i.e., if you didn’t tell someone it was a medium-scale bass, would they be able to detect a difference?

I just bought one. Sounds way better than the muddy sounding Mustang which I am very familiar with. It gets very bassy with the active pickups. The demo shows a particular sound to appeal to slap happy bassists and it also does that well enough. The stock strings are bad and need to be replaced. I have evolved into an Ibanez guy and have the SR 500 and another more expensive one. I usually buy used but there aren’t any for this one at a decent price but for 300 new, it’s fine. I love the action, sound, and light weight, I will use for rock and the others for jazz.
Ibanez should make another 32 inch model with Bartolinis and better appointments. But the most important factor is your amp sound wise.

 

[fauxtoe]

I just bought one. Sounds way better than the muddy sounding Mustang which I am very familiar with. It gets very bassy with the active pickups. The demo shows a particular sound to appeal to slap happy bassists and it also does that well enough. The stock strings are bad and need to be replaced. I have evolved into an Ibanez guy and have the SR 500 and another more expensive one. I usually buy used but there aren’t any for this one at a decent price but for 300 new, it’s fine. I love the action, sound, and light weight, I will use for rock and the others for jazz.
Ibanez should make another 32 inch model with Bartolinis and better appointments. But the most important factor is your amp sound wise.

I haven’t purchased one, but after my testing I have to agree that it’s a slap happy little bass and I’d probably buy it just for that purpose. Les Claypool has used 32” scale for many years and he knows the advantage to the shorter scale and narrow neck.

 

[Roadog66]

Yes, the 32 neck sounds way better than the 30 which cannot achieve good bottom sound. This has a range of tone, played it a long time yesterday, think it’s a keeper. Not usually a slap guy but it was fun on this thing. Sounds more Fender than my vintage P bass, what a surprise. Does not have expensive appointments such as a better bridge, tuners, or nut.

 

[selowitch]

I finding myself not playing this instrument very much, I'm afraid. The biggest deterrents are that the neck is simply *too* narrow toward the nut and the tone/electronics is just not quite right for me. I will probably be unloading this piece, unfortunately, as it is not getting any playing time behind my 2001 EBMM StingRay 5H, my 2009 Fender American Deluxe Precision, and my medium-scale Traveler TB-4P.

So I think it's outta here. Too bad.

 

[Roadog66]

Wonder if you can unload it to me. I live close by in Olney and can return the one I just bought.

 

[felis]

Quick question about this bass: is there a passive mode - I mean will it play if there's no battery in it?

 

[ruju]

Quick question about this bass: is there a passive mode - I mean will it play if there's no battery in it?

No battery, no bass. Active only.

 

[felis]

No battery, no bass. Active only.

OK - thanks.

 

[Harlequin NY]

OK - thanks.

Just got the cream colored one. Really like this bass for what it is.. It is my first mid scale and I like the feel and the neck. When I ordered my status streamline I got the optional 16.5 mm string spacing but the Ibanez Mezzo has even closer string spacing which I like. As you go down the neck towards the pickups, the Ibanez becomes wider wheres the Status string spacing stays closer. I like the thinner neck on the Ibanez.
Still trying to find a gig bag that fits this Mezzo.

 

[Harlequin NY]

Just got the cream colored one. Really like this bass for what it is.. It is my first mid scale and I like the feel and the neck. When I ordered my status streamline I got the optional 16.5 mm string spacing but the Ibanez Mezzo has even closer string spacing which I like. As you go down the neck towards the pickups, the Ibanez becomes wider wheres the Status string spacing stays closer. I like the thinner neck on the Ibanez.
Still trying to find a gig bag that fits this Mezzo.

Gave this one to my son and ordered another for myself. Same color.

 

[pcake]

Just got the cream colored one. Really like this bass for what it is.. It is my first mid scale and I like the feel and the neck. When I ordered my status streamline I got the optional 16.5 mm string spacing but the Ibanez Mezzo has even closer string spacing which I like. As you go down the neck towards the pickups, the Ibanez becomes wider wheres the Status string spacing stays closer. I like the thinner neck on the Ibanez.
Still trying to find a gig bag that fits this Mezzo.

have you contacted ibanez to ask what gigbag fits? i find they're very helpful for stuff like that.