I've been itching to get ahold of those Nordstrands for a while, and now it looks like I'll be able to finally afford to do it!
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New Ibanez Talman Basses!
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Indeed. The lack of reinforcement is why I might get a Sire bass instead.
Please define 'more than enough', 'cos I've not been able to make that determination thus far. (c;,'
Imo, having more than one is more than enough unless it is a fretless or something very different. There might have a backup, but that's it. However I don't obey that rule my self either
The darker tort is what a friend of mine calls 'Sad Clown Vomit', as opposed to the lighter shade, which he calls 'Happy Clown Vomit'.
I likes me some Sad Clown Vomit on the Prestiges.
I can appreciate that POV, but generally speaking, I rarely switch between passive and active, and certainly not within the song I'm playing. Also, on my MC924s, I have to change the EQ when switching, which means a great deal of twiddling and adjusting to approximate in passive what I'd set in active mode.
It may not be ideal, but just looking at it, it seems a pantload more convenient than what I have to do currently.
Just my 2p.
Ibanez TMB600 Electric Bass
Fender Standard Precision Bass Guitar
The bridge looks very very similar to the ones on Fender P basses that cost more and come with less features. I'm thinking that the bridge is just fine and in line with a bass in this price range. Especially considering you get active/passive electronics with a passive tone knob so it's not just a pre-amp bypass. P/j Nordstrand pups. Great looks(subjective). Yeah..... the bridge is OK.
Fender Standard Precision Bass Guitar
The bridge looks very very similar to the ones on Fender P basses that cost more and come with less features. I'm thinking that the bridge is just fine and in line with a bass in this price range. Especially considering you get active/passive electronics with a passive tone knob so it's not just a pre-amp bypass. P/j Nordstrand pups. Great looks(subjective). Yeah..... the bridge is OK.
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I've been GASing over them a little and one popped up in the classifieds that is the color and body wood I'd want, but then someone asks the OP the weight. 10.5 lbs. I was hoping the alder version would be in the low 9s.
I haven't been interested in an Ibby for a while. But I need to try one of these in a 5.
A bad ass or music man style bridge would be better and the music man style bridge wouldn't be more expensive.
BTW, I think fender style bridges are crap.
I understand that you want more for less but my point was that it's a pretty typical bridge in this price point for a "vintage style" bass. The way I see it a person would save $50 dollars buying this over a P bass and they could put that toward a new bridge if they wanted to. My SRX has a massive more "modern" bridge and I like it and I've had basses with "vintage style" bridges and never had a problem with them either so I'd probably just leave it and be fine with it. YMMV
Let me repeat, a music man style bridge costs the same and is better. So I don't see where you're getting the idea that I'm trying to get more for less.
Its weird. I can buy a $600 bass and immediately want to put an aftermarket bridge on it every time. But on these sub $200 basses it feels weird to plunk down $50 on a bridge which is silly since these are the basses that could really use a new bridge and not the MiM Jazz Deluxe.
My feeling is that these bridges are serviceable but that is just a personal thing. My Talman 30 doesn't rattle and it adjusts just fine and doesn't float. But yeah, you'd think that on the more expensive models they'd step up to better hardware all around. I suspect the Nordy's ate up most of their budget.
My feeling is that these bridges are serviceable but that is just a personal thing. My Talman 30 doesn't rattle and it adjusts just fine and doesn't float. But yeah, you'd think that on the more expensive models they'd step up to better hardware all around. I suspect the Nordy's ate up most of their budget.
My understanding is that for a lot of TBers, the attraction of good, inexpensive basses is their usefulness as modding platforms. Buy one for a song, upgrade it with what you want on it, and you still come out ahead -- or at least as long as you don't get completely carried away.
Yeah, that's the part I mess up on every time.
However, I've learned to be patient and ride the TB classifieds. So many great deals here in this community. I know I've never flipped a single item at break even much less a profit.
The allure of buying a mid-level to pro-level bass is to rock it stock. Still, I can't help but fiddle. I know I'm not the only one. You still see a ton of MIAs with Badass bridges and so on.
Somewhat off topic but let me ask you please. I have a MIM Jazz Standard. I assume either mine has the same bridge you're talking about replacing, or not as good a bridge.
I assume the bridge you're referring to is the pure vintage 70's here Bridges & Tailpieces for Bass | Musician's Friend which is more or less the same bridge on our MIM Jazzes? So two part question; what bridge would you upgrade on the MIM and would buying the $50 aftermarket be better than taking the discarded MIM bridge to put on the Talman? Would that be an upgrade from your usage of each?
