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SRX300..............

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HoDog

Sep 25, 2006
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Sydney
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This is particularly aimed at Australians but anyone can contribute to this thread.



Firstly, I think I"ve fallen in love with teh Ibanez SRX series..I played the SRX700 and I totally loved it, unfortunately they're not available in Australia anymore.

Because I love the SRX so much, I might get myself the SRX300 (I really dig the 390 but is it worth paying more for looks?).

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The SRX is actually an affordable bass in Australia (unlike most basses), an amazing bass going for around 450 at allans in Sydney. I haven't played it yet but I also made a significant discovery...

On the US ibanez site, it says it's made of Basswood.
on the Australian site, it says it's made of agathis.
On the Allans music site (http://www.allansmusic.com.au/defau...Code=SRX300IPT), it says its basswood, but I find this site is pretty slow at updating and unreliable...

So if I was to try this bass out at the store (which I would do asap), are there easy ways to determine if the wood is basswood or agathis? I used to hate basswood but I hold respect for it now (since it's very common in Ibi basses) but I still very much hate agathis.

Other questions include is the quality of the bass. it's the lowest range but I've heard great things about Ibanez in general, from the GSR200 to the Prestige range (I myself own an Alder PJ squier at the moment). Is the B100 bridge good/decent? and is the difference in pickups significant (Comparing the pickups in the SRX300 and the alnico passive pups that were in the SRX700)?

Keep in mind I'm nearly 17 and I have a weak mind. Thank You very much and in advance.
 
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You can't really tell with the SRX 300 because it's painted. I had an SRX 300. It was a good bass. I liked it but I found the tone wasn't for me anymore. My SRX was basswood.

It really shouldn't matter. Agathis is simmilar in density to basswood. It's like the basswood of Asia. They may have started to use Agathis because they moved production from Korea to Indonesia. It may be easier to source from there.

As far as the quality of the bass went. It was put together pretty good. I had no complaints at all. Fit and finish was very good considering that it only $300.00 US. After about 11 months my SRX did develop a crack in the neck at one of the mounting screw points. It was determined to be a factory defect by the Ibanez rep. Ibanez handled it under warranty with no problems. They paid for shipping and everything. It has never had any reliability issues and 9 volt batteries seem to last forever in that thing.

It had a brighter sound than the Alnico equipped and neck through 700 but I could not hear a difference at all between the more expensive SRX500 and the 300. Thats why I bought the 300. The 2-band preamps are the same in all of the SRX models. The sound out of it was huge and when I would run direct to the board (at church)through an active direct box I had to be carefull about turning up the volume on the bass because I could clip the board. I started running through a Sansamp BDDI that made the output even hotter and then I had to really be careful. The preamp isn't overly noisy and the pick ups are really hot. They don't hum when soloed so you can pan them back and fourth with out any problems. It's a great bass for heavier styles of music like Metal. My daughter is into Metal and she now owns that bass.

For the money you can't go wrong with it. Just make sure it will fit your style of music. I found that it just didin't work for me anymore. I use Fender Jazz basses now because they work best for me but I still like that SRX and if they ever make one with a 3 band EQ I would get another one.

If you like the bass and it works for you... get it. :)
 
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